Carnival Cruise Line has revealed a new zone that will be on their newest cruise ship that debuts later this year, Carnival Celebration.Carnival Celebration will be the cruise line’s second Excel class ship and will offer cruises to the Caribbean from Miami. The new zone, The Gateway, will have design and décor inspired by grand terminals, transportation stations and departure points around the … [Read more...]

The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, a new luxury cruise line from Ritz-Carlton, celebrated the successful completion of sea trials for their first yacht, Evrima. Sea trials are a series of system tests that are carried out when the yacht is sailing on open waters. Evrima’s sea trials were led by Captain Steven MacBeath, in collaboration with a team of senior officers, engineers, contractors, and … [Read more...]

Virgin Voyages has postponed the launched of their new cruise ship, Resilient Lady, that was scheduled to debut in August.The cruise line said that Resilient Lady will now debut in May 2023, nine months later than originally scheduled. Virgin Voyages stated that the reason for the delay is due to global challenges that are still impacting the travel industry. Resilient Lady will be the third … [Read more...]

MSC Cruises’ 19th and final ship, MSC Musica, resumed cruises this week marking the cruise line’s full return to service. The cruise ship set sail for the start of the summer 2022 season on the first of her 23 planned seven-night cruises to Katakolon in Greece, the traditional birthplace of the Olympic Games, along with the Greek islands Crete and Santorini, and Bari in Italy. Rubén A. Rodríguez, … [Read more...]

In a few weeks, a Royal Caribbean cruise ship will be able to visit ports for the first time in two years starting on June 30, 2022. Royal Caribbean’s Spectrum of the Seas has been offering cruises to nowhere out of Singapore since the vessel restarted service.  Starting at the end of the month, the cruise ship will begin stopping in Malaysia for the first time in two years on three and four … [Read more...]

Carnival Cruise Line is deploying a new Menu Mate food ingredient program on all of their cruise ships that will help accommodate guests with special diets and food allergies. Easily operated on touch-screen tablets at food venues across Carnival Cruise Line’s fleet, the Menu Mate food ingredient program is powered by award-winning CertiStar software to mitigate the risks of allergic reactions. … [Read more...]

Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises have made a change to the Future Cruise Credits (FCCs) that went into effect on June 1, 2022. From now on, all Cruise with Confidence Future Cruise Credits with both cruise lines will no longer have an expiration date and will be good for all future cruises. Since their system requires that their be a noted expiration date, Royal Caribbean Group said that … [Read more...]

Royal Caribbean is making a change to their non-refundable deposits on cruises starting tomorrow, June 1, 2022. The cruise line is discontinuing the Future Cruise Credit component and it will no longer apply when canceling under this policy outside of the final payment period. Instead, the deposit amount will be withheld in-full. Guests booked prior to June 1, 2022 are protected under the prior … [Read more...]

Holland America Line christened their newest cruise ship, Rotterdam, on Monday in a ceremony that was held Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Rotterdam was christened by Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands. “Our heritage is rooted here in the Netherlands, and we are deeply honored to have Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet as godmother of her fifth Holland America Line ship,” said … [Read more...]

Carnival Cruise Line has canceled cruises on two different cruise ships after a fire broke out in the funnel on Carnival Freedom this week. Carnival Cruise Line has canceled the next three sailings on Carnival Freedom so the ship can head to a dry dock in the Bahamas for repairs to the ship’s funnel.  All of the cruise ship’s hotel, and guest services, along with safety equipment are … [Read more...]

Azamara became the latest cruise line to have all of their ships back in service when Azamara Journey welcomed guests back on board. “I am beyond thankful to our hard-working team and dedicated crew members for all the incredible work and effort that has brought us to this exciting moment,” says Carol Cabezas, President of Azamara. “Thanks to them, our four-ship fleet are all sailing for the first … [Read more...]

A fire broke out in the funnel of a Carnival cruise ship earlier this morning when the ship was docked in Grand Turk. Twitter member Chester4x4 posted several videos showing black smoke pouring out of the funnel on Carnival Freedom. The videos can be seen below. TURKS AND CAICOS – Carnival Cruise on fire.#CNN pic.twitter.com/8OxFJ3eNch — Chester4x4 (@Chester4x4) May 26, 2022 … [Read more...]

Norwegian Cruise Line has change the point structure for their loyalty levels that not only adds in two new levels, but also makes it easier to move up to a higher status. Norwegian Cruise Line’s previous tier level were as follows: 1 point – Bronze 30 points – Silver 55 points – Gold 80 points – Platinum 175 points – Platinum Plus 700 points+ – Ambassador Norwegian Cruise Line’s new tier … [Read more...]

Regent Seven Seas Cruises, one of the world’s finest luxury cruise lines, has announced their longest world cruise ever that will set sail in early 2025 from Miami, Florida. Regent’s newly announced world cruise for 2025 will start in Miami on January 7, 2025 before ending in San Francisco 150 days later.  The cruise will visit 97 ports in 25 countries on five continents and take place on … [Read more...]

Royal Caribbean’s next new cruise ship, Icon of the Seas, will be a new class of ship for the cruise line when the vessel debuts in 2023. Royal Caribbean released a video showing a giant sphere being added to the vessel at the shipyard.  The sphere measures 46 feet tall and 50 feet in diameter.  There are 578 aluminum panels on the sphere and 9 miles of cables for power and lighting. … [Read more...]

The world’s two largest cruise lines, Royal Caribbean and Carnival Cruise Line, now have all of their cruise ships in service for the first time in over two years. Royal Caribbean, the world’s largest cruise line with 26 cruise ships in their fleet, is the latest cruise line to have all of their ships once again offering cruises. Since Royal Caribbean resumed cruises last June on Adventure of … [Read more...]

Carnival Cruise Line reached a major comeback milestone this past week when they saw their 2 millionth passenger board one of their cruise ships since the cruise line resumed cruises last summer. The milestone was commemorated in Port Canaveral, Florida aboard Carnival Freedom as the Gibbs family – Daniel and Kristi with son Mason and grandmother Theresa Campbell – from Ocala, Fla. boarded the … [Read more...]

Costa Cruises is one of Carnival Corporation’s nine cruise lines. Although they are Carnival’s Italian line, they offer cruises to the Caribbean, South America, and obviously Europe and the Mediterranean. I just disembarked from my very first Costa cruise on Costa Venezia. It was a week long cruise out of Istanbul with port stops in Turkey and Greece. Here is what is was like to take a cruise on … [Read more...]

MSC Cruises’ giant new cruise ship that will debut later this year, MSC World Europa, will be 22 decks tall and have 33 restaurants, lounges, and bars. MSC World Europa will be 150 feet wide, feature 2,626 cabins, and have more than 430,000 square feet of public space.  The cruise ship will sail her maiden cruise on December 20, 2022 and be the largest ship in the cruise line’s fleet. The … [Read more...]

Celebrity Cruises is offering their lowest prices of the year on cruises to the Caribbean, Alaska, and to Europe. From now until June 2, 2022, Celebrity Cruises is offering their lowest fares of the year that has seven night cruises in an infinite balcony cabin starting at just $399 per person. This sale from Celebrity Cruises includes the following: 7 night Caribbean cruises in an infinite … [Read more...]