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This post will start out as a news story but has potential to turn into a rant of mine. Right when the Freedom of the Seas took to the open ocean after departing Port Canaveral, she encountered some rough weather.…
Carnival Spirit will sail an altered itinerary.She will skip Manzanillo and Puerto Vallarta and sail Cabo San Lucas, La Paz, then back to Cabo San Lucas on Wednesday. She will leave earlier and sail Puerto Vallarta on Thursday. Ensenada has…
The above photo comes from the annual Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) Conference. On the far left is Carnival Corp CEO Micky Arison. 3rd from the left is Royal Caribbean CEO Richard Fain. 3rd from the right is NCL CEO Kevin…
According to Cruise Market watch, prices of cruises have fallen significantly since Jan 2011. Take a look, and manipulate the graph your self. Have cruise prices and revenues softened for European sailings?
Gemini (L) and Ocean Pearl (R) Docked in Gibraltar Oct. 7, 2011 (click for larger) On my previous post about Happy Cruises I just received the below comment, possibly from a crew member or a former crew member. Obviously there…
…they will be homeporting the Norwegian Breakaway in New York City. Full presser after the break:
Via @NCLFreestyle: Just announced: Norwegian Breakaway will home-port in New York City & Peter Max has been commissioned to paint signature hull artwork!
from Cunard: [The Fire]was swiftly dealt with by the ship’s company and had no impact to any guests, crew or to the structural integrity of the ship.
I think I am going to try to start a weekly series called “What-I-Found-On-Shipspotting Wednesday”. This will be in addition to my not so weekly Finance-Friday. So lets kick things off with this gorgeous pic from Oslo, Norway of AIDA’s…
More details are emerging surrounding the proposed Cristal sailing to Cuba for winter 2011 thanks to CIN. Apparently it wasn’t going to be Louis operating these cruises. The Deal was Louis was to charter the vessel on a time charter…
Click for larger Blue Iguana (Mexican) Guys Burger Shack EA Sports Bar Red Frog Rum Bar Alchemy Bar
According to Carnival’s PR Puppet in an offensive video just posted on youtube, the event will be later today at an NYC club. Given Carnival’s past history of letdowns, I don’t believe anything big will happen, But if they want…
ISP,The Owner of the Ocean Pearl and Gemini, have released a statement in the wake of negative press from crew onboard. They state that the Vessels are alongside Gibraltar. They chartered 2 Airbus a320’s to fly the crew to London…
Alan Lam writes via a Peruvian crewmember Deceno worked in the ship’s restaurant. He is 32 years old and comes form Trujillo. It was also reported that another crewmember wrote to his sister, stating, among others, that the crew had…
In the wake of the abrupt end to Happy Cruises, current vacationers and crew members are left in limbo. Some were left at random ports, crew were told to stay onboard for no pay. The whole situation is a mess.…
What a crazy 3 days its been. Here’s a recap of what we’ve seen so far: TUI’s Newbuild which was the Buzz of the Conference MSC Negotiating 2-ship Order Plus Former Lybian Ship Seatrade Europe Day 1 Recap: TUI, MSC…
Label this one “Problems facing the River Industry” Officials from several River Cruising organizations all throughout Europe assembled for their panel. Here are some of the highlights: On most rivers, the infrastructure close to its capacity limits. Experts cited the…
Buzz on the floor today is after leaders from major European shipyards heavily criticized the Mitsubishi deal with AIDA. They claimed that that the pricing model of the AIDA ship is “unstable”. Corrado Antonini, Fincantieri chairman Mitsubishi has come up…
Cruise Europe celebrated its 20th anniversary last night. The commemorative event was held at the Fours Seasons Hotel in Hamburg. Officials present included the Chairman, President and founder members of Cruise Europe, an association promoting cruise travel throughout Europe. The…
Conferences for today include Cruise Port Development and Cruise Ship Operations. I don’t plan on hearing any breaking news come from them, but if there are, I’ll post. As the title says, this is the last day of the conference.…
International Shipping Partners of Miami, vessel owners, issued the below statement: On Monday, September 26, ISP was unexpectedly informed that Happy Cruises, charterers of the cruise vessels M/V GEMINI and the M/V OCEAN PEARL, would cease operation and cancel all…
Here are some highlights from the Seatrade Ricer Cruise Panel in Hamburg: Central Europe saw an increase of 51%. 228 total vessels, with a dozen more on the books. Russia’s fleet decreased to 150 from 160. They also noted that…
So far nothing new breaking here. I’ll let you know when something does.
I say Quasi since they still are pursuing operations to stay afloat (pun intended). Happy Cruises operates 3 ships on time charter from ship owners ISP of Miami. The Spanish line apparently is looking for a large, fast, cash infusion…
TUI Cruises chief executive Richard Vogel, in center signs, the deal In what surprised this journalist, TUI decided that a newbuild was in store for the growing German market. Most likely this was done as a way for parent company…