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From Carnival: For the very first time, Carnival Cruise Lines is offering 10- and 11-day cruises between Galveston and San Juan featuring visits to six different Caribbean destinations on one itinerary. Two 11-day cruises sail from Galveston to San Juan…
From Carnival: Carnival Freedom will undergo an extensive multi-million-dollar makeover this spring that will add the first-ever Bookville family reading venue – part of the recently launched Seuss at Sea program in partnership with Dr. Seuss Enterprises – along with…
Carnival Corporation & plc announced non-GAAP net income of $2 million, or $0.00 diluted EPS for the first quarter of 2014 compared to non-GAAP net income for the first quarter of 2013 of $67 million, or $0.08 diluted EPS. For…
Back in January, a Carnival spokesman said that they will return to Norfolk sometime in 2015. Today, Carnival has announced the details. This follows in the wake of Carnival’s decision to resume east coast routes. via Carnival: Carnival Splendor will…
New features on Carnival Legend include: WaterWorks, an aqua park highlighted by Green Thunder – the only attraction of its kind in North America that features an 187-foot-long slide with a pulse-pounding 34-foot-long drop where riders obtain speeds of up…
via PRNewswire Carnival Corporation & plc announced that Micky Arison, Chairman of the Board of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc, has advised Carnival Corporation that trusts organized for his benefit plan to sell up to 10 million shares of Carnival Corporation common stock (“Shares”) in market sales, representing up…
Taking place in Italy today, the first steel was cut for Carnival’s newest flagship. Not much is known about their newbuild at this point. It will be 135,000gt; putting her slightly larger than the 128,ooogt Carnival Dream-class. She is being constructed…
P&O Cruises have released some renderings of their upcoming flagship. The interiors have a very bright sense to them. That’s a trend were seeing lately. In the early 2000’s it was about bight, but bold colors. We’re still seeing some of that…
The 24,427gt Costa Voyager has always been the outcast in the Costa Cruises fleet. It is currently being heavily rumored that Chinese interests have purchased, or are very close to purchasing the ship. She would be operating for Bohai Ferry in…
Carnival just announced that they will be returning to the Port of Baltimore. Back in June, the Miami based line announced that they would reposition the Carnival Pride and sail her out of Tampa year round effective last November. It…
Carnival Corporation & plc today announced Howard Frank has been named Chairman of Costa Crociere S.p.A. In this role, Frank will support Michael Thamm, CEO of Costa Crociere S.p.A. Last November, after 25 years with Carnival Corporation which included serving…
Last week we broke the story that P&O are drastically going to change the livery of their newbuild the Britannia. One of the two big changes are a departure from the canary yellow funnels to blue with the P&O Cruises…
From Carnival PR Carnival Cruise Lines unveiled a new entertainment offering to bring the best in live music to the seas. A first-of-its-kind experience in the cruise industry, the Carnival LIVE Concert Series offers Carnival guests the opportunity to enjoy…
Seattle based ultra luxary brand Seabourn Cruises has announced that they have reached and agreement with Fincantieri S.p.A. in Italy. She will be based on the Odyssey class of ships, launched in 2009 with the Odyssey (pictured above). The new ship…
UPDATE II: And here’s an official promo video. UPDATE: And its just been confirmed! Turns out the announcement was made official at an awards show in London. P&O just updated their site: A bold new look! Britannia will embrace a bold…
Vance Gulliksen Carnival Spokesperson: I can confirm that Carnival Cruise Lines is returning to Norfolk in 2015 to operate a series of cruises in the spring and fall. Specific ship, date and itinerary information is still being finalized.
UPDATE: Cruise Critic is reporting that a port in Britain is among 12 ports/groups that are in the process of bidding to accept the Concordia. Teesside Environmental Reclamation and Recycling facility (TERRC) at Able Seaton Port in Hartlepool, on the…
Tradewinds posted: Passengers on the seven-day Mexico cruise had been posting inquiries about the incident for days but the Carnival subsidiary did not break its silence until today. The ship in question was the 57,092gt Veendam belonging to Holland America. Anti-cruise blog Cruise Law…
Carnival has announced that the Carnival Splendor will reposition to Miami in November 2014 for the winter 2014-2015 season. This removes their only ship from yearound service out of New York City. She’ll be back in the summer 2015 for…
A new lawsuit alleges that Carnival sailed the Triumph on her fateful trip all while knowing that the ship was our of class (classification) and not in compliance. The lawsuit is filed in a Houston, TX district court; not sure…
Carnival Corporation & plc announced non-GAAP net income of $35 million, or $0.04 diluted EPS, for the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to non-GAAP net income for the fourth quarter of 2012 of $111 million, or $0.14 per share. For the…
NCL has Nickelodeon. Royal Caribbean has Dreamworks. Disney has…well…Disney. And now Carnival has Dr. Seuss. At a press event yesterday onboard the Carnival Splendor in New York, the Line announced that they have partnered with Dr. Seuss Enterprises. They will be bringing…
Carnival has announced they they will be revamping their entire main dining room experience. American TABLE and American FEAST are Carnival take on upscale contemporary land based restaurants at sea. While the decor in the restaurants wont be changed yet,…
According to Cruise Business Review, the 2000-built Costa Voyager (ex-Olympic\Olympia Voyager) is reportedly for sale by Costa Cruises. Never really understood what they were doing with her in the fleet. When constructed, the 836-pax was able to achieve an unprecedented 27-knots.
Any reason Viking, one of the leaders in life boats/life rafts, uses a Costa ship in their marketing and promotional shots?