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The Norwegian Epics Inaugural Schedule can be found here. CruiseInd’s Norwegian Epic Page Nothing too surprising except for the overnight stays. She pretty much goes from one port to another. Some even while cruising. Whereas Freedom stayed in ports for…
Well after a lot of feedback on my Carnival will Not go Bigger post, lets have a look at their rivals, Royal Caribbean International. Interestingly enough Adam Goldstein, Royal Caribbean’s President, posted some details about this exact theme earlier in…
So it is kind of a slow time in the industry. The Dream is delivered and I am still looking for a good walk through of it. The Oasis is back and settled in from the Sea trials. In fact…
…Well only of the water park. The winner of the Carnival Book of Dreams contest, 8-year old Hailee Steberger of Egg Harbor, N.J., will have the honors of being the Carnival Dream’s water park Godchild. The Carnival Dream will be…
UPDATE: Ok listening to the first video with audio, the people are pretty funny! What do you think? Remember last week when the Legend hit the Enchantment in Cozumel? Well I found another video of it. This one also from…
Saga Cruises ship, the Saga Ruby, hit the pier while docking in New York Saturday Morning. While making a 90 degree turn into Pier 88 on Manhattan’s upper west side, the bow gently grazed up against a bollard. The hole…
Shipspotting has two photos up of the ship fresh from seatrials in Finland.
These photos come from carnival, showcasing their Laser show. Nightly shows around the main pool area show off laser and smoke shows. SO may better things that could be done there. I hope these don’t last too long and it…
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.