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Via Mikey’s Cruise Blog: “The Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas have proven themselves to be exceptionally attractive ships by generating the highest guest satisfaction ratings in the fleet coupled with very compelling financial returns,” said Richard…
After months of speculation, here are architectural models of Royal Caribbean’s Project Sunshine. So its confirmed that Sunshine will be to Oasis, what the Radiance is to Voyager. Although I was kind of hoping for a split superstructure like Oasis.
Photos out of Papenburg, Germany show that Meyer Werft have placed the final blocks into place on the Norwegian Breakaway.
I was able to dig up some more details of the Breakaway Plus. The ship will cost 700 million euros. NCL was able to get the financing form the German bank, KfW IPEX-Bank. CIN has more detials: The ship’s contract…
Stories have been surfacing the past few days from onboard P&O’s Ventura, that the ship was damaged in a storm off the French Coast in the Bay of Biscay. The worst is the above crack. Said to be wider than 2-in.,…
Royal Caribbean, along with several local developers, are aiming to develop a new port/terminal in Barbados. Their new website has just gone live. Take a look and see if you like the idea.
Hard to tell the difference. She’s supposedly larger than Breakaway. Looks stretched in the forward superstructure. I guess we’ll know when they release the deckplans.
Norwegian Cruise Line announced today that it has reached an agreement with MEYER WERFT GMBH of Germany to build a new cruise vessel, for delivery in October 2015, with the option for a second ship for delivery in spring 2017.…
Rob Lightbody writing for The QE2 Story wrote the following: I’m hearing from a good contact, that ship brokers have been getting contacted about the possible scrapping of a 300m cruise ship based in UAE. That could surely only be…
That is one beg stern!
The Norwegian Getaway will be homeported in Miami starting in February. After an inaugural transatlantic departing Rotterdam Jan. 16 2014 with a stop in Southampton, England, she will sail on her first Caribbean voyage on Feb 1st. She is currently…
According to the Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat, STX Yards and Royal Caribbean are nearing a deal to build a third Oasis class. A sister to the very successful Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas, the order for…
The SS United States Redevelopment Project selected two possible Request for Proposals [RFP] for the fate of the 1952 built liner. Option A) Pennsylvania. She will be moored next to Harrah’s Casino in Chester, PA. She will be used as…
Directly from the CLIA: On behalf of the global cruise industry, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) and the European Cruise Council (ECC) today announced that the cruise industry has adopted an additional safety policy. This policy, which exceeds current international…
Cruise Market Watch published a quite snazzy statistical model to show # of Pax v. Price Per Day v. Cruise Duration. Problem is, with out it in 3D, its hard to tell. If someone can figure it out, let me…
The vintage cruise ships Athena and Princess Danae, belonging to Classic International Cruises (CIC), were arrested in Marseille France on Sept. 17. The cause: unpaid fuel bills and labor issues. CIN is reporting sources have said that a third CIC…
From Mikey’s Cruise Blog: the Port of Galveston is considering spending $12 million dollars to put towards terminal renovations and possibly a new terminal. Later this year, the port will host three cruise ships at once on nine separate days.…
NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan with the Godmothers for the Norwegian Breakaway, the Rockettes. Photo via expertcruiser
In an industry first, ultra-luxury Crystal Cruises has unveiled the world’s first self-contained, free-standing living wall at sea, created and crafted by UK-based ANS Group Europe. ANS Group Europe spent two days installing the living wall on the 922-guest Crystal…
Cunard Line announced that it intends to cancel a cruise in October to allow an emergency drydocking to fix what is being described as a ‘propulsion issue.’ A recent breakdown forced the ship to sail at only 90% power and…
Yesterday, it was reported that strong winds from a thunderstorm, caused the Norwegian Star to snap several lines and temporarily drift away from the berth in Kings Warf. There are no reports of injuries. She anchored up, and was quickly…
USA Today’s Gene Sloan was over in Italy recently to check on the progress of Princess’ newest ship, the Royal Princess. While touring Fincanteri, he was able to check out the glass-bottomed SeaWalk. Check out the photos here.
While maneuvering into her berth in Montreal, the 55,575grt ship struck the pier and put a nasty gash into her hull. All damage was above the waterline and no one was hurt. However, repairs need to be done before…