The cruise ship Adriana will sail to the embargoed island for the new Tropicana Cruises of Belize. Homeported out of Jamaica U.S. and Canadian passengers can cruise to the island for 7-nights. Prices start at around $1,050 per person.…
Troubled cruise line Pearl Seas Cruises has yet hit another bump in the road. The way over budget, horribly delayed small ship Pearl Mist, has been “Rejected.” You may remember the tradition in the maritime industry where the line, Cunard,…
Carnival Corporation, the world largest cruise line, recently posted their 3rd Quarter earnings report. Lets take a look at the numbers. Total revenue was $4.4 billion. Up from $4.1 billion last year. Total net income was $1.3 billion yielding $1.62…
The Disney Dream has now had her first taste of water. She was successfully floated out at Meyer Werft Shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. The 128,000 grt ship is still on track for a January 26th maiden voyage.
The all residence ship, Utopia, may be taking a step closer to reality with a rumored contract in the works. The vessel, which would sail for Utopia Residences, would be built by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. This would…
You may be saying, “why is this being posted on CruiseInd. Shouldn’t this be posted on a site like AboutThoseBirds.com.” Well if by golf course, I mean the one on Oasis of the Seas, then I believe this is the…
RCI just announced that the 5th Solstice class ship will be named the Celebrity Reflection. She joins the Celebrity Solstice, Eclipse, Equinox, and Silhouette. Love the name, hate the name? Sound off in the comments below.
On Tuesday, the three flag ships and largest ships in their rival lines all met in St. Maarten. I am of course referring to the Carnival Dream, Norwegian Epic and the Oasis of the Seas. This unique meet-up was courtesy…
Here are 5 pics that RCI released of the #1 and #2 largest ships in the industry. Click for larger…
The threat of Hurricane Igor has forced officials in Bermuda to close the Islands ports. So far: MSC will skip Bermuda and sail to my home state of Massachusetts. The MSC Poesia skip Hamilton on the 18th and steam into…