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Royal Caribbean’s upper-premium brand, Azamara Club Cruises, has re-branded to simply, Azamara. The design philsophy surrounding their new logo is broken into three different parts; “an open world symbol; the two artistic strokes represent both land and sea experiences; the…
The 1989-built 5,218gt luxary expedition vessel, Silver Discoverer has been sold to CroisiEurope. France’s CroisiEurope specialize in river cruises throughout Europe. They currently operate only one other bluewater vessel, the La Belle de l’Adriatique, but that vessel is basically a…
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. today reported record first quarter results and updated its full year Adjusted EPS guidance to a range of $9.65 to $9.85 per share. This range includes negative impacts of $0.25 related to the incident in the Grand Bahama Shipyard and approximately $0.25 as a…
UPDATE Tuesday: Royal Caribbean has announced that as a result of damage to the ship, they are canceling the next three cruises (April 7, 14 & 21 [Transatlantic]). There’s speculation that she suffered damage to one of her Azipods. At…
Royal Caribbean has just announced that they will be purchasing another Oasis-class vessel from french shipbuilder Chantiers de l’Atlantique . The original in the class, her sisters Oasis and Allure of the Seas were delivered from STX Finland. Her newest…
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. reported 2018 US GAAP earnings of $8.56 per share and adjusted earnings of $8.86 per share. In addition, the company announced that 2019 adjusted earnings are expected to be in the range of $9.75 to $10.00 per share. KEY HIGHLIGHTS Full Year 2018:…
We recently took a first look at Celebrity Cruises groundbreaking new 130,818gt ship, Celebrity Edge. Now lets take a tour of the vessel. Outdoor/Pool/Spa Lets start with the most eye-catching feature, the Magic Carpet. [column size=one_half position=first] [/column] [column size=one_half…
Last week I wrote about the Allure of the Seas arriving in Miami and becoming the largest vessel to dock in Port Miami. Over the weekend the ever-so-slighty larger Symphony of the Seas has usurped her older sister as the largest…
View a Tour of the Celebrity Edge. VIEW CELEBRITY EDGE DECK PLANS Below Originally Published on: Nov 9, 2018 @ 10:22 Easily the most anticipated ship this year is Celebrity’s Edge. She’s a completely new design measuring 130,818gt. Her most…
Today on Twitter I live tweeted Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas arriving to her new home in Port Miami. The Oasis-class ship becomes the largest ship to have berthed in the Port. The 225,282gt ship will use the brand new…
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. today reported third quarter results and narrowed its full year Adjusted EPS guidance to a range of $8.75 to $8.85 per share. This range includes a negative impact of approximately $0.10 per share due to a…
Today Silversea and their parent company, Royal Caribbean, announced that they will build three new ships for Silversea Cruises. Silversea has signed a memorandum of understanding with German shipbuilder Meyer Werft to build two vessels in the new “Evolution Class.”…
Just to wet your tastebuds, here are some photos from Chantiers de l’Atlantique (formerly STX France). The Celebrity Edge will have her final sea trials shortly and then be delivered in November After a series of preview cruises throughout Europe,…
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) reported record second quarter results and reaffirmed its full year Adjusted EPS guidance of $8.70 to $8.90 per share. The company noted that this guidance includes a $0.35 negative impact from currency and fuel…
German line TUI Cruises will be building two new ships as part of a new class of vessels. The new 161,000gt vessels will be built at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone yard and will be their largest ever built (Princess’ Royal-class is 142,714gt).…
Royal Caribbean has just announced that they have purchased 66.7% of ultra-luxury brand Silversea Cruises. Prior to today, Silversea has been family owned by the Italian Manfredi Lefebvre D’Ovidio. Royal Caribbean will pay $1 billion USD in cash as well…
The latest flagship for Germany’s TUI Cruises has just set sail. Let’s take a look at her. TUI Cruises is set up as Royal Caribbean Cruises’ German subsidiary. It’s technically a joint venture between the Miami-based RCCL and German tour…
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. reported record first quarter results and increased its outlook for the full year. The company reported first quarter US GAAP earnings of $1.02 per share and Adjusted earnings of $1.09 per share beating guidance due to better revenue. Full year Adjusted…
This post has been updated to include higher-res photos. The world’s largest cruise ship, Symphony of the Seas, has now been delivered to Royal Caribbean. In our series of First Looks, which replaces the Inaugural Liveblogs, lets take a look…
STX France has just handed over Royal Caribbean’s latest flagship, the Symphony of the Seas. She is now the largest cruise ship ever with an estimate measure of 228,021gt and 1,188ft LOA. The Harmony of the Seas is the same…
Royal Caribbean and Chinese tour company Ctrip have agreed to dissolve their joint venture SkySea Cruises. This was the Chinese based line that operates the SkySea Golden Era (ex-Celebrity Century) since May 2015. In December of this year she will…
Royal Caribbean just announced some major enhancements to their private island in the Bahamas, Cococay. In the render we see a water park, cabanas and even the new pier! They’ll also be adding a bar an restaurant called Captain Jacks:…
oyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) today reported 2017 US GAAP and adjusted earnings of $7.53 per share — beating the Double-Double EPS target and the mid-point of previous guidance by $0.75 and $0.16, respectively. In addition, the company announced that 2018 adjusted earnings are expected to…
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) today reported record third quarter results of $3.49 per share, which includes a $0.20 negative impact from the recent hurricanes; updated full year guidance to a range of $7.35 to $7.40, which includes a $0.26 negative impact from the recent hurricanes;…
Carnival Corp. announced that they will be selling P&O Cruises Adonia (ex-R Eight, Minerva II, Royal Princess) to Azamara Club Cruises. Interestingly enough, Azamara is owned by rival Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. She will enter a drydock in March 2018 and…