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Holland America’s Veendam Post Refit Picture
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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.
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New Details for Carnivals Upcoming Cruises.
Carnival just announced them. Here they are. 5/4 Carnival Imagination – Cozumel is replaced with Nassau 4/30 Carnival Destiny – Cozumel is replaced with Nassau 5/3 Carnival Triumph – Cozumel is replaced with Belize 5/2 Carnival Liberty- Cozumel is replaced…
Swine Flu update for 4/29
Royal Caribbean’s are set in stone. Carnival will announce the overhauled itinerary for the Splendor later today. Here are some other itinerary changes: Holland America. HAL may announce alternate ports later today. Ryndam – San Diego, Los Angeles, Catalina Island,…
Royal Caribbean cancels Mexican sailings as well(With changes to Itineraries)
RCI announced today that they will cancel all sailings to Mexico "for the immediate future." This will affect 6 ships. Affected ships: Enchantment of the Seas Freedom of the Seas Liberty of the Seas Mariner of the Seas Radiance of…
Carnival Cancels all Mexican port calls.(With changes to Itineraries)
Only on departures until May 4th. For those interested, tomorrow they will post revised itineraries, and I’ll post them here. They say it’ll affect 16 ships, but I don’t know about the Triumph. Carnival Conquest Carnival Destiny Carnival Ecstasy Carnival…
Cruise Lines Starting to Skip Mexico
This just in. Word is that Carnival’s Inspiration and Holiday are skipping Cozumel and the Elation is skipping Ensenada today. Holland America’s Ryndam is also skipping Mazatlan as well. If I hear anything more, I’ll post it. UPDATE 1:20pm: Carnival…
Swine Flu Panic
Well swine flu panic has officially hit the industry. The stock market is currently see-sawing and industry stocks are down. Company Current Value Change % Carnival (CCL) 25.02 Down 3.04 11.98% Royal Caribbean (RCL) 12.31 Down 2.15 14.83% As of…
Oasis of the Seas 4/15/2009
Just like all my coverage of the Norwegian Epic, I will also follow the construction and deployment of the Oasis of the Seas. Interesting to note from the below picture from 4/15/2009, only one set of pipes are in place…
Independence of the Seas year-round in Europe
RCI announced today that the Independence of the Seas will be based year-round in Europe. She will sail from Southampton starting in April 2010. It has already been announced that she will sail to Europe for the Summer 2010, RCI…