The following is the official press release I received from Carnival Cruises… Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Caribbean’s newest destination, the $65 million Amber Cove Cruise Center, were held yesterday in the Dominican Republic at the project site on the Bay of Maimon located near Puerto Plata in the country’s North […]
Remember when the Star Princess ignored a small fishing boat’s distress call, resulting in 2 deaths? Well, now the remaining survivor, Adrian Vasquez, is suing Princess Cruises. Vasquez, who was aboard the boat 50 Cents when the Star Princess passed by them, filed the negligence suit in a court in Miami, Fl last week claiming that… “had clear […]
It is now being reported that there is an apparent norovirus outbreak on board Carnival Cruise Lines’ Carnival Freedom. 5:10pm (5/14): Earlier today there were rumors of a death of a passenger as a result of the Norovirus outbreak. There was in fact a death on board the Carnival Freedom, but it was unrelated to […]
MIAMI – May 10, 2012 – The first piece of steel was cut at MEYER WERFT in Papenburg, Germany on Friday, May 4, for the construction of Norwegian Getaway, the second of two new Freestyle Cruising® ships for Norwegian Cruise Line, set for delivery in spring 2014. Norwegian Cruise Line and MEYER WERFT executives watched as the first plate of […]
Earlier this week, Costa Cruises hinted at a possible order for a second “Super Costa” ship along with the originally planed ship which would launch a new class of ships for Costa Cruises. This ship would be the second ship in the new “Super Costa” class, if she is ordered. She will weigh around 132,500 tons and […]
Ep. 47 Cruise News and Ship Tours This week I joined Kaleigh and James on Cruize Cast to discuss some cruise news and my recent trip to Cruise3Sixty. I had a lot of fun talking about my ship tours and experiences at Cruise3Sixty so please check it out! To check out more of Cruize Cast, […]
Here is the official press release we received today from Norwegian Cruise Line… MIAMI – May 8, 2012 – Norwegian Cruise Line executives and officials from MEYER WERFT took part in the Keel Laying Ceremony of Norwegian Breakaway at the ship yard in Papenburg, Germany on Friday, May 4. During the official ceremony, the first of 73 blocks […]
Last week while I was at Cruise3Sixty, I had the chance to see 9 cruise ships in at Port Everglades. So every day I headed down to the John U. Lloyd Beach State Park to walk along the Port Everglades jetty to watch the cruise ships sail out of Port Everglades. I had the chance to take a […]
Today Costa Cruises announced new safety features for their fleet of ships which include real-time ship tracking for all of their ships and limiting the powers of the captain’s of their ships. These new safety features come in response to the January 13th capsizing of the Costa Concordia which capsized off the coast of Giligo, […]
So as most of you know I attended Cruise3Sixty last weekend in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. For those of you who don’t know what Cruise3Sixty is, it is the official travel agency conference of the cruise line industry, and the leader in educational training and networking opportunities for cruise industry travel professionals which includes seminars, ship tours, […]
Kaleigh and James continue their Mediterranean cruise port itinerary series with the city of Florence, tourable from the Livorno or La Spezia cruise ports. They review attractions and discuss what a sample day in Florence might look like with suggestions, tips, route info and possible costs. Their cruise news features stories of new ship features […]