In a one-of-a-kind operation, the Allure of the Seas has just sailed into the Grand Bahama Shipyard for repairs to her damaged azipod. Its not a complete drydock as there’s very few yards in the world that can successfully contain…
via azamaraclubcruises: Good morning everyone, We wanted to let you know about an incident affecting the Azamara Journey that will require the current voyage to end early. As the Azamara Journey approached Tokyo, we noticed an unusual vibration. Further inspection…
Taking place in Italy today, the first steel was cut for Carnival’s newest flagship. Not much is known about their newbuild at this point. It will be 135,000gt; putting her slightly larger than the 128,ooogt Carnival Dream-class. She is being constructed…
Hurtigruten, the Norwegian coastal line, have announced a net income of NOK 26 million with total revenue of NOK 3.3 billion for 2013. This is in stark contrast to their 2012 report. That year saw the line, first launched in…
While watching the Olympics on NBC, Royal Caribbean showed a commercial for their webseries called Caribbean Cup Challenge. It features 3 former olympic athletes competing in various competitions onbard and ashore. The series can be viewed on their YouTube…
UPDATE: Their website is back, but if you want to view it, its here. And the error page is fantastic! royalcaribbean.com may be down, but the view is pretty spectacular. — Cruise Currents (@CruiseCurrents) February 21, 2014
From Cunard: In a world-first, more than 120 crew aboard Cunard Line’s flagship Queen Mary 2 gathered together on the ship’s bow in Sydney today for a dramatic portrait marking the legendary liner’s 10th birthday. The history-making photo captured crew from every one…
The first of the Breakaway-plus class ships, the Norwegian Escape, won’t be launching until October 2015. However NCL have teased us with several images of her accommodations. Pretty much an exact mirror of Norwegian Breakaway/Getaway’s. All photos can be found…
Its being reported that while undergoing her bunkering operation in the Falkland Islands, the barge allided with the Celebrity Century. There was one lifeboat davit that was damaged. They were eventually able to repair it and the ship sailed at…
UPDATE: Some notes on the earnings: Kevin Sheehan told investors on the earnings call, that bookings have softened a bit from earlier. At that point in time, NCL was selling cruises at double digit increases. They forecast a 4% yield increase…