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…
Royal Caribbean International has announced that the third Oasis class vessel, Harmony of the Seas, will feature an upgraded water park area onboard. Splashaway Bay (an interactive aqua park for kids), The Ultimate Abyss, (the tallest slide at sea touting…
Norwegian Escape was just floated out in Papenburg, Germany. This is the first time the public is being able to see the Guy Harvey artwork on the hull. What does everyone think?
The Balearia Bahamas Express operated m/s Bahama Mama (ex-SF Alhucemas) has reportedly failed a CDC Vessel Sanitation Program inspection. These are the twice annual random inspection of a ships galley’s and machinery areas. It’s a U.S. Government program that all…
Nova Star Cruises announced a short while ago that they finally found a winter route to sail their ship on. Loyal readers will recall that the Nova Star was laid up on Charleston, South Carolina for several months during last…
Last month when Crystal Cruises announced their massive expansion, they announced they would be forming a river cruise line as well. There wasn’t much know at the time and no renders were provided. In the photo above, made available today,…
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. reported a 26% increase in second quarter earnings and said it expects full year earnings to be almost 40% above last year. KEY HIGHLIGHTS Overall, the year will be another solid step towards the Double-Double. Commercially,…
As Cruise Industry News correctly points out this morning, neither Princess nor NCL have any plans on returning to Houston’s Bayport Terminal after this winter 2015-2016 season concludes. Houston has always had difficulty in attracting lines to call their terminal.…
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. together with NCL Corporation Ltd., “Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings”, “Norwegian” or the “Company”, reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 and provided guidance for the third quarter and full year 2015. Second…