I guess someone forgot to measure the ships air draft! While sailing into the port of Klaksvik in the Faroe Islands, the Jewel of the Seas got her mast stuck on an over head cable that ran between two island.…
While the actually recordings are still under possession of Italian police, parts of the transcript have begun to leak out. Among some of the alarming details was the Captains direct knowledge of the severity of the situation. Captain Schettino can…
This is beyond bad. This is atrocious. She looks like a Mediterranean ferry. I mean if they want her to stand out, this will definitely do it. NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan, who has impressed me in the past, stated: Norwegian…
Sister ship to the Royal Princess, and scheduled to set sail in 2014, the name has a rich history in Princess cruises. The original Regal Princess was ordered by Sitmar Cruises, but delivered to Princess Cruises when they bought Sitmar…
Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. There just hasn’t been any really big news. A new dinning program from NCL. New way to board a ship from Carnival. Work’s underway to salvage the Concordia….Really nothing big.
Italy’s Fincanteri Shipyard just launched the Royal Princess. Check out the most complete photo we have yet of her!
The above is what is considered the first render of Royal Caribbean’s follow-up to the Oasis class: The Sunshine class. The origin is unknown and it is also not known who leaked it.
MIAMI, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. reported second quarter results and updated its guidance for the remainder of 2012. KEY HIGHLIGHTS Results For the Second Quarter of 2012: Net loss was ($3.6 million), or ($0.02) per…
I found what appears to be a slightly more detailed version of the general arrangement that leaked out earlier.
CIN found these plans for the Titanic II. You may recall, this is the one that the Australian billionaire is trying to build. Common sense says she’ll never hit the water and I’m as skeptical as everyone else is about the project.…
via CIN: Her Stern block going into place.
Princess Cruises today revealed the sports and fitness features that will be aboard the new Royal Princess when the ship debuts next June. Passengers of all athletic abilities can test their mettle and keep in shape with a new…
It was reported yesterday that while transiting between Corfu and Piraeus, a small electrical fire developed in a passenger cabin. It was quickly extinguished and the displaced passengers were given new cabins.
A fire broke out Friday aboard the Regina Rheni while she was cruising the Rhine. Tauck’s MS Swiss Sapphire was first on the scene and was able to rescue the pax off the ship. There are no serious injuries reported…
Rumor has it that Seabourn has some ‘feelers’ out there to see if there are any interested buyers. So far it looks like they are just trying to dump some older tonnage i.e. the 3 older sisters, Pride, Spirit and…
If you been checking out the other cruise sites lately, I’m sure you read about the Liberty of the Seas ‘near collision’ (as CruiseCritic puts it) with a small Italian fishing boat. It gained pretty quick attention and was used…
After falling through with STX yards and switching the bid to Italy’s Fincanteri, the contract was officially signed. The contract calls for 2, 47,000grt ships with a capacity of about 944.
click for larger Not entirely sure why CrusieCritic needs to state this, but this was already the plan. The Global Economic Crisis just stalled it a bit. They do state that the ship will no longer be going over…
via CIN: Sometimes supplier announcements can have unintended consequences, like Wärtsilä Hamworthy confirming an equipment order for the P&O Cruises 141,000-ton newbuild at Fincantieri, due for delivery in 2015, along with an option for a second ship. The cruise line…
It doesn’t appear that this was the result of a hack or malicious code, just a goof on their end. And quite the goof it was. Over 1,200 booked guests had their Name, Email and Booking Number added to a…
Thank social media for this, and the people who actually know how to use it. [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/bastable/status/218819048413212672″] [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/bastable/status/218819735104659456″] See more unfold after the break…
CIN is reporting that an unnamed cruise line may have just ordered a 100,000grt newbuild set for launch in 2018. The date seems a little too far in the future in my opinion, but China has no experience building post-panamax…
Travel Agent Central initially reported that it was a fire that caused smoke to be seen inside Carnival newest ship cruising the Med. However Carnival’s PR dept. issued the following statement: A fan belt inside an AC unit in a…
On Saturday, a fire broke out onboard France’s MS Gerard Schmitter. The CroisiEurope ship was in the process of tying up when the fire was first reported. The cause seems to be a cable that sparked in the ships ‘Technical…
I spoke to one of the directors of my company and he said they keep her under heavy guard and security won’t even allow pictures. So I found a way around it. The Burj Khalifa is the worlds tallest free…