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.

Carnival Corp. Sells Adonia to Azamara

Carnival Corp. announced that they will be selling P&O Cruises Adonia (ex-R Eight, Minerva II, Royal Princess) to Azamara Club Cruises. Interestingly enough, Azamara is owned by rival Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. She will enter a drydock in March 2018 and…

Cunard Orders New Ship

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Cunard and Carnival Corp. have announced this morning that they have entered into agreement to build a new ship for the 177 year old line. The line currently sails 3 ships, Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria. This…

Costa Announces Newbuild Name

At the steel-cutting ceremony at Meyer Turku in Finland, Costa Cruises announced that their newest ship will be named Costa Smeralda. They also released this new rendering of her. She’ll be based on the AIDAnova class of vessels. These are…

Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line Gets Second Ship

Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line sails two night trips from West Palm Beach to Freeport, Grand Bahama Island. They current operate the ex-Carnival Celebration and have renamed her Grand Celebration. They also hired former NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan to run the line.…

NCL Announces Details on the Norwegian Bliss

NCL just announced further details on their upcoming 2018 newbuild, Norwegian Bliss. Based on the Norwegian Joy general arrangement, the Norwegian Bliss builds upon that. Most notably she will have the same racetrack as is found on the Joy. She’s…

Royal Caribbean Names Newest Vessel

Royal Caribbean has announced that it’s next vessel will be called Spectrum of the Seas. The announcement came during her steel cutting at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany. When she comes out in 2019, she’ll head direct to China…

NCL Announces Q2 2017 Earnings

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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq:NCLH) (together with NCL Corporation Ltd., “Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings”, “Norwegian” or the “Company,”) today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2017, and provided guidance for the third quarter and full year 2017. Highlights…