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The latest from the NWS has Rina being downgraded to a TS once again.   Here are NCL’s, RCCL, Princess and Disney’s latest changes: NCL Norwegian Pearl Cancelled calls in Grand Cayman and Cozumel. She’ll call on Friday have both…

From the Nassau Guardian: As the seventh ship came into port, a few nervous moments we felt as spectators watched it park terrifically close to neighboring vessel. This new record for Nassau Port provided a much-needed boost to a typically…

A Weekly Series featuring one photo that stand out to me on the social Photography site Shipspotting. This weeks is from Boston, MA. The Inbound massive Caribbean Princess sails down the Reserve Channel to dock at Black Falcon Terminal. Thats Hapag-Lloyd’s c.COLUMBUS already at…

With Tropical Storm Rina Forecast to becoming Hurricane, time to reopen the CruiseInd Hurricane Center. UPDATE Tuesday: Celebrity Celebrity Millennium from Miami, will skip Grand Cayman and spend today at sea and then call Nassau tomorrow. Carnival In addition to the…

This weeks entry is the Queen Mary 2 overnight in Quebec City, Canada. In the fall, vessels flock to the Canada Maritimes and New England. Longer routes will typically have vessels call overnight in Quebec, Montreal or both. (click for…

This post will start out as a news story but has potential to turn into a rant of mine. Right when the Freedom of the Seas took to the open ocean after departing Port Canaveral, she encountered some rough weather.…

Carnival Spirit will sail an altered itinerary.She will skip Manzanillo and Puerto Vallarta and sail Cabo San Lucas, La Paz, then back to Cabo San Lucas on Wednesday. She will leave earlier and sail  Puerto Vallarta on Thursday. Ensenada has…

The above photo comes from the annual Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) Conference. On the far left is Carnival Corp CEO Micky Arison. 3rd from the left is Royal Caribbean CEO Richard Fain. 3rd from the right is NCL CEO Kevin…

According to Cruise Market watch, prices of cruises have fallen significantly since Jan 2011. Take a look, and manipulate the graph your self. Have cruise prices and revenues softened for European sailings?

Gemini (L) and Ocean Pearl (R) Docked in Gibraltar Oct. 7, 2011 (click for larger) On my previous post about Happy Cruises I just received the below comment, possibly from a crew member or a former crew member. Obviously there…

I think I am going to try to start a weekly series called “What-I-Found-On-Shipspotting Wednesday”. This will be in addition to my not so weekly Finance-Friday. So lets kick things off with this gorgeous pic from Oslo, Norway of AIDA’s…