Greg Dragonetti

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.

Carnival Partners with Dr. Seuss

carnival dr seuss

NCL has Nickelodeon. Royal Caribbean has Dreamworks. Disney has…well…Disney. And now Carnival has Dr. Seuss. At a press event yesterday onboard the Carnival Splendor in New York, the Line announced that they have partnered with Dr. Seuss Enterprises. They will be bringing…

Thomson Cruises to Add Balconies to Three Ships

UK Based Thomson Cruises, has announced that they will be adding balconies to three of their ships.  The Thomson Celebration, Thomson Spirit and Thomson Majesty should all have balconies added buy this time next year. The Thomson Celebration (ex-Noordam) will have 26…

More Legal Troubles for Bimini Superfast

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Apparently a while ago, the US Customs and Boarder Protection would not let the Bimini Superfast sail on evening gambling cruises roundtrip out of Miami. Seatrade is reporting that Resorts World Bimini are now taking them to court. Resorts World Bimini…

New Cruise Port: Bimini

resorts world bimini

Genting Group has officially broken ground on North Bimini Island in The Bahamas. Their intent is to re-develop the island and add a huge resort with casino. The 750-acre property will feature almost 400 rooms. It is expected to be completed…

Thomson to Base Ship Out of Jamaica

UK based and sourced line Thomson Cruises have announced that they will base the Thomson Dream (ex-Costa Europa, Westerdam) out of Montego Bay Jamaica during the winter 2014/2015 season. She’ll be the only ship to be based out of the…

Carnival’s New Dining Initaitive

Carnival Miracle Dining Room

Carnival has announced they they will be revamping their entire main dining room experience. American TABLE and American FEAST are Carnival take on upscale contemporary land based restaurants at sea. While the decor in the restaurants wont be changed yet,…

[VIDEO] Ocean Countess Fire

Ocean Countess

[embedvideo id=”iU-4TxE6W4w” website=”youtube”]   Majestic International’s Ocean Countess caught fire over the weekend. Initial reports had her in a shipyard just north of Athens, Greece when the fire started. There were only five crew onboard who all were able to…

Princess to Alter Regal Princess’ Deckplans

Royal Princess during Sea Trials in the Adriatic Sea

Princess cruises just announced that they will be making a few, somewhat, major changes to the Regal Princess’ layout. The 141,000gt ship, due to launch spring of 2014, will incorporate venues that passengers were missing onboard her currently sailing sister, Royal…