Well these photos are live at least. Refresh the page every so often to to see the updated photos from the webcam. Or use the mobile webcam viewer from your hand held device. QM2 in Red Hook Brooklyn Queen Victoria…
Carnival spokesman Vance Gulliksen told USA TODAY’s CruiseLog, that “the line will not replace its last remaining ship in the city, the Carnival Spirit, when the vessel moves to Australia in 2012.” “All San Diego cruises through April 2012 will…
SCHEDULE: Thursday January 13th ARRIVALS: 6:00 AM (approx) All ships will be berthed at respective cruise terminal (see below). DEPARTURES: 6:00 PM Queen Mary 2 – from Brooklyn Cruise Terminal Queen Victoria – from Pier 90, Manhattan Cruise Terminal Queen…
Oceania announced today that the Insignia will leave the fleet when the Riviera arrives from the shipyard in 2012. The 698-pax vessel will be chartered to the German mega- shipping company, Hapag Lloyd. She will be renamed Columbus 2 and…
You read that right. Carnival Australia’s CEO Ann Sherry, spilled the beans that the 85,000grt Carnival Spirit, will sail down under full time beginning Oct 2012. The 2,680 pax ship will be the cruise giant’s first ship outside the U.S.…
The 3 Queens, Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth, and Queen Victoria, will all meet up in New York on Thursday. The Queens will be arriving into a city that will probably still be digging out from the storm that will…
The highly anticipated Disney Dream had arrived in her new home of Port Canaveral Florida. An estimated crowd on 2,000 people watcher her sail in. In typical Disney fashion, it was a sight to behold that no one will forget.…
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No Big News here…. Norwegian Cruise Line today announced its Caribbean deployment for the 2012/2013 season with itineraries from Miami, Tampa and New Orleans along with Repositioning, Panama Canal and Quick Getaway cruises. These cruises go on sale to Norwegian’s…
Last night was the premier of NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan’s appearance on Undercover Boss. It’s a show where the CEO of big companies go under cover and work the hardest jobs and do the most difficult tasks that are in…
Remember when Carnival was doing a sponsorship for the New Years Celebration in Time’s Square this year. Well here it is: Official Site Article in the NY Daily News
As this is posted on the eve of Christmas, Carnival gave their investors a Christmas present with a solid quarter. The numbers break down: Net income for Q4 of $248 million yielding 31 cent gain a share. This was just…
NCL announced its largest European deployment ever for the 2012/2013 season. They will send 4 ships over with 2 remaining year round, hence the 2013 part. The 2.018 pax Norwegian Spirit and the 2,224 pax. Norwegian Jade will both sail…
Update: She has a name: m/v Phoenicia The General National Maritime Transport Company (Libya) and STX France celebrated the steel cutting ceremony for the state-run comapny’s first cruise ship. The ship ordered back in June has celebrated the first milestone…
Princess will be using the standard propulsion for their newbuilds. Princess has had pretty good luck in the propulsion section. Unlike rivals Celebrity that had a ton of issues with their mermaid pods. They did make it up in the…
Just a month after the Carnival Splendor was incapacitated by an engine room fire, another one has struck an MSC ship. The MSC Musica was scheduled to leave Rio de Janeiro, Brazil yesterday when an engine room fire crippled the…
There is a rumor that the Grand Princess will have her Skywalkers nightclub removed in a future drydocking. Apparently all the engineering has been completed and all that’s left is the final go-ahead and selection of the shipyard to do…
Louis Cruises’ 1971-built Aquamarine (ex. Arielle, Carousel, Nordic Prince) has been sold. The buyer is the newly formed $23.3 Million. She will be renamed the Ocean Star Pacific. No word yet on when she will sail or where she will…
Pretty cool thing just happened onboard Disney’s Flagship. While wetdocked in Bremerhaven, Germany to undergo final outfitting, she encountered an event that, well I can guarantee wont happen in the Caribbean: Snow! The pictures say it all.
Here is an interesting marketing partnership. Carnival announced it is the official confetti sponsor of the Times Square New Year’s Eve 2011 celebration, bringing its signature fun and popular brand to the annual gathering of more than a million revelers. …
Martin Cox over at Maritime Matters, announced that the damage was worse than originally thought to the ship that caught fire off of Baja Mexico. The Carnival Splendor will now be ready by February 20th, 2011. She will be moved…
While cruising the Eastern Med, Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Seas was tossed around quite a bit. While sailing to Egypt, almost 30 guests were injured as they were thrown about the ship. Guests here “horrified” to see waves breaking…
Here is video of the Clelia II in rough waters. She is currently operated by Travel Dynamics International.
NCL just broke the news this morning that the Norwegian Jewel will be heading west and the Norwegian Star East. The Norwegian Jewel will sail Alaska’s Inside Passage along with the Norwegian Pearl from Seattle for the 2012 season. The…