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Check out these two Gems from Sunday’s Boardwalk Empire. Now obviously these are really bad CGI, but do you think these were modeled after real ships? The pictures below are of supposed to be Belfast in 1921.
Everyone’s freaking out in the media right now about Royal Caribbean adding a second Starbucks @ Sea to their fleet. Now maybe I just don’t get it since I am ethically against Starbucks to begin with, but is it really…
A Weekly Series featuring one photo that stand out to me on the social Photography site Shipspotting. This weeks is from Civitavecchia, Italy. Its of Carnival’s newest ship the Carnival Magic. Photographer: Boato Giuseppe Captured: September 07, 2011 Location: Civitavecchia,…
In July we reported about the sinking of a Russian river ship. Well yesterday, fire broke out on the Sergey Abramov. A crew member is still missing as of this post and two people were taken to the hospital. She…
Here is the latest on the hijacked ferry in Turkey. Turkish Transportation Minister Binali Yıldırım stated that the assailants are supposedly members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party. Turkey has a large Kurdish population in the south who have recently attacked…
Two weeks ago, we reported on Royal Caribbean’s Q3 earnings. The results were kind of melancholy. Not good, not bad, just ‘eh.’ Afterwards, UBS analyst Robin Farley interpreted the situation as ‘not terrible, not great, but perhaps a situation that…
This is a devolving story….. via BBC Details are sparse but it appears between 1-5 Hijackers have taken hostage 24 people on the ferry Kartepe travelling in the Gulf of Izmit. file photo:
And I think I’m in love! The second photo sells it for me. Just looks so peaceful! View the slide show below. I don’t say this a lot, but Good Job CC! (scroll right to see their commentary)
A Weekly Series featuring one photo that stand out to me on the social Photography site Shipspotting. This weeks is of the Sea Dream II. She is seen here leaving the Tejo River near Lisbon, Portugal heading into the Atlantic.…
Some Highlights with the full results below: Income for the quarter improved 18.3% to $162.7 million Net Revenue grew 4.6% to $491.6 million Expenses from the 2010 launch of Norwegian Epic increase Q3 2010 17.9% increase in the price of…
The transformation from a unique looking ship to a ugly looking ship is taking place in Italy’s T. Mariotti shipyard. For those that don’t recall Costa is taking this: and turning it into this: Well I am defiantly looking forward…
A Weekly Series featuring one photo that stand out to me on the social Photography site Shipspotting. This weeks is from Gaspé Bay, Canada. This new addition to Canada & New England Cruises saw its final ship for the season.…
Some Highlights with the full results below: Net Income grew 14% to $399 million. Net Yields increased 5.3% Revenues improved to $2.3 billion strong demand for its Caribbean and Alaska products increases in excess of 15% in ticket yields…
And its begun……
The latest from the NWS has Rina being downgraded to a TS once again. Here are NCL’s, RCCL, Princess and Disney’s latest changes: NCL Norwegian Pearl Cancelled calls in Grand Cayman and Cozumel. She’ll call on Friday have both…
From the Nassau Guardian: As the seventh ship came into port, a few nervous moments we felt as spectators watched it park terrifically close to neighboring vessel. This new record for Nassau Port provided a much-needed boost to a typically…
A Weekly Series featuring one photo that stand out to me on the social Photography site Shipspotting. This weeks is from Boston, MA. The Inbound massive Caribbean Princess sails down the Reserve Channel to dock at Black Falcon Terminal. Thats Hapag-Lloyd’s c.COLUMBUS already at…
With Tropical Storm Rina Forecast to becoming Hurricane, time to reopen the CruiseInd Hurricane Center. UPDATE Tuesday: Celebrity Celebrity Millennium from Miami, will skip Grand Cayman and spend today at sea and then call Nassau tomorrow. Carnival In addition to the…
vs. Just doesn’t look right to me! (Photo Credit: Flickr user LeHavreShips®Karl via Creative Commons license)
UPDATE:NCL Releases Details of Norwegian Breakaway with Outdoor Promenade File this one under conjecture, but I believe I may be onto something. I have been sitting on this for a week or two by now. I usually like to…
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Looks like I Jumped the gun here: Breakaway voyages can now be browsed on their site. Here’s how its shaping out: Maiden voyage will be a 7-Night Transatlantic Southampton to New York on April 30, 2013 Day 1 Southampton …
As the banner above says, today she goes on sale to all non-latitudes [past guests]. Unfortunately from the below pic, you cant browse the prices. I’ll be curious to see how much her Bermuda trips go for. Traditionally, Bermuda cruises…
Disney Parks Blog Disney announced all these deck features and all they release are 3 crappy images that don’t really show anything.
This weeks entry is the Queen Mary 2 overnight in Quebec City, Canada. In the fall, vessels flock to the Canada Maritimes and New England. Longer routes will typically have vessels call overnight in Quebec, Montreal or both. (click for…