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The all residence ship, Utopia, may be taking a step closer to reality with a rumored contract in the works. The vessel, which would sail for Utopia Residences, would be built by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. This would…
You may be saying, “why is this being posted on CruiseInd. Shouldn’t this be posted on a site like AboutThoseBirds.com.” Well if by golf course, I mean the one on Oasis of the Seas, then I believe this is the…
On Tuesday, the three flag ships and largest ships in their rival lines all met in St. Maarten. I am of course referring to the Carnival Dream, Norwegian Epic and the Oasis of the Seas. This unique meet-up was courtesy…
Here are 5 pics that RCI released of the #1 and #2 largest ships in the industry. Click for larger…
The threat of Hurricane Igor has forced officials in Bermuda to close the Islands ports. So far: MSC will skip Bermuda and sail to my home state of Massachusetts. The MSC Poesia skip Hamilton on the 18th and steam into…
Here is an update of the Cruise West/Spirit of Oceanus saga. The Spirit of Oceanus has officially been sold by Cruise West. The buyer is Danish investment firm TN Cruise K They will have International Shipping Partners manage the the…
Earlier this week there was the Pacific Sun video that went viral. This got me thinking. I recall seeing some very amazing videos buried in youtube. I figured my readers would like to see them, so I did all the…
Hurricane Igor, click above image for awesome NASA pic, is already a cat 4 storm and pretty much directly headed to Bermuda. Seriously, see below. You don’t get more head on than that. UPDATE: Royal Caribbean will alter the Oasis…
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…