UPDATE SUNDAY MORNING: As Tropical storm Earl heads closer to the Leeward Islands, this morning brings a few more itinerary changes.
Royal Caribbean will divert the Enchantment of the Seas to Samana, D.R. instead of St. Thomas tomorrow. Tuesday, she will drop anchor in Labadee then head back to Baltimore. Oasis of the Seas which [...]
Carnival is one of, if not the, the leaders in the cruise industry in utilizing social media. In keeping up with that trend, they recently announced their partnership with devoper Razorfish to launch the above facebook app. For those not familiar, a Facebook app, is a web application that you use and run entirely [...]
…for its German AIDA brand that its. Sorry if I got your hopes up. But in this economy and slump in travel, it shows a sign that progress IS being made.
So the new order is for one 71,300grt ship at a cost of around $419,450,151.16 USD at €150,000 per lower berth. The 2,192 [...]
Originally scheduled for January, the Carnival Pride will instead sail into a drydock in November. Every 2-3 years ships will routinely head to a drydock for 2 weeks. Workers will replace carpets, update cabins, thoroughly clean all areas of the ship. Machinery may be replaced or overhauled. Things of that nature. Some of the [...]
If you haven’t followed the Alaska cruise saga I’ll sum it up:
Basically locals were getting annoyed that lines were sending more and increasing larger ships to their ports. Passengers were overwhelming tiny port towns and ruining the waterfront. The ships were also ruining the environment both above water, exhaust fumes, and below water, legal and [...]
I should have noticed something was up today when I checked the Galveston cam and saw that the Ecstasy was in Galveston on a Friday. Being able to see the Ecstasy walking to class and around campus at my alma mater, every Saturday, Monday, or Thursday, you gets used to associating those days with that [...]
Carnival Fascination lost power on Wednesday as it was cruising back to Jacksonville, FL. The ship was adrift in the Atlantic after what is being referred to the cruise line as a “technical malfunction.” But, power was restored after several hours and the ship successfully returned from its 5-Night Bahamas trip, albeit several hours late. [...]
Leaving T.Mariotti in Italy upon completion of outfitting.
The Seabourn Sojourn was formally handed over from the ship yard to the line. This is the final step in the construction of the vessel and the first step for her new owners, Seabourn Cruise Line. The new ship is one of three [...]
