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.

First Block Laid for Genting Dream

Genting Dream

Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany just laid the first block of hull number S.711, more commonly refered to as the Genting Dream, into the covered drydock at the yard. She will sail for the newly formed Dream Cruises in Asia.…

Royal Caribbean Announces Q3 2015 Earnings

Biggest news here is the $500 million share repurchase program and the write down of Pullmantur’s almost $400 million loss. Income and Yeilds are up with costs being down.  via Royal Caribbean: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. reported better than anticipated third…

NCL Reports Q3 2015 Earnings

Income is up, bookings are up, yields are up, but expenses are up. Keep in mind when comparing this to last year; this year includes revenues and costs associated to the Prestige acquisition so it’s a bit hard to compare here. via NCL:…

Crystal River Cruises to Build 5 Ships

More details on Crystal’s impressive revitalization. Also nice to see Lloyd Werft getting more work. via Crystal Cruises: In true Crystal fashion, the world’s most awarded luxury cruise line is delivering more of what its guests want, and will launch…

Deutschland Time Chartered to Phoenix Reisen

The former Peter Delimann ship Deutschland splits her time between Semester at Sea and charter operator Plantours. Semester at Sea has her for Spring and Fall world cruises as the m/v World Odyssey. Plantours spot charterers the ship for several…