PORTLAND (AP) - Fall foliage is a big draw for a couple of cruise ships headed to Maine over the next few days. The Jewel of the Seas will bring more than 2,100 passengers to Portland on Sunday. It will be the third of four trips to Portland this season by the Royal Caribbean International vessel.

Disney Cruise Line to move ship to Europe in 2010 (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Disney Cruise Line, a unit of Walt Disney Co., said Monday that it will move one of its ships to Europe in 2010 and lengthen some of its Caribbean trips.

Disney announces new European cruise tours (Sun-Sentinel)

Disney is sending its cruise ships farther afield than ever before.

Cash in on fall trans-Atlantic cruise bargains (The Charlotte Observer)

If you want to get away at bargain rates, consider a repositioning cruise. Every fall, cruise lines need to move their ships across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe to warmer waters for the winter cruise season. We're seeing some great rates on these sailings for departures from October through early December. These cruises make stops in Europe before making the trans-Atlantic journey. During ...

Cruise lines offer more options (The Kansas City Star)

The 91.5 million people who have boarded cruise ships in the last 10 years, according to the Cruise Line Industry Association, have propelled an explosion in choices, activities and destinations that has redefined the industry. Ships are serving up enough creativity, passion and detail to please even the “Odd Couple’s” finicky Felix Unger.