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UPDATE:Here’s official photos from Costa. These blurry photos my be the first glimpse we have of 4 of the 9 ships that Carnival Corp placed in their massive 9 ship order back in March. It was announced that of the nine, four…
I know it’s only a silhouette but it’s all we have to go on other than this basic render: At the steel cutting ceremony, which is taking place right now at Italy’s Fincantieri shipyard, Silversea Cruises’ chairman Manfredi Lefebvre d’Ovidio…
UPDATE 12:12pm: According to a statment from Royal Caribbean: “#FreedomoftheSeas is alongside in Falmouth, Jamaica, as scheduled, and all systems are functioning. All guests onboard #FreedomoftheSeas have been accounted for and there are no reported injuries to any guests. All…
Cunard just announced a massive drydocking planned for their flagship Queen Mary 2. I’m excited for the single staterooms. Hopefully now I’ll be able to finally sail her. I also had no idea the kennels were that popular. from Cunard:…
Crystal Cruises announced today that they will be expanding into new markets in the luxury travel segment. This expansion is a direct result from the lines sale to the larger Genting Group earlier in the year. Crystal’s president and CEO, Edie…
Originally the 1992-built Majesty of the Seas was going to leave the fleet in April to go to parent line Pullmantur. Royal Caribbean have announced that they have since scrapped those plans and will instead keep her in Royal’s fleet. They…
Noted maritime historian, and one one of my idols, John Maxtone-Graham passed away this weekend in Manhattan, New York. Growing up I always used his novels in my research of the cruise industry. I couldn’t get enough of them! I’ve…
Big news from Carnival today: Carnival Corporation & plc , the world’s largest travel and leisure company, today announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Commerce granted approval for the company to begin travel to…
While departing Boston harbor yesterday afternoon, Holland America’s Maasdam suffered a main engine failure and remains anchored in Boston Harbor. Reports from the ship confirm it was an engine problem and some (very few) toilets were broken overnight. The engine…