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.

[ARCHIVED] Norwegian Escape Live Blog

This is an archived post that originally appears on CruiseInd Oct 13, 2015 @ 09:59 Now that Norwegian Escape has arrived in her new home, I’m going to end this live blog. As always, thank’s for following. Hello and welcome to…

Princess Names Newest Ship Majestic Princess

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…

Saga Orders New Ship

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 Reports Q3 2015 Earnings

Carnival Sunshine

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…

Norwegian Escape Completes River Transit

Norwegian Escape

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…

New Cruise Line Alert: Peace Cruise Line

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…