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Serenade of the Seas Delayed in NOLA. Sailed Without ~500pax

A rather tense turnaround day for Royal Caribbean in New Orleans yesterday. While traveling up the Mississippi River yesterday morning, the 90,090gt Serenade of the Seas experienced ‘navigational issues,’ then a burst pipe led to flooding of several cabins and…

Carnival Dream Starts Service from New Orleans

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from Carnival: New Orleans’ largest year-round cruise ship, the 3,646-passenger Carnival Dream, will depart on its inaugural six-day cruise from New Orleans this afternoon, further solidifying Carnival’s distinction of the port’s largest cruise operator with two ships carrying more than…

Ecstasy will Head to Port Canaveral instead of NOLA

UPDATE FRIDAY:Carnival finally came clean with it. Turns out Mobile will lose all ships as the Elation will head to NOLA and do what the Ecstasy was supposed to do. Port Canaveral beat Carnival to the punch by announcing that…

Hurricane Alex

The first hurricane in the 2010 Atlantic season has formed in the Gulf of Mexico. Due to the location of the storm in the gulf, no ships will have issues with ports. Carnival’s vessels sailing in/out of Galveston and New…

BREAKING: Carnival to Add Two Ships to Galveston & NOLA

Carnival just announced that the Carnival Magic (sister to the Carnival Dream) will home port in my former hometown of Galveston in November 2011. She will be joined by the slightly smaller Carnival Triumph. The Magic will operate the 7-night…