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Cruise Rescue on Twitter

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.…

TS Erika Updates

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…

Rumor: Carnival Glory Impacted by Erika

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…

Pacific Hurricane Jimena Changes (UPDATED)

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…

Oasis Blue Hull Confirmed

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…

Oasis Shipyard Report #9

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

Hurricane Bill Update

Here is the latest map from the National Hurricane Center. All ships have sailed their current altered routes and there have been an additional few changes: Princess Cruises Crown Princess skipped Newport yester and is in boston today. It will…

Hurricane Bill Update #1

So here at CruiseInd, I decided to start covering Hurricanes as relating to current vessel positions and the alterations that may occur. On each post I’ll include vessel alterations and then have an updated map below. Carnival Carnival Glory skipped…

Oasis Shipyard Report #8

I updated the Oasis page with new photos that show off the amazing interior. As always, click the pictures or use the link above to get to CruiseInd’s Oasis Page.

Zenith Catches on Fire

Pullmantur’s Zenith suffered a fire while berthed in Stockholm, Sweden. The fire was minor but they haven’t been able to suppress the some from traveling through the corridors yet.  Fortunately no fatalities but several reports of people suffering from smoke…

Look What I Found

I’m in Portland, Maine for the day and look what I found! The ship is Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas. Its stopping over for the day on a r/t Canada & New England voyage from Baltimore.

Yet Another New Cruise Line

Gerry Herrod, think Orient Lines, has a new cruise line to be called Voyages to Antiquity. The new line will offer 14-night destination focused voyages.The line is still in its infancy stage as offices in the US and UK have…

New Cruise Line: Cruise & Maritime Voyages

A new cruise line has formed to serve the ever crowded British Market. Cruise & Maritime Voyages will sail exclusive for British guests along the style of Fred.Olsen, Saga, and Voyages of Discovery. These lines cater to a more mature…

Photo of New Oasis Termainal

Here is a photo from Cruise Industry News, that shows a massive skylight  just inserted into the refurbished Terminal 18 in Port Everglades, Florida.

NCL Posts Another Profit!

Norwegian Cruise Line is finally pulling themselves out of the big hole they dug themselves into. NCL recently released their Q2 earnings, and things are looking up for the third largest cruise line. NCL posted a profit of $15.4 million. This…

QE2 Plans Up In The Air?

Fellow cruise blogger John Honeywell reports that South Africa canceled plans to have 2 cruise ships docked in South Africa for the World Cup. A few weeks ago we reported that the Queen Elizabeth 2 was to be repositioned there possible…

Atlantic Star Laid Up

Spanish cruise line Pullmantur’s Atlantic Star, now docked in Marseille, France, will not leave the port until at least January 1, 2010.  Originally built as FairSky for Sitmar Cruises in 1984, she became the Sky Princess after Sitmar was bought…

Regal Empress confirmed in Alang

Sad sight for any ocean liner enthusiast. MidShipCentury and MaritimeMatters’ Peter Knego confirms the sad sight of the Regal Empress (Built 1953, ex. Olympia, Caribe, Caribe I, Regal Empress) now beached in Alang, India awaiting the torches of a scrapper. The…

Voyager of the Seas confirmed Swine Flu?

Well this is another interesting development in the Cruise lines v. “that damn flu.”  Royal Caribbeans Voyager of the Seas pulled into Villefranche-sur-Mer, France today, along with 60 sick crew members and 2 passengers.  French officials according to this Reuters report,…

Royal Caribbean’s Earnings Call.

Richard Fain referred to h1n1 as “that damn flu.” Europe has been a pleasant surprise in terms of demand loss of $0.16 per share Costs are down and fuel costs are down Pricing and discounting are lower (meaning better for…