Princess Cruises and Carnival Corp. today announced a memorandum of agreement (MOU) with Italian yard Fincantieri to build two new cruise ships on a ‘next-generation platform.’ The newbuilds will be delivered in late 2023 and spring 2025, respectively. I’m unsure…
Holland America has just sold their 37,983gt ship the Prinsendam. The buyer is German line Phoenix Reisen. Phoenix has then time chartered the Prisendam back to Holland America so that HAL can continue to operate her cruises until he schedule…
Carnival Corp.’s ultra luxury brand Seabourn, have just announced that they will be building two new expedition vessels at Italy’s T. Mariotti yard. Each ship will be 23,000gt and carry 264 pax. They’re scheduled to be handed over in 2021 and…
Carnival Corporation & plc announced U.S. GAAP net income of $561 million, or $0.78 diluted EPS, for the second quarter of 2018, higher than U.S. GAAP net income for the second quarter of 2017 of $379 million, or $0.52 diluted…
The Carnival Sensation was scrapped in 2022 as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic. I was able to be onboard the Sensation shortly before that to get one last look at her. Below is the original tour in it’s entirety.…
P&O just named their new 183,200gt newbuild Iona. Iona is apparently an island in Scotland and also the name of a girl. This will be the third in the highly anticipated Excellence-class. These are the dual fueled (traditional bunkers or…
Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship, Carnival Horizon, has now officially been named and christened. At a ceremony last night in New York, godmother Queen Latifah poured the bottle of champagne over the ships bell. Following the ceremony, Queen Latifah battled Philadelphia…
Carnival’s newest flagship has just set sail on her inaugural voyage from Barcelona. The 133,596gt ship is the second in the Vista-class family of vessels. These are an enlargement of the Dream-class of vessels. While most of the Horizon will…
Fincantieri has officially delivered Carnival Cruise Lines newest flagship the Carnival Horizon. The 133,500gt ship is their 26th in the fleet. The vessel is currently enroute to Barcelona, Spain where she will depart on her inaugural voyage on April 2. It will be a…
Carnival Corporation & plc announced U.S. GAAP net income of $391 million, or $0.54 diluted EPS, for the first quarter of 2018, higher than U.S. GAAP net income for the first quarter of 2017 of $352 million, or $0.48 diluted EPS. First quarter 2018 adjusted net…
Carnival Corp. has announced that they have agreed with Germany’s Meyer Werft for the construction of a third ship for Aida. She will be based on the Excellence-class of vessels. The first in that line, AIDAnova, will be launched later…
When Carnival Panorama, the third Vista-class ship, debuts in 2019, she will be homeported on the west coast. The 3,960pax Carnival Panorama will be deployed on 7-night Mexican Riviera cruises from the California port. This announcement took place at the newly renovated Long…
Carnival Corp. has just announced that they agreed with Meyer Werft to build an additional vessel for their P&O brand. They already have a newbuild planned for 2020 so this will be a sister to her and debut in 2022.…
Carnival Cruise Lines has just announced that the third Vista-class vessel will be named Carnival Panorama. She’ll launch in November 2019. So far carnival has announced the same interior venues as her sisters, Vista and Horizon. Once we get into…
Carnival has announced that they have time chartered the Carnival Fascination to the US Government’s Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA. The charter party is set to last for 4 months. As a result, all cruises on the Fascination are canceled…
Carnival Corporation & plc announced U.S. GAAP net income of $1.3 billion, or $1.83 diluted EPS, for the third quarter of 2017 compared to U.S. GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2016 of $1.4 billion, or $1.93 diluted EPS. Third quarter 2017 adjusted net…
I recently had the chance to board the Carnival Victory in Miami. While I was touring the vessel, I took the opportunity to photograph the ship for a comprehensive tour. This review will cover the public areas and staterooms. All…
Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to board the Carnival Conquest in Port Everglades (Ft Lauderdale). While I was touring the vessel I took the opportunity to photograph the ship for CruiseInd. This review will cover the public areas.…
Three weeks ago I had the opportunity to board the Carnival Splendor in Port Everglades (Ft Lauderdale). While I was touring the vessel I took the opportunity to photograph the ship for CruiseInd. This review will cover the public areas…
Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) announced U.S. GAAP net income of $379 million, or $0.52 diluted EPS, for the second quarter of 2017 compared to U.S. GAAP net income for the second quarter of 2016 of $605 million, or $0.80 diluted EPS. Second quarter…
During Cunard’s press conference at Seatrade this year, I was able to preview an exclusive internal video they had floating around. Special treat at @cunardline presser, exclusive video by @MickyArison telling he story of Cunard. @joshleibowitz — CruiseInd (@cruiseind) March…
Princess cruises have officially taken ownership of the Majestic Princess. The third ship in the Royal-class (fourth if you count the Britannia), will be exclusive to the Asian market. She’s considered the first international luxury ship tailored for the China…
Carnival’s German brand, AIDA, have officially taken delivery of their newest vessel AIDAperla. She is the sistership to the AIDAprima which, when launched last year, became the first cruise ship to feature the vertical axe-bow. Their profile is rather unique…
I had the opportunity last month to board the Carnival Glory in Miami. This was it’s first cruise out of a drydock. No joke, she had that new ship smell and the carpets were extra spongy to walk on. Very…
Princess Cruises have officially taken possession of their newest vessel Majestic Princess. She is Princesses first ship designed exclusively for the Chinese market. In fact, she’ll head straight to Asia after a few Mediterranean shakedown cruises. The handover ceremony was…