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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 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,…
[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…
While the trade embargo still exists between Cuba and the U.S., Cuba Cruises is sailing passengers on a circumnavigation of the Island. Cruise Industry News has more and this photo of her in her new livery. According to the site,…
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…
UPDATE APRIL 17, 2014: Anthem of the seas will not be going to Port Everglades anymore. The ship will sail to New York/ New Jersey. Originally Published on: Nov 21, 2013 @ 12:40 Royal Caribbean just announced that when launched in 2015,…
Royal Caribbean is celebrating the laying of their soon-to-be newest ship keel at Meyer Werft Shipyard in Germany. The keel-laying signifies the beginning of the ship’s physical construction. During the ceremony, a 620-ton block measuring 59 feet by 121 feet (18…
UPDATE THURSDAY: Jim Walker posed some photos that were anonymou sly sent to him on the Cruise Law Facebook Page. It is being reported in several news outlets that when sailing into the Greek port of Piraeus, the MSC Magnifica,…
From MSC: The dazzling MSC Divina made cruise history this morning, when it was escorted into PortMiami by a fleet of high-powered FIAT personal watercraft. With today’s arrival, MSC Divina becomes the first MSC Cruises ship to sail year-round from North America.…
According to Cruise Business Review, the 2000-built Costa Voyager (ex-Olympic\Olympia Voyager) is reportedly for sale by Costa Cruises. Never really understood what they were doing with her in the fleet. When constructed, the 836-pax was able to achieve an unprecedented 27-knots.