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Well this is another interesting development in the Cruise lines v. “that damn flu.” Royal Caribbeans Voyager of the Seas pulled into Villefranche-sur-Mer, France today, along with 60 sick crew members and 2 passengers. French officials according to this Reuters report,…
Richard Fain referred to h1n1 as “that damn flu.” Europe has been a pleasant surprise in terms of demand loss of $0.16 per share Costs are down and fuel costs are down Pricing and discounting are lower (meaning better for…
Normally this would be just a regular cruise ship in a regularly scheduled port, but not this time. The swine flu, H1N1, or whatever they are calling it now, scared shipowners into dropping all port-of-calls in Mexico. This led to…
Breaking: A female crewmember has contracted the H1N1 Virus (swineflu). This from the UK paper the Daily Mail: The female cruise employee on Serenade of the Seas tested positive for the H1N1 virus when examined by doctors in Washington State…
Royal Caribbean’s are set in stone. Carnival will announce the overhauled itinerary for the Splendor later today. Here are some other itinerary changes: Holland America. HAL may announce alternate ports later today. Ryndam – San Diego, Los Angeles, Catalina Island,…
RCI announced today that they will cancel all sailings to Mexico "for the immediate future." This will affect 6 ships. Affected ships: Enchantment of the Seas Freedom of the Seas Liberty of the Seas Mariner of the Seas Radiance of…
Only on departures until May 4th. For those interested, tomorrow they will post revised itineraries, and I’ll post them here. They say it’ll affect 16 ships, but I don’t know about the Triumph. Carnival Conquest Carnival Destiny Carnival Ecstasy Carnival…