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.

Cruise Lines Get Approval For Cuba

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It’s official, US Cruise lines can now sail US passengers to Cuba from US ports. The US Government just handed approval to a bunch of cruise lines today. Let’s take a look. Royal Caribbean Cruises received approval for Royal Caribbean…

Carnival Corp. Pulls the Plug on fathom

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Carnival Corp has decided to send fathom’s Adonia back to UK’s P&O Cruises. They will not replace her with another ship. This effectively spells the end to the start-up line. Carnival Corp instead announced that social impact excursions, the focal…

Celebrity Names Its Two Edge-Class Ships

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Celebrity Cruises just celebrated the steel cutting of it’s newest class of ships, the Edge-class. They also announced that the ships will be named Celebrity Edge and Celebrity Beyond. Now currently under construction at STX France, the ships will be…

Back When You Could Cruise to Cuba

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This post originally appeared on CruiseInd eight years ago. At the time, it looked at how Americans could legally cruise to Cuba and why Royal Caribbean’s Empress of the Seas was likely to become the line’s first Cuba ship. As…

Carnival Swaps Carnival Liberty and Valor

There is ongoing drama surrounding the Carnival Liberty. She’s finally sailing again after being stuck in Galveston with a bad alternator. The ship is due for a drydock in December so officials were hoping they could provide a temporary fix…

Royal Caribbean Announces Q3 2016 Earnings

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Royal Caribbean also released this neat infographic for their quarterly earnings. Here’s the full release:  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. reported GAAP and adjusted third quarter earnings of $3.21 and $3.20, respectively, up 13% from last year and better than expectations. …

NCL Reports Q3 2016 Earnings

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 third quarter ended September 30, 2016, and provided guidance for the fourth quarter and full year 2016. Highlights…