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Disney Dream Arrives

The highly anticipated Disney Dream had arrived in her new home of Port Canaveral Florida. An estimated crowd on 2,000 people watcher her sail in. In typical Disney fashion, it was a sight to behold that no one will forget.…

NCL Announces Winter 2012/13 Caribbean Deployment

No Big News here…. Norwegian Cruise Line today announced its Caribbean deployment for the 2012/2013 season with itineraries from Miami, Tampa and New Orleans along with Repositioning, Panama Canal and Quick Getaway cruises. These cruises go on sale to Norwegian’s…

Not The First Cruise Exec to go Undercover

Last night was the premier of NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan’s appearance on Undercover Boss. It’s a show where the CEO of big companies go under cover and work the hardest jobs and do the most difficult tasks that are in…

Carnival Cruise Lines at Times Square

Remember when Carnival was doing a sponsorship for the New Years Celebration in Time’s Square this year. Well here it is: Official Site Article in the NY Daily News

NCL Announces 2012/2013 European Deployment

NCL announced its largest European deployment ever for the 2012/2013 season. They will send 4 ships over with 2 remaining year round, hence the 2013 part. The 2.018 pax Norwegian Spirit and the 2,224 pax. Norwegian Jade will both sail…

Steel Cutting for Libyan Ship

Update: She has a name: m/v Phoenicia The General National Maritime Transport Company (Libya) and STX France celebrated the steel cutting ceremony for the state-run comapny’s first cruise ship. The ship ordered back in June has celebrated the first milestone…

No PODS for Princess Newbuild

Princess will be using the standard propulsion for their newbuilds. Princess has had pretty good luck in the propulsion section. Unlike rivals Celebrity that had a ton of issues with their mermaid pods. They did make it up in the…

RUMOR: Skywalkers to be Taken Down on Grand Princess

There is a rumor that the Grand Princess will have her Skywalkers nightclub removed in a future drydocking. Apparently all the engineering has been completed and all that’s left is the final go-ahead and selection of the shipyard to do…

Another new Line Formed

Louis Cruises’ 1971-built Aquamarine (ex. Arielle, Carousel, Nordic Prince) has been sold. The buyer is the newly formed $23.3 Million. She will be renamed the Ocean Star Pacific. No word yet on when she will sail or where she will…

Disney Dream Meets Snow [Pics]

Pretty cool thing just happened onboard Disney’s Flagship. While wetdocked in Bremerhaven, Germany to undergo final outfitting, she encountered an event that, well I can guarantee wont happen in the Caribbean: Snow! The pictures say it all.

Brilliance of the Seas Tossed Around in Storm

While cruising the Eastern Med, Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Seas was tossed around quite a bit. While sailing to Egypt, almost 30 guests were injured as they were thrown about the ship. Guests here “horrified” to see waves breaking…

Early Holiday Present for my Viewers.

Introducing The CruiseInd Wiki! Simply go to cruiseind.com/wiki to view the early release of it. As the banner says, its still a work in progress. So some background info. A wiki, the most famous example being wikipedia.org, is a open…

BREAKING: NCL 2012 Summer Deployments

NCL just broke the news this morning that the Norwegian Jewel will be heading west and the Norwegian Star East. The Norwegian Jewel will sail Alaska’s Inside Passage along with the Norwegian Pearl from Seattle for the 2012 season. The…

Explosion on Queen Mary 2 A Few Months Ago

  Apparently there was an explosion onboard Cunard’s flagship in September. One of the ships electric generators blew a capacitor which caused oil to be sprayed onto high voltage wires. This caused an arcing event that caused the vessel to…

New Residence Ship One Step Closer to Reality

Although as these things tend to go, bases on my observations, they wont make it to steel cutting ceremony. Another residence ship is in the works, but this time around there is a slight twist. The Quintessentially One is moving…

NCL CEO Goes Undercover on CBS TV Show

Norwegian Cruise Line and CBS announced today that NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan will star on an episode of "Undercover Boss." The show in a nutshell is the big boss of a large company, goes undercover as an ordinary worker for…

Man Arrested After Releasing Anchor On Ryndam

Just when you thought you’ve heard every kind of mishap onboard a cruise ship, there’s this. A 44-year old Californian man has been arrested after he attempted to and then successfully launched Holland America’s, Ryndam, stern anchor. Obviously he was…

Allure of the Seas Christened

Title pretty much says it all. The sistership to the former worlds largest cruise ship was christened by Dreamworks character Princess Fiona from the move franchise Shrek. Full presser after the break:

Important Update from CruiseInd

Hello all, I would like to let all my readers know that I am taking a break from the site this week while I celebrate Thanksgiving. Next week I will be back to reporting the news. Also, I am developing…

Disney Dream One Step Closer

The Disney Dream just completed its passage down the River Ems. The shipyard that it was built at, Meyer Werft of Papenburg, Germany, is technically inland, linked to the sea only by this narrow, twisty river. There are even parts…