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Greg Dragonetti
Greg (he/him) is the founder and editor of CruiseInd. He has been writing about the cruise industry since 2009 and studying it since 1998. His first ship was the Norwegian Majesty.
Quantum of the Seas AND Anthem of the Sea Floated Out
Royal Caribbean’s newest ship, Quantum of the Seas, is getting ready for her debut this fall. In preparation for the Emms River transit from the Meyer Weft shipyard in Germany to the final fitting out berth in Bremerhaven, both the…
ANALYSIS & RENDERINGS: MSC’s Newbuild Program with STX France and Fincantieri
MSC has announced a series of new building initiatives that are nothing short of incredible. The first deal was announced back in March and the most recent one, just last week. STX France Newbuilds High-res Sealevel view: Closeup of lido…
Mein Schiff 3 Officially Delivered to TUI
STX Finland have officially delivered the Mein Schiff 3 to Germany’s TUI Cruises. This is the last cruise ship that STX Finland have on order. She is currently sailing in the Baltic while making her way down to Germany for…
MSC Orders Fincantieri’s Project Mille Prototype
MSC Cruises have just announced that they orders two prototype ships from Italy’s Fincantieri shipyard. CIN, once again, was spot on calling this. The ships appear to be the rumored Project Mille that Fincantieri talked about at Cruise Shipping Miami…
Regal Princess Sets Sail
Princess Cruises newest ship, Regal Princess, has officially set sail on her inaugural voyage. The grand Mediterranean voyage commenced today in Venice, Italy. Jan Swartz, Princess Cruises president: We’re absolutely delighted to welcome another addition to the Princess family with Regal…
Carnival Corp (via Costa & Princess) Will Send 4 ships to Asia in 2015
Normally this wouldn’t be all that dramatic of a deployment, however they will be sending some of their best hardware to Asia to compete with the Quantum of the Seas. Costa was originally scheduled to just sail the 1996-built Costa Victoria…
Royal Caribbean Announces Details on Quantum’s Repositioning Cruise
Royal Caribbean has announced the full details of the Quantum of the Sea’s repositioning cruise to Asia. As the Panama Canal expansion won’t be complete yet she could have either gone through the Suez canal or around South America. Royal…
MSC Armonia’s Drydocking Gets Head Start
As part of a 200 million euro project to modernize MSC’s Lirica class, the Renaissance Program will see the addition of a 20m long section inserted into the middle of the ship in a process naval architects call “stretching.” The 350gt…
NCL Announces Norwegian Next
New Enhancements, experiences, and transformations are promised in NCL’s latest fleet wide upgrade program. From NCL: Now we’re making the youngest fleet at sea* even better by investing over $250 million in Norwegian NEXT – new enhancements, experiences and transformations.…