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.
  • Joined: August 27, 2011
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Carnival Dream Shipyard Report #8

So as we near the delivery date and the Dreams maiden voyage, more and more photos are making their way out of Monfalcone, Italy. This batch of photos released today are of the lanai whirlpools. Remember that the Dream features…

Fred. Olsen’s Balmoral Hit With Bug

U.K. based Fred. Olsen Cruise Line’s Balmoral has been hit the the norovirus. According to the BBC only 18 of the 1,200 guests have been struck with the 24-bug. The vessel is currently cruising around the British Isles.

Marco Polo’s Line Goes Bankrupt

You may remember the saga of the Marco Polo and norovirus. Well today, the Bremen, Germany based line, according to this Google translation, will go through a “restructuring.” This is also known in the U.S. as Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Cruise Rescue on Twitter

Bizarre story from off of Florida. A man jumped from the Carnival Sensation while cruising off the coast of Florida. Local ships aided in the rescue and the Disney Wonder found him first and grabbed him up from the water.…

TS Erika Updates

Carnival As stated before the Carnival Glory will alter its itinerary to skip St. Maarten today and Grand Turk will be called at tomorrow. Royal Caribbean The Adventure of the Seas will possibly call in Dominica instead of Antigua. I…