Liberty of the Seas Lifeboat Drill: LIVE
Going on live right now… via Portfever
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.
Look What I Found in a Screenshot From the New Sim City
Check out the cruise ship towards the bottom of the image. Looks like one of the original Seaborne sisters. via VoxGames
Rhapsody of the Seas Emerges from Drydock
Royal Caribbean’s Rhapsody of the Seas just emerged from a month long drydock at Singapore’s Sembawang Shipyard. The new Rhapsody of the Seas features new dining options, revamped entertainment and unique amenities. She will sail Alaska in the summer and…
Azamara Quest Catches On Fire in Pacific
While sailing between the Philippines and Borneo, an engine room fire broke out onboard Azamara Club Cruises’ Azamara Quest. The fire on the 30,277grt ship was first reported by a BBC Broadcast Journalist on twitter: hearing reports a cruise…
NCL Does it again!: Love for Sail
NCL ships will play a major part in Lifetime’s newest show, Love for Sail. Debuting April 10th at 10pm, the show sends 4 men and 4 women on a cruise, their challenge: find love. (yuck) Ships said to be…
Royal Caribbean New Commercial goof?
Does anybody think Royal Caribbean should be considerate of the video frame that YouTube chooses to render its thumbnail of the video. I mean I understand that Jenny McCarthy is an absolute mess of a person, and the thumbnail is…
Norwegian Breakaway Deck Plans Updated
NCL released the latest Deck Plans. Take a look at the recently announced Waterfront area. Click Here For Norwegian Breakaway Deck Plans
[UPDATED] RUMOR: Has the QE2 been sold?
A press release was released today claiming that Universal Event Management (UEM) of Macau have just received the “rights to represent the QE2 in a number of locations.” Locations are said to be the SAR Macau and Atlantic City, New…
Carnival Sending Conquest to Miami and Sunshine to New Orleans
An odd choice, but exciting nonetheless. Carnival announced yesterday that the Carnival Conquest will reposition over to Miami in November 2013 to make room for the Carnival Sunshine (ex-Carnival Destiny) in NOLA. New Orleans originally lost the Conquest to Galveston…
Costa Concordia’s bunkers, all pumped out
Costa and local Italian officials announced today that they have finally pumped all bunkers (fuel) out of the ship. The operation began on February 12th and workers have been removing the fuel oil around the clock ever since. Total cost…