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.

Hurricane Earl Changes [Thursday]

Here are a few additional changes and some changes to the changes: Holland America The Eurodam had her transatlantic altered to include Halifax, well now Halifax has been dropped. Cunard Line Here is a new addition. The Queen Mary 2…

UPDATED: [EVEN] More Earl Changes

UPDATE WEDNESDAY: Here are even more changes as warnings and watched extend all the way to Massachusetts. Celebrity Celebrity Summit will skip Saint John, New Brunswick tomorrow and sail directly to Halifax, Nova Scotia, At sea Friday and Saturday. Carnival…

Clipper Adventurer Aground in Arctic.

Adventure Canada’s 200 passenger adventure ship has run aground on some uncharted rocks in the Arctic Circle. A rescue ship from the Canadian Coast Guard has arrived and the Clipper Adventurer has been evacuated. The ship hit rocks in 3m…

Tropical Storm [My Name is] Earl

UPDATE SUNDAY MORNING:  As Tropical storm Earl heads closer to the Leeward Islands, this morning brings a few more itinerary changes. Royal Caribbean will divert the Enchantment of the Seas to Samana, D.R. instead of St. Thomas tomorrow. Tuesday, she…

New Ship for Pullmantur….Sort of..

Allow me to explain. Spanish line Pullmantur’s Pacific Dream (ex. Island Star, Horizon) suffered a rather severe engine problem last week. Two cruises have had to be cancelled. Rumors are floating around that even a drydock may need to occur.…

TechTuesday: Carnival and Facebook

Carnival is one of, if not the, the leaders in the cruise industry in utilizing social media. In keeping up with that trend, they recently announced their partnership with devoper Razorfish to launch the above facebook app. For those not…

Disney Dream Shipyard Report 4

Disney’s very own blog has the scoop on the progress of the Dream. This post features the development of the adults only pool area. Kinda small for a ship that big if you ask me. Click here for full details…