This weekend saw the keel laying of the new Lindblad ship and the steel cutting for SunStone’s new ship. At an event in CRIST shipyard in Gdynia, Poland, the yard placed the bottom block of what will become the National Geographic…
MSC Cruises announced that the MSC Armonia will sail 7-night western Caribbean itineraries featuring an overnight in Cuba. She will reposition to Miami and start the itineraries this December. She will sail on Mondays and overnight in Havana on Saturday and…
UPDATE 2023: Disney has now purchased the vessel and released this rendering. An earlier version of the vessel included a slightly different arrangement of her funnels. There appears to be two sets of double funnels in this newly released one…
Royal Caribbean just announced some major enhancements to their private island in the Bahamas, Cococay. In the render we see a water park, cabanas and even the new pier! They’ll also be adding a bar an restaurant called Captain Jacks:…
P&O Cruises smallest vessel, the Adonia (ex-R Eight, Minerva II, Royal Princess), has officially been transferred to Azamara Crusies. She will be transformed to the Azamara Pursuit in a drydock in the Bahamas. Whats neat about this is two things. One is…
Genting Hong Kong, whom just recently transferred their Star Cruises newbuild to Dream Cruises, just announced a rather interesting figure about the Global Class newbuild. They reconfirmed that the ship will measure 204,000gt but they plan on having 2,500 cabins…
The final day of Seatrade Cruise Global just came to an end. This is typically a very light day on both news and attendance. It’s not surprising to hear packing tape at around noon in some of the quieter areas…
Day two has officially concluded and the show floor seemed more packed today. NCL had the key press event today. They announced that the Norwegian Encore will be based in Miami and at a brand new terminal that they will…
NCL will be holding a press conference at Seatrade Cruise Global. We just took our seat in the middle of the room. A huge table covered in black cloth just entered the room. No idea what this is. Archived Live…
Day one has officially concluded and boy did we have alot of news. Heres a recap of the highlights as well as some gossip and rumblings I’ve heard on the floor. The State of the Global Industry was held. You…