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Never Thought I’d See this
Never thought I’d see a legit cruise ship cartoon.
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.
@CruiseLaw Weighs in on Frivolous Concordia Lawsuit
Jim Walker posed the following on his CruiseLaw Blog. I have a feeling they are going to get annihilated in court. Simply clueless. I have three semesters of maritime/admiralty law under my belt and even I can tell these are…
More details emerge about the Royal Princess w/ Video
Big enough Atrium for you The Atrium onboard the Royal Princess will be 50 percent larger than on the newest class of Princess ships and will debut a number of brand new features, including Bellini’s Italian cocktail bar, Ocean Terrace…
Royal Princess Inaugural Season Announced
Princess Cruises announced the details of they newest flagship. Her maiden voyage will be a 7-night Iberian Peninsula voyage from Southampton to Barcelona. It departs June 16th 2013. After that she will sail Princess signature 12-day Grand Mediterranean between Barcelona…
[TV Special] Cruise Ship Disaster: Inside the Concordia
Discovery Channel announced that this Sunday Feb. 19th. Cruise Ship Disaster: Inside the Concordia is set to premier. Here’s what they say about it: Sunday, February 19th Discovery will take you to where few have gone and where nobody wants…
CLIA and PSA Announce Changes to Muster Drills
This should really come as no surprise to anyone: The global cruise industry announced a new emergency drill policy requiring mandatory muster for embarking passengers prior to departure from port. The new policy follows the industry’s announcement on January 27…
QM2 Suffers Two Power Outages
The Herald Sun of Australia is reporting that Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 had suffered two power outages while en route to Australia. The two outages are said to not have lasted more then 30 minutes.
Disney Fantasy Handed Over
The Meyer Werft flag being lowered and the Disney Cruise Line flag being raised The Disney Fantasy is scheduled to depart Germany on Feb. 16 and arrive in New York City on February 28th.
[UPDATED] Carnival Adds South America while Royal Caribbean Drops it
Carnival Cruise Lines announced that march 2013, they will reposition the Carnival Miracle to the West Coast while the Carnival Splendor goes the other way to New York. Now the Miracle is a panamax ship but the Splendor is a…
BREAKING: Video from the Bridge of the Concordia emerges
Speechless really. Well I guess it saves the reputations of some of the officers, but it really paints the captain in even worse light (if that’s even possible.)