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The last ship to call in New York before the Port was closed down for months after 9/11 was the SS Norway. The famed liner was making a rare call on what was to be her last cruise for NCL.…
And it’s over. Let me just say it was by far the best cruise documentary out there right now. The writing could have been better though
Wow. HDTV really makes central park look amazing. For those that have seen it in person, does it really look that great?
Who’d a thought you’d have to design the carousel to work with a 5 degree list
WOW one of the RCI employees, the safety director went to my college!
They are showing a lot of the R&D that went into it. Pretty cool meetings that they had!
National Geographic channel has a program about the oasis of the seas currently airing. It’s a must watch!
From Flickr Allure of the Seas Shipyard Report #1
The above video is taken from the cruise ship Pacific Sun of P&O Australia. She encountered extremely rough seas in 2008. I know its old but the CCTV leaked and has made its rounds on the internets yesterday and thought…
According to their Chairman, Dick West, apparently not. Rumors broke out during the weekend that the troubled small-ship line was sold and all cruises cancelled. Then it was rumored by uber-cruise-site CruiseCritic, that only the Spirit of Oceanus was impacted…
As you can see in the below post, Gene Sloan broke the story and now Seatrade Insider adds more fuel to the fire. According to unnamed industry sources, NCL has signed a letter of intent for 2 ships plus the…
Cruise social media guru Gene Sloan of USA Today, tweeted this: So far @NCLFreestyle isn’t commenting on talk line in deal with Germany’s Meyer Werft for two 138,000-ton, 4,050-passenger vessels. The lines other ships were all built at Meyer Werft…
So due to the changes mentioned in a previous post, here is a webcam grab that is very rare. Princess no longer sails into the New York Passenger Ship Terminal’s finger piers up the Hudson. Since the QM2 gets priority…
Here are a few additional changes and some changes to the changes: Holland America The Eurodam had her transatlantic altered to include Halifax, well now Halifax has been dropped. Cunard Line Here is a new addition. The Queen Mary 2…
UPDATE WEDNESDAY: Here are even more changes as warnings and watched extend all the way to Massachusetts. Celebrity Celebrity Summit will skip Saint John, New Brunswick tomorrow and sail directly to Halifax, Nova Scotia, At sea Friday and Saturday. Carnival…
Adventure Canada’s 200 passenger adventure ship has run aground on some uncharted rocks in the Arctic Circle. A rescue ship from the Canadian Coast Guard has arrived and the Clipper Adventurer has been evacuated. The ship hit rocks in 3m…
UPDATE SUNDAY MORNING: As Tropical storm Earl heads closer to the Leeward Islands, this morning brings a few more itinerary changes. Royal Caribbean will divert the Enchantment of the Seas to Samana, D.R. instead of St. Thomas tomorrow. Tuesday, she…
Allow me to explain. Spanish line Pullmantur’s Pacific Dream (ex. Island Star, Horizon) suffered a rather severe engine problem last week. Two cruises have had to be cancelled. Rumors are floating around that even a drydock may need to occur.…
My first Finance Friday was from last Friday where I analyzed the Q2 reports. CIN is reporting that the former founder of Seabourn Cruise Line and the current CEO of Seadream Yachts is having some troubles. His companies are declaring…
Sergei Kirov / Image via sealetter.com 100 passengers on the chartered ship, Sergei Kirov, got the scare of a life time when their cruise ship collided with a barge on the Volga River. Fortunately there were no deaths or injuries.…
Disney’s very own blog has the scoop on the progress of the Dream. This post features the development of the adults only pool area. Kinda small for a ship that big if you ask me. Click here for full details…
…for its German AIDA brand that its. Sorry if I got your hopes up. But in this economy and slump in travel, it shows a sign that progress IS being made. So the new order is for one 71,300grt ship…
As we head into the weekend, I think this would be a good time to analyze the Cruise Line’s recent financial statements. Carnival Who better to start things off than the Industry leader and cash machine Carnival Corp. The Miami…
The Disney Magic is spending her summer months cruising around Europe. This is where the stumbled upon 18 Algerians while cruising from Gibraltar to Barcelona in the Med. The ship the North African’s were on had lost power and was…