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.

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…

Anthem of the Seas Keel Laying

Anthem of the Seas

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…

MSC Divina Arrives in Miami in Style

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.…