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.

Louis Majesty Delivered (again)

Louis was re-delivered the Norwegian Majesty. Norwegian Cruise Line originally sold the Norwegian Majesty back in 2008 along with the Norwegian Dream, but the Dream part of the deal fell through. It was arranged for NCL to charter the ship…

Carnival Dream Godmother

…is Marcia Gay Harden. The ceremony will take place tomorrow after Carnival’s flagship arrives in the U.S. for the first time. In an attempt to upstage Royal Caribbean and their Oasis of the Seas’, you’d think think that they would…

Costa Christening in Dubai

Europe’s largest cruise line will station its newest vessel, Costa Deliziosa, in the United Arab Emirates, commonly referred to as the U.A.E. The ship will be home ported in the Emirate of Dubai as soon as she leaves the shipyard…

Carnival Delays Two Ships in Ida

Carnival announced that the Carnival Triumph and the Carnival Fantasy would delay their inaugural cruises out of new homeports. The Carnival Triumph was set to call on New Orleans for the first time yesterday until mother nature had its way.…

Norwegian Epic Entertainment

Norwegian Cruise Line announced two new show to be added to the Epic’s already crowded entertainment options: Howl at the Moon and Legends in Concert. Howl at the Moon is a duet between two pianos players. Unlike a traditional duet,…

Oasis Terminal

The Sun Sentential features a picture of the massive 240,000 sq ft terminal that will house Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas 10,000+ embarking and debarking passengers every weekend. The embarking passengers are on the left, while…

Oasis Delayed

UPDATE 3:26 pm: Royal Caribbean confirmed that there has been damage to the lifeboats. It is said to be minor and will not cause further delays. _______________________________________________________________ As I reported on November 4th, the Oasis has encountered some very rough…

Costa Announces Ships Names

Finally some news not about Oasis or RCI! This one is about their competitors, Carnival Corp’s line Costa Cruises. The went public with two new vessel names. The 114,000 grt ships will be named: the Costa Favolosa and Costa Fascinosa.…

Oasis in Storm

Currently the Oasis of the Seas is crossing the Atlantic after the brief stop in England. While in transit to Florida, the ship is running into quite the Atlantic storm. I’ll let RCI CEO Richard Fain explain it; The one…