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.

Royal Caribbean Announces Q4 2016 Earnings

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) today reported US GAAP and adjusted earnings for 2016 of $5.93 and $6.08 per share, respectively, resulting in more than a 25% increase in both US GAAP and adjusted earnings over 2015. As the company enters its DOUBLE-DOUBLE year, forward…

Carnival Horizon To Be Homeported In Miami

Carnival announced today that the 2018-newbuild, Carnival Horizon, will be homeported in Miami. She’ll take up the Vista’s place once the Vista shifts over to Galveston. Prior to sailing to the states, the ship, currently under construction in Italy, will…

Carnival Corp Orders Two More Vessels

Royal Princess departing Port Everglades ©CruiseInd

Carnival Corporation announced they have reached an agreement with Fincantieri to build two new vessels. They will sail for Holland America and Princess. The Holland America ship will be built at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Marghera, Italy and will be delivered in 2021. It will…

Norwegian Bliss Update

NCL has announced that when not sailing Alaska out of her summer-homeport of Seattle, their newest and largest ship, Norwegian Bliss, will be winter-homeported in Miami. Commencing on November 17, 2018, Norwegian Bliss will sail 7-night Eastern Caribbean routes every Saturday.  …