When Carnival Panorama, the third Vista-class ship, debuts in 2019, she will be homeported on the west coast. The 3,960pax Carnival Panorama will be deployed on 7-night Mexican Riviera cruises from the California port. This announcement took place at the newly renovated Long…
Crystal Cruises announced that they will make a change to the three Exclusive-class of vessels it has on order. The ships, when ordered back in 2015 by their former CEO were going to be 1000pax and 100,000gt. Virtually unheard of…
Here’s an interesting rumor that I wanted to share. MSC may be placing an order for 4 ultra luxary ships soon. These won’t be nearly the same size of their mega ships that they’re currently building. All the yards in…
NCL just announced that their newest ship will be named Norwegian Encore. This will be the fourth in the Breakaway-plus class vessels. She’ll join her sisters, Escape, Joy, and Bliss, but will more closely resemble the Bliss. The 164,600gt ship…
UPDATE II: P&O Australia just announced that they will be refurbing the Pacific Jewel so that’s definitely not the ship that Cartoon Network will get (if it’s evening going to happen). There’s also the possibility that this is just a generic cruise…
Carnival Corp. has just announced that they agreed with Meyer Werft to build an additional vessel for their P&O brand. They already have a newbuild planned for 2020 so this will be a sister to her and debut in 2022.…
oyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) today reported 2017 US GAAP and adjusted earnings of $7.53 per share — beating the Double-Double EPS target and the mid-point of previous guidance by $0.75 and $0.16, respectively. In addition, the company announced that 2018 adjusted earnings are expected to…
France’s Compagnie du Ponant, or just Ponant, have announced they have agreed with VARD for the construction of an iced classed expedition vessel. The ship’s hull and machinery will be constructed at VARD’s Romanian facility in Tulcea. She will then…
The next in the Mighty Cruise Ships series features the Europa 2 of Hapag Lloyd Cruises. The usual disclaimer with this series: Note that since this video is definitely copyrighted (to which I do not own) I can’t guarantee that…
This next video is an interesting behind the scenes look at a westbound transatlantic crossing on the Queen Elizabeth 2 in 1992. Unlike traditional documentaries, there is no narrator. It’s mostly an hourlong collection of various shots with a few…