When the ex-Grand Mistral is transferred to Costa’s fleet this winter, she will be renamed and rebranded as the Costa neoRiviera. This naming scheme is similar to her fleetmate Costa neoRomantica. She will be deployed to the Middle East with…
The Royal Princess is currently docked in Naples, Italy as the last guests disembark from there shortened cruise. Princess has announced that after their technical team took a look at the situation, there will be no need to cancel her…
Carnival Corp announced non-GAAP net income of $1.1 billion, or $1.38 diluted EPS for the third quarter of 2013 compared to non-GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2012 of $1.2 billion, or $1.53 diluted EPS. For the third quarter…
Britain’s P&O Cruises have announced that their newest ship will be named Britannia. The 141,000grt will carry 3,600 pax. She will be launched in February 2015 and sail her inaugural in March. She will be based on the Royal Princess…
Princess Cruises has announced that due to the electrical issue from yesterday morning, the line will cancel the current voyage. She lost power while on transit to Naples Sunday morning. She is expected to arrive Tuesday morning into Naples where…
According to Cruise Currents, the 2013-built Royal Princess has lost power in the Mediterranean. She was enroute to Naples, Italy. Backup generators are keeping essential safety and guest services still functional. Princess has stated that the crew are currently in…
Cruiseind is taking a little vacation this week. If anything major happens ill post about it. However things may be silent for a while.
This week Princess Cruises Crown Princess rescued Earlier this week, the Crown Princess rescued 158 Syrian refuges from the Mediterranean Sea. They had left Syria and weren’t spotted until they were off the coast of Sicily, Italy. The Italian coastguard…
After 19 hours, the the Parbuckling is done. Originally planned as a 10 hour operation, the salvage team ran into some snags and it went slower than anticipated. We can now see what 20 months under water did to her…
For the first time since January 2012, the Costa Concordia is now upright. You can see in the above photo, from the live video stream, that the water line is now one deck below the bridge. That’s because she is…