Royal Caribbean recently announced their commitment to order a second Sunshine Class vessel from Germany’s Meyer Werft. The new unnamed vessel will be delivered Spring of 2015. Fellow blogger Mikey of Mikey’s Cruise Blog, has what could be a top-down…
Carnival Cruise Lines announced that march 2013, they will reposition the Carnival Miracle to the West Coast while the Carnival Splendor goes the other way to New York. Now the Miracle is a panamax ship but the Splendor is a…
Royal Caribbean announced that the 1997-built, 78,491 grt Rhapsody of the Seas will undergo an extensive drydock in Singapore in March. The multimillion dollar drydocking is part of the larger $300m Royal Advantage initiative. She is scheduled to receive an…
This is officially awesome! Starting today, the 42nd St. S train will be branded for the entire month of February. The train runs a shuttle service between Times Square and Grand Central under 42nd St. photos via tnooz.com
AnswerItRoyaly They don’t allow embedding. Sorry.Why does it seem that the Concordia accident kind of makes me second guess what they’re saying in this video?
Adam Goldstein hits the nail on the head about why he blogs.
Editors Note: A more recent version of this article is now availabe. A recent maritime certification compliance with SOLAS is an increase in stability requirements. As vessels superstructures get taller they need a stable base (hull). A popular enhancement done…
Everyone’s freaking out in the media right now about Royal Caribbean adding a second Starbucks @ Sea to their fleet. Now maybe I just don’t get it since I am ethically against Starbucks to begin with, but is it really…
From RCI Blog: Port Canaveral, Florida is celebrating the start of construction of a new cruise terminal with a scheduled completion date of July 2012. The new terminal should be large enough to handle any cruise ship in the world,…
(Photo Credit: Flickr user GoboNdc via Creative Commons license) From FAIRPLAY24 ROYAL Caribbean’s two largest owners – Norway’s Wilhelmsen family and America’s Pritzker family – have dissolved their shareholders agreement, the cruise giant confirmed. The Wilhelmsen family, through A…
In a recent post on the Chariman’s Blog, RCI CEO Richard Fain posted the following non-details regarding Project Sunshine: A new ship project like Project Sunshine is a remarkable phenomenon. The physical ship won’t be ours until well over three…
Following Carnival’s Spirit and Celebrity’s Solstice, Royal Caribbean announced that they will move their former flagship, Voyager of the Seas, to Asia starting in June of 2012. She’ll base out of Shanghai, China and sail everything from 4 to 10…
Yesterday a fuel tank exploded int he port of Gibraltar, Spain. Right next to the tank, the Independence of the Seas. There were 12 passengers that were reported to have had minor injuries. The pictures are pretty spectacular. The Independence…
UPDATE CIN has an update on the status of the rumor. Well if true it won’t be for Royal Caribbean. CIN is reporting that the 74,000grt vessel currently sailing out of Miami could be the ship that Korean operator All…
Royal Caribbean went public with their 2012-13 Caribbean cruises. Heres the breakdown: Oasis of the Seas will sail alternating 7 night Eastern and Western Caribbean r/t from Port Everglades (Fort Laderdale) Allure of the Seas will sail alternating 7 night…
Royal Caribbean just announced that the Navigator of the Seas will reposition to the caribbean for the winter 2011-12 season. Originally she was supposed to stay in Europe yearound but plans have changed. Instead she will reposition to Port Everglades…
Hot off the presses comes Royal Caribbean’s Alaska 2012 season. The main story here is the Radiance of the Seas and the Rhapsody of the Seas return for another season. Radiance sails the one way Vancouve-Seaward {and reverse} and the…
Just when it seemed like the 2011 European season would never be the biggest ever, 2012 just got bigger. Well only by one ship…. Full presser below:
Royal Caribbean and the Island of St. Kitts announced that they will commence a series of trail runs to see if Allure of the Seas can call on the port. The first call at the Port Zante Cruise Ship Pier…
Just saw this on tv. What do you think?
Royal Caribbean signed a letter of intent with German yard Meyer Werft for the first of a new class of vessel for the 2nd largest cruise line. “Project Sunshine,” (Oasis was Project Genesis and Voyager was Project Eagle) will be…
UPDATE: Here’s the thing, the part about not taking pictures was just because it was during the muster drill. Point, while it could certainly be attributed to perspective, she does get awfully close to the Monarch. Counter point, from the…
Cruise Industry News is reporting that sources have told them that Royal Caribbean International “is set to go with Meyer Werft for a two-ship order.” This is surprising in not only THAT they will be ordering more, but WHERE they…
While cruising the Eastern Med, Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Seas was tossed around quite a bit. While sailing to Egypt, almost 30 guests were injured as they were thrown about the ship. Guests here “horrified” to see waves breaking…
Title pretty much says it all. The sistership to the former worlds largest cruise ship was christened by Dreamworks character Princess Fiona from the move franchise Shrek. Full presser after the break: