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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
Adam Goldstein hits the nail on the head about why he blogs.
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 in drydocking a modern cruise ship is the addition of balconies. This…
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…
Two weeks ago, we reported on Royal Caribbean’s Q3 earnings. The results were kind of melancholy. Not good, not bad, just ‘eh.’ Afterwards, UBS analyst Robin Farley interpreted the situation as ‘not terrible, not great, but perhaps a situation that…
Some Highlights with the full results below: Net Income grew 14% to $399 million. Net Yields increased 5.3% Revenues improved to $2.3 billion strong demand for its Caribbean and Alaska products increases in excess of 15% in ticket yields…
This post will start out as a news story but has potential to turn into a rant of mine. Right when the Freedom of the Seas took to the open ocean after departing Port Canaveral, she encountered some rough weather.…
From CIN: Sources also report that TUI is close to ordering ships from STX Finland. While the shipyard was not immediately prepared to comment, it would be a stretch for TUI to commit funds to a newbuilding, considering TUI…
“Anti-cruise” pundit Jim Walker over at Cruise Law has reports that yet another group has filed a suite against RCI for fraud stemming from RCI’s admission of an accounting error. While this certainly wont turn into a scandal or anything…
(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…
When Royal Caribbean International (NYSE:RCL) announced their 2Q 2011 Earnings they shocked everyone by admitting that their erred in their accounting. Upon hearing this, the stock plunged yesterday quite a lot. It should pick up today assuming it’s a good…
Shortly after taking delivery of the 122,000grt ship, Celebrity and parent company Royal Caribbean international christened the panamax ship. The event took place dockside in Hamburg, Germany. The godmother of the 2,886-pax ship is Signature Travel Network president and…
Celebrity Just took delivery of their newest addition to the Solstice class, the Silhouette. The 1,033ft vessel will be christened in Hamburg tomorrow. At 144,000grt she will be the largest ship christened in the German port. That’s RCI CEO Richard…
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…
Royal Caribbean International announced their first Quarter results and they were pretty positive even though price for fuel has been steadily increasing. Highlights Revenues of $1.7 billion Net income $91.6 million See the full presser after the break:
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…
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…
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…