Yesterday was the third and final day of Seatrade Cruise Global. Here are some notes from the floor from the closing day: Pearl Seas Cruises have canceled their first three cruises to Cuba. The line still doesn’t have the required…
Today was the second day of the Seatrade Cruise Global conference in Port Everglades (Ft. Lauderdale). The focus of today was definitely food. Here are the highlights and announcements: Details of NCL’s Harvest Caye in Belize were announced. It will…
Today was the official first day of the annual Seatrade convention in Florida. This year the title was changed to Seatrade Cruise Global and was relocated from Miami to Port Everglades (Apparently located just off of the Princess cruise terminal). The…
AIDA Cruises have confirmed that they have finally taken delivery of the AIDAprima. And get this, she’s scheduled to arrive Hamburg earlier than expected. She will do an additional preview cruise. The much delayed 124,500grt ship is a prototype newbuild…
Royal Caribbeans newest flagship just completed her transit down the River Ems from the shipyard to the piers alongside the North Sea. This transit always leads to some dramatic photos and the Ovation did not disappoint. Here’s a selection of…
Ovation of the Seas, Royal Caribbean’s first purpose build ship for the Chinese market was just floated out of the covered building dock in Meyer Werft Germany. Ovation is still on track to be delivered next month and sail her…
Well this came out of nowhere. And a week before the Seatrade Cruise Global conference. via Disney: The Walt Disney Company announced plans today to build two additional cruise ships, each of them showcasing the immersive family entertainment, enchanting storytelling…
Germany’s AIDA Cruises have announced that the christening of their latest flagship will be on May 7th. Her first cruise is scheduled to depart the week prior (April 30) so this is a bit unusual. On May 7, the AIDAprime…
February 2016 is becoming a month Royal Caribbean would like to quickly forget. Just 2 weeks after the Anthem was knocked around in a squall in the Atlantic, reports are stating that Royal Caribbean has decided to cut her current cruise…
NCL just announced details on their mysterious ‘2017 newbuild’. I say mysterious because when it was announced, no one really knew where this ship would fit in Meyer Werft’s yard orderbook. The below official release has her in China in…