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Allure of the Seas Shipyard Report #1

I can’t seem to find any old shipyard reports of the Allure so I guess this is Cruiseind’s #1. Anyways, these photos come courtesy of Royal Caribbean’s Flickr.  

Whale meets Cruise Ship with Unfortunate end

Hopefully the Sea Sheppard’s won’t get news of this, although maybe it’ll make the show interesting to watch. The Sapphire Princess collided with the over 40-ft long humpback while cruising in Alaska. She was cruising from Ketchikan to Juneau and…

A Name Change for a MSC ship

MSC recently finalized the order for their 12th ship. The vessel was originally to be called the MSC Favolosa. European rivals Costa Cruises will be naming their newest vessel the Costa Favolosa. In a rare (has this even happened before?)…

MSC Tragedy

A guest onboard a MSC Cruises vessel was killed when a gangway collapsed. A 62- year old Spanish female was boarding the MSC Splendida in Genoa, Italy. Another passenger was also involved, but bizarrely enough, he escapes with only bruising.…

Jewel of the Seas plagued by Mechanical Issues

Royal Caribbean’s Jewel of the Seas missed Stockholm, Sweden today due to a mechanical problem with he ships propulsion. A spokeswoman for RCCL, Cynthia Martinez, stated that it was a problem with “one of the four hydraulic motors on the…

Cruise Vessel Safety and Security Act official.

President Obama signed into law the Cruise Vessel Safety and Security Act. The act is basically regulations on how the lines will handle crime and prevention of it. Cruise Lines will now be required to report deaths and other such…

MSC Charging for Tenders…Yikes!

Europe’s MSC Cruises is currently testing onboard the MSC Lirica a new fee for guests to pay if they want to leave the vessel. When the ships stops in Portofino, Italy, there is no dock available to tie up at,…

Australia the New Hot Spot?

On the other side of the pond, I’m referring to England, John Honeywell has the excellent blog, Captain Greybeard. Today he highlights the additions of new ship deployments from “down under.” See Here

What the World Once Was

This may not be considered your typical cruise ship, but The World is sort of close. You may recall the World of ResidentSea, is the “condo ship” that sails millionaires around the world, all while staying in the comfort of…

News Update

Now that the Epic coverage has died down, here is what you may have missed on CruiseInd: The Carnival Pride needs to enter its scheduled drydock early and has cancelled 2 cruises. The Alaska Head Tax has some “funny math.”…

Carnival Pride to Enter Drydock Early

Originally scheduled for January, the Carnival Pride will instead sail into a drydock in November. Every 2-3 years ships will routinely head to a drydock for 2 weeks. Workers will replace carpets, update cabins, thoroughly clean all areas of the…

Odd Happenings over Alaska Head Tax

If you haven’t followed the Alaska cruise saga I’ll sum it up: Basically locals were getting annoyed that lines were sending more and increasing larger ships to their ports. Passengers were overwhelming tiny port towns and ruining the waterfront. The…

Carnival Ecstasy Unable to Dock

I should have noticed something was up today when I checked the Galveston cam and saw that the Ecstasy was in Galveston on a Friday. Being able to see the Ecstasy walking to class and around campus at my alma…

Carnival Ship Looses Power

Carnival Fascination lost power on Wednesday as it was cruising back to Jacksonville, FL. The ship was adrift in the Atlantic after what is being referred to the cruise line as a “technical malfunction.” But, power was restored after several…

Hurricane Alex

The first hurricane in the 2010 Atlantic season has formed in the Gulf of Mexico. Due to the location of the storm in the gulf, no ships will have issues with ports. Carnival’s vessels sailing in/out of Galveston and New…

BREAKING: Carnival to Add Two Ships to Galveston & NOLA

Carnival just announced that the Carnival Magic (sister to the Carnival Dream) will home port in my former hometown of Galveston in November 2011. She will be joined by the slightly smaller Carnival Triumph. The Magic will operate the 7-night…

Norwegian Epic Live Blog

4:48pm: And that concludes the Norwegian Epic Live blog. Over 2 weeks of posts about the ship. Following her from France to the Netherlands to England to New York and finally to Miami. Thank you all for following. It’s been…

Norwegian Epic in Rotterdam, Southampton, and NYC

This post will be updated as I come across good quality photos of her arriving in Rotterdam, Southampton, and New York during the inaugural weeks. Check Back! UPDATE Sunday 7:29am:Last Epic update for a while. I promise! I’ll leave you…

Norwegian Epic Suffering from Propulsion Problem

The Norwegian Epic departed Rotterdam this morning and is currently on her way to Southampton, England where she was scheduled to arrive at 1000 but that has been rescheduled to 1730(5:30 pm) local time. NCL is reporting that the ship…

Epic Delivered

UPDATE 11:47am EST: All further updates from her voyage around Europe and over to the States will be covered on the Norwegian Epic Live Blog! ________________________________________________________________________  Currently, the Epic is in the English Channel between Southampton, England and Cherbourg, France.…

RUMOR: Oasis May Be Headed to Europe

File this under mega-rumor-that-probably-has-little-truth-but-is-interesting-nonetheless. According to CIN who hears “through the industry grapevine,” RCI execs are considering possibly sailing the Oasis to Europe. The Mediterranean is probably the best bet. Oasis has been very profitable for the port of calls…

I’m Back and So Is The Epic

I’m back after a long weekend and the Epic is back from her seatrials. You can see the photos on the Norwegian Epic page. Another bit of info. Her delivery date has changed from the 15th to the 17th. Maiden…