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Today, Carnival Corp’s President and C.E.O. Micky Arison stated that “Queen Mary 2 is probably the biggest ship we will ever build. Carnival Dream…is probably as large as we will build for Carnival.” Mr. Arison continued on to state that…
From the collision last week, here is the damage do the Enchantment. Notice the red paint! These images come from InletCam. Very good site by the way. Good webcam too! Enlargement of the damage:
Check out these rough waves from the Crystal Symphony this morning.
Well you can’t fault me for trying at least. I am having the hardest time trying to find any new photos of the Epic. My epic page is getting lonely…
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Update Thursday 8:12 pm: At the end of John Healds blog are thease pics taken by the Carnival’s port agent. Update Thursday 6:11pm: This courtesy of the John Heald Blog. John Helad is Carnival’s senior cruise director and has a…
The Queen Victoria made her maiden call in Boston yesterday. The industry site Cruise Industry News, has photos from yesterday. QV gets a celebrity’s welcome in Boston with the fireboats The QV docks, why there are tugs there I haven’t…
I update some of CruiseInd’s ship pages: The Carnival Dream page now has photos of her pulling into Venice while still on her maiden voyage. The Oasis of the Seas page now has some external shots of her departing Turku…
Pretty slow recently. I’m eagerly awaiting photos from the Carnival Dream which has set sail on her maiden voyage. Carnival reported that it earned 1 Billion (not million) this summer. This is good news as Micky Arison stated that guests…
These from John Heald’s Blog: Gerry Cahill accepting the Carnival Dream Micky Arison (worth $5.8 Billion for those wondering) C.E.O. of Carnival Corp. is on the left with his back to the camera: Carnival Dream heading out:
Today Carnival took delivery of the 130,000 ton Carnival Dream from Fincanteri in Italy. This is a traditional maritime ceremony, where the Fincanteri flag is lowered and the Carnival house flag is raised. The ship is currently, at the time…
Some new photos that were released today can be found here: CruiseInd Oasis of the Seas Page
So as we near the delivery date and the Dreams maiden voyage, more and more photos are making their way out of Monfalcone, Italy. This batch of photos released today are of the lanai whirlpools. Remember that the Dream features…
There are some more pictures of the cabins on the Dream Page. CruiseInd’s Carnival Dream Page
U.K. based Fred. Olsen Cruise Line’s Balmoral has been hit the the norovirus. According to the BBC only 18 of the 1,200 guests have been struck with the 24-bug. The vessel is currently cruising around the British Isles.
You may remember the saga of the Marco Polo and norovirus. Well today, the Bremen, Germany based line, according to this Google translation, will go through a “restructuring.” This is also known in the U.S. as Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
The newest report is up. Click here
Bizarre story from off of Florida. A man jumped from the Carnival Sensation while cruising off the coast of Florida. Local ships aided in the rescue and the Disney Wonder found him first and grabbed him up from the water.…
Carnival As stated before the Carnival Glory will alter its itinerary to skip St. Maarten today and Grand Turk will be called at tomorrow. Royal Caribbean The Adventure of the Seas will possibly call in Dominica instead of Antigua. I…
Trying to confirm, but rumor floating around this morning is that the Carnival Glory will Skip St. Maarten to avoid the storm. As you can see the path of the storm is the exact same route that ships sailing the…
I found an assorted number of pictures of the Dream and updated the Carnival Dream Page.
Update 10:54 pm: Updates are in Bold. Hurricane Jimena is currently sitting off the Mexican coast in the pacific Ocean threatening a direct hit on Cabo san Lucas. As Jimena sits there, she is prompting several I itinerary changes. Lets take…
Stay tuned for a shipyard report comming up shortly… UPDATE 3:25 pm: So today is day two of Oasis’s open house in the shipyard. Richard Fain, Royal Caribbean’s CEO, went public with the lines plan to keep the hull baby…
Well this is more like a mega report if you haven’t seen it yet. Just click the link to see what I mean! Oasis of the Seas Page