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Princess cruises have agreed to sell the small 826-pax, 30,277gt, Ocean Princess to Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings [NCLH]. They will sail the ship under Oceania Cruises operations. Remember NCL purchased Prestige, and with it Oceania Cruises. She will join her…
via Royal Caribbean: Royal Caribbean International’s Voyager of the Seas, the largest cruise ship based in Asia Pacific, has just successfully completed her month-long $80 million revitalization bringing guests in the region a variety of first-at-sea features such as the FlowRider…
A rather uninspiring title, however interesting premise none-the-less. Reports suggest that former Home Improvement show runners are currently writing a sitcom that will be cruise ship centric for NBC. No further details are known at this point but it will…
**Make sure you’re following our Quantum of the Seas live blog. As she’s about to start her regular itineraries, the coverage will end soon, so make sure you’re all caught up. A group of pax on the maiden transatlantic voyage…
The worlds largest cruise ship recently made a stop in drydock last month. The Oasis of the Seas is so large that there are only a select few drydocks cable of handling the 225,282gt ship. Taking place in Rotterdam, Netherlands…
Cruise & Maritime Voyages parent company, All Leisure Group, have terminated two mv Discovery(ex-Island Venture, Island Princess) cruises early. The decision was made due to mounting losses occurring everything the ship sails. As such, she has been sold “as is”…
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, the parent company of STX Europe which was recently broken up as part of the failing company’s restructuring plan, has been talking to Fincantieri about selling STX France to the Italian firm. Fincantieri purchased STX’s offshore…
from CVM: Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) announced the addition of Grand Holiday (ex-Carnival Holiday) from Costa Crociere to the CMV fleet, commencing operations under the CMV livery in spring 2015. She will be re-named Magellan and at 46,052grt will…
Hurtigruten ASA has announced that it has entered into a transaction agreement with Silk Bidco AS, a joint venture vehicle indirectly owned by Home Capital AS, a company controlled by member of the board of directors of the Company Petter…
Quantum as arrived in Cape Liberty. We have all the days events covered on our Quantum Of The Seas Liveblog.
via Princess: Princess Cruises, the cruise line made famous as the backdrop of the iconic Love Boat television series, christened its new Regal Princess today with a tribute to the show as all six of the original cast members served…
After an inaugural season in the Mediterranean, the Regal Princess has just arrived in Port Everglades. Her sister, Royal Princess is currently on the other side of the harbor at berth 21, having herself just arrived from her first Canada…
Norwegian Cruise Line today reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2014, and provided guidance for the fourth quarter and full year 2014. Third Quarter Highlights Adjusted EPS improvement of 29.1% to $1.11 from $0.86 in 2013 Net Yield…
This is an archived post that originally appeared on CruiseInd on Oct 29, 2014 @ 16:31 CLICK HERE FOR LATEST POSTS ON THE QUANTUM OF THE SEAS LIVEBLOG ARCHIVE October 27: October 25: Quantum of the Seas is still currently…
A new line has formed in Iceland called ProCruises. They’ll sail and operate one small expedition ship around Iceland, Greenland, and northern Europe. The 224-pax, 8,282gt Ocean Diamond (ex-Song of Flower, Le Diamant). You can check out the website here.…
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. today reported third quarter results and provided a preliminary outlook for 2015. Net Yields and Net Cruise Costs as well as Adjusted Net Income all performed about as expected for the quarter generating Adjusted Net Income…
Germany’s TUI Cruises and Meyer Turku (ex-STX Finland) recently celebrated the floatout ceremony of their newest ship, Mein Schiff 4.
via NCL: NCL announced that hospitality veteran Drew Madsen has joined as president and chief operating officer of Norwegian Cruise Line. Madsen brings a strong track record of success to Norwegian with more than 30 years of leadership experience in…
Oasis has sailed from her drydock and is now berthed in Rotterdam. These two webcams come courtesy of virtualvisit.nl. Over on CruiseCritic, someone has released the total changes. I have yet to cross check them with the deckplans as they…
Princess Cruises have announced that they intend to sell their smallest ship the Ocean Princess. For now it seems her sister ship Pacific Princess will stay in the fleet. P&O Crusies’ Adonia is also rumored to be for sale as…
Oasis of the Seas arrived into one of the worlds largest drydocks located the Netherlands.
Germany’s Passat Kreuzfahrten has officially stopped operations. When their lone ship, the 1975-built Delphin (ex-Byelorussiya, Kazakhstan II) returned to Bremerhaven last week, passengers were notified it was the last cruise for the ship. The ship will most likely be made…
Thought this was pretty cool. Would love to try it out. via Princess: Regal Princess guests will have the opportunity to connect with their fellow cruisers with the debut of Princess@Sea Messenger, a free mobile messenger feature offering guests an…
via Thomson Cruises parent company TUI Group: Thomson Cruises today announces a significant investment in Thomson Dream and Thomson Celebration as part of the cruise line’s modernisation strategy. Upgrades will include public areas such as sun decks and lounges, and…
NCL and Meyer Werft today celebrated the Keel laying of the first Breakaway-plus vessel, Norwegian Escape.