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Really thought the Princess newbuild for China would have been named Sky Princess. from Princess: Princess Cruises announced today that its ship now under construction, a sister ship to Royal Princess and Regal Princess, will be named Majestic Princess. The new…
I can honestly say I’m a bit surprised by this. Saga seemed like they were content with secondhand tonnage. I guess there were no viable options for them. from Saga: Exciting news! After lots of work behind the scenes,…
Carnival Corp. announced non-GAAP net income of $1.4 billion, or $1.75 diluted EPS for the third quarter of 2015 compared to non-GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2014 of $1.2 billion, or $1.58 diluted EPS. For the third quarter…
You may have seen my tweet earlier today: Flying out of Boston yesterday, saw @RoyalCaribbean #BrillianceOfTheSeas departing. pic.twitter.com/tMSKEJyp35 — CruiseInd (@cruiseind) September 28, 2015 Here are some additionals I edited up if you were interested.
From Carnival: Carnival Cruise Line and the City of Mobile announced today that the Carnival Fantasy will operate a year-long schedule of four- and five-day cruises to Mexico from the Mobile Cruise Terminal beginning in fall 2016. Prior to its…
NCL’s latest newbuild, Norwegian Escape, has successfully completed the Ems river transit. She’s now berthed in the fitting out pier in Eemshaven in the Netherlands. She’s on schedule to sail on her inaugural preview cruise on October 25th from Hamburg…
Friday: 10:17 am:The Carnival Liberty is safely berthed in her homeport of San Juan. She will be there until her scheduled departure Sunday afternoon. That should just about do it from this quasi-Liveblog. Thank’s for following. Thursday: 6:55 pm: The…
Here’s a new cruise line from an unexpected place: North Korea. South Korea is currently planning on launching a cruise line designed to cater to South Koreans that want to travel to North Korea. Apparently, legally, South Koreans can cross…
UPDATE FRIDAY: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have announced that they will set a delivery date for sometime this December. There’s no mention of an exact day, so interpret that as you will. The heavily delayed AIDAprima has left Mitsubishi Heavy…
There’s been lots of back-and-forth in the will they/won’t they roll out Dynamic Dining fleetwide. As a refresher, Dynamic Dining was Royal’s answer to the immensely popular Freestyle Dining on rival Norwegian Cruise Line. You dine wherever, whenever and with…