Cruising Tips And Advice

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is involved in search operations attempting to locate a man reported overboard from Holland America Line’s MS Koningsdam. The ship is sailing Alaskan itineraries this summer, and was near Juneau when the report was made late Monday, August 8, 2022. Man Reported Missing, Presumed Overboard The man, a 31-year-old crew

Carnival Cruise Line has launched a new three day flash sale that has cruises starting at just $129 per person. Carnival Cruise Line currently has all 23 cruise ships back in service and they sail from more homeports around the U.S. than any other cruise line. In addition to cruises starting at just $129, Carnival

Even though some cruise lines have already resolved their staff shortages, for Princess Cruises, the situation has forced the cancellation of 11 voyages. The cruise line has announced that a limited number of cruises are canceled for the Diamond Princess cruise ship on the U.S. west coast, resulting in a delayed return to service. Diamond

Several cruise lines, including Norwegian Cruise Line, will open up their cruises to everyone regardless of vaccination status starting with sailings that depart on September 3, 2022. Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises have announced new health and safety protocols that will go into effect next month on September 3.  Norwegian

Another rockslide adjacent to the popular White Pass Railroad Dock in Skagway, Alaska, has caused damage and led to the full closure of the dock, which is expected to remain closed for the rest of the 2022 sailing season. This is the third rockslide in recent weeks, and officials are concerned about the possibility of

Cruise passengers aboard two ships got a beautiful wake up call to end their cruise vacations this week, thanks to United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V liftoff at 6:29 a.m. on Thursday, August 4, 2022. The launch occurred as two vessels were returning to Port Canaveral, ready to debark passengers after memorable cruises made just a

Royal Caribbean’s newest state-of-the-art cruise terminal will open later this year in Galveston, Texas as the cruise line brings one of the world’s largest cruise ships to Texas. The $125 million cruise terminal will allow Royal Caribbean to homeport an Oasis class ship in Galveston for the first time.  The 170,000 sq. ft. building is

Carnival Cruise Line has updated its pre-cruise testing protocols, specifically as they relate to sailings to The Bahamas. This had caused some confusion in recent days, as other cruise lines have not required testing on shorter cruises with Bahamian ports of call, but Carnival still mandated tests for all passengers, regardless of vaccination status or

Carnival Cruise Line recently celebrated their 3 millionth guest to board one of their cruise ships since the cruise line resumed cruises last year. Over the past year, Carnival Cruise Line has made over 3,000 port visits at 92 ports in 32 countries.  Here are the five cruise ports in the Caribbean and Bahamas that

Flip Phone Event’s Moira’s Party Boat, Ew Cruising!: A Schitt’s Creek Fan Celebration cruise will set sail to the Caribbean from Miami with several Schitt’s Creek-themed events and performances. The four-day sail will depart on March 30 and visit Key West, Florida and Nassau, Bahamas, aboard Celebrity Summit. Schitt’s Creek Cruise Popular comedy-drama sitcom, Schitt’s Creek, will now take its satire

In communications sent to travel partners, Carnival Cruise Line has announced some permanent changes to onboard dining venues across the fleet. Many of these changes, which have been in place for some time already due to crew staffing shortages, will not have dramatic impacts for guests’ experiences, while others will be sorely missed. Dining Cutbacks

Carnival Cruise Line celebrated another milestone this past week when they saw their 3 millionth guest take a cruise on one of their cruise ships since they restarted cruises a year ago. After recording its biggest booking week in the cruise line’s 50-year history this spring, the last quarterly Carnival Corporation business update projected Carnival

Carnival-owned Pacific Encounter sailed into Sydney Harbour waters today, offering a salute to ‘hero tugs’ and additional maritime traditions. The ship’s arrival in Sydney, Australia, will continue the revival of Australia’s $5 billion a year cruise industry, providing economic benefit to the city with local marine engineering and technical services to be added onboard. Pacific Encounter’s

MSC Cruises is the latest cruise line to update their health and safety protocols for cruises that sail from U.S. ports. In their latest statement, the cruise line said that their goal is relax testing and vaccination requirements and to open cruises to all guests. MSC Cruises newest update will go into effect with cruises

New Zealand’s maritime border is now open to international cruise ships, specialist vessels, and recreational vessels such as yachts. At midnight on July 31, the country’s maritime border re-opened to cruisers after over two years of closures. New Zealand’s Cruise Ban The Prime Minister of New Zealand publicly announced the initial cruise ban on Saturday, March

Carnival Cruise Line is building a new cruise port in the Bahamas and the port will have a pier that will be able to accommodate two of their largest ships at the same time. This past week, Carnival Cruise Line met with the Grand Bahama Business Community regarding the new port that will open in

Another Carnival cruise ship has rescued refugees from a small boat in distress near Cuba. The incident occurred aboard Carnival Paradise on Sunday afternoon, at approximately 3:30 p.m. ship’s time, while the ship was sailing between Cuba and Mexico on a 5-night Western Caribbean cruise. The refugees were taken aboard the cruise ship and the