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The ship that launched Royal Caribbean, the 1970-built Song of Norway has reportedly been sold to a scrap yard. She was currently sailing as a gambling ship in Taiwan as the Formosa Queen for Formosa Queen Corp of Taiwan. The demolition…
The Norwegian Getaway has just departed on her first Sea trial based out of Eemshaven. Over the weekend she transited the Ems river towards the North Sea as she left Meyer Weft for the last and final time. Here are…
Royal Caribbean released the above photo of the Brilliance of the Seas departing her new homeport on Saturday. Check out the ship in the background. That’s the rival Carnival Paradise. Surprised they didn’t Photoshop her out.
Yesterday Royal Caribbean announced that they will be sending the Allure of the Seas to the Grand Bahama Shipyard to repair her propulsion system. The original plan was to swap her with Oasis, whose dry dock was scheduled in 2015…
Royal Caribbean has announced that they will sail the Allure of the Seas to Freeport, Bahamas to fix a worn bearing. It was originally discussed that she may sail to Europe to enter the drydock over there, however Grand…
It’s being reported that the largest cruise ship has been forced to sail at reduced speeds for some time now. The 225,282gt ship is suffering from pod problems according to Royal Caribbean spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez. She states that while the pod is…
Norwegian Cruise Line and Nintendo of America announced that they are expanding their partnership to offer Wii U ™ video game systems and Wii U games fleetwide. As part of the partnership expansion, the line will feature Nintendo’s newest video…
This morning 9 cruise ships sailed into and berthed at the Port of Miami. This will be the busiest day of the 2013-2014 season and one of the busiest days in a long time. Below is a collection of…
Peter Knego of MaritimeMatters is reporting that the Pacific Princess is now having another listing problem. Last month the Pacific Princess was reflaoted upright after almost capsizing after arriving at the scrap yard in Turkey. Now, shes developing a list…
Royal Caribbean announced that they will once again have a prominent float in the annual turkey day tradition. via Royal Caribbean: Royal Caribbean International and Macy’s today revealed the first look at the cruise line’s new float, which will set…