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No Port Calls in Houston Beyond 2016

©cruiseind

As Cruise Industry News correctly points out this morning, neither Princess nor NCL have any plans on returning to Houston’s Bayport Terminal after this winter 2015-2016 season concludes. Houston has always had difficulty in attracting lines to call their terminal.…

#FinanceFriday: Disney Earnings Q4 2012

I usually don’t write much about Walt Disney Co. Their financial structure is usually well insulated from the performance of the cruise line. There’s no better example of this than Q4 2012. For the last 3 months of 2012, the…

Disney Rumors Wednesday Edition

IDK why but dominating the news this week is the current rumors floating around regarding the Disney Magic’s fall-winter 2012 deployment. This will all be solved once Disney goes public with it, but for now we have rumors like the…

New Disney Rumors: Canada & New England Edition

Adding to the below rumor which seems more official as mainstream press is calling it fact, comes news that Disney will offer their first ever Canada & New England voyages. It appears that before heading to the Gulf in the…

BREAKING: Disney to Sail out of Galveston

It is STRONGLY suspected that Disney will announce on Wednesday that they will be bringing the Disney Magic to Galveston. Sailing on her first voyage out of the lone star state on Sept. 22 2012, she will sail the normal…

Corpus Christi Cruise Port? {and my rant}

Heres a good symbol or some nice government pork-barrel spending. A while ago I wrote about Brownsville/Corpus Christi vying to compete with Galveston for a homeport. Well the Texas senate for some reason unanimously approved funds to sponsor a survey…

BREAKING: Princess to Return to Galveston

Princess just announced that they will return to Galveston, TX! The Crown Princess will arrive on December 22, 2012 and sail 7-night Caribbean routes to the usual Roatan, Costa Maya, Belize, and Cozumel. Her last trip for the season will…

Brownsville Cruiseport?

This morning there was some discussion on twitter about the Port of Brownsville, Texas wanting to be a cruiseport. CruiseGuy Brownsville, Texas discusses #cruise port options. Save your money, don’t waste more fees. 0% chance 2 get ships 2 visit!…