Month: August 2022

MSC Cruises is taking thrills to a new level this fall when ROBOTRON debuts on their new cruise ship, MSC Seascape. ROBOTRON is a state-of-the-art robotic arm with an attached gondola that seats three guests – flying them nearly 175 feet above the sea. The adrenaline-pumping experience gives riders an unobstructed 360° view of the

Food is a key part of any cruise experience, and guests interested in the ultimate gastronomic experience will have amazing opportunities aboard several upcoming Holland America Line sailings. These “Culinary Cruises” will feature special guests from the cruise line’s Culinary Council offering exclusive insights, cooking demonstrations, tastings, and more on these unique voyages. Culinary Cruise

Virgin Voyages, the adults only cruise line that offers cruises from Miami, is adding a new loyalty program. The new loyalty program will not only reward those who sailed during the cruise line’s first year of operation, but they will also match your loyalty status from other cruise lines. Virgin Voyages plans on rolling out

Royal Caribbean Group announced that their cruise lines will be switching to SpaceX’s Starlink for high-speed internet on their cruise ships. The innovative broadband internet service will be installed on all Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises ships, along with all new cruise ship for each of the cruise lines. Deployment of the

A strike by tug boat workers in Vancouver, British Columbia stranded Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Eclipse overnight, as the ship was unable to leave the embarkation port due to a fuel barge that was not moved. This has caused the cruise ship to be delayed from Vancouver and may impact the vessel’s 7-night Alaskan itinerary. Fuel

MSC Cruises is the latest cruise line to announce relaxed health protocols including the elimination of their vaccine requirement for U.S. citizens starting on Thursday, September 1, 2022. While no longer required, MSC Cruises still recommends all U.S. residents be fully vaccinated and tested prior to sailing. Requirements for non-U.S. residents remain unchanged. Updated guidelines

In the past weeks, several reports of disturbances from guests onboard the Carnival Cruise ships have been reported. In particular, one cruise from New York City where the authorities were called in to take certain people off the vessel after a late-night altercation in a nightclub onboard Carnival Magic.  In light of this, Carnival Cruise

Norwegian christened their newest cruise ship, Norwegian Prima, this weekend as the cruise line saw the first of six new ships enter the fleet.  Norwegian Prima also became the first major cruise ship christened in Reykjavik, Iceland. The first of six ships in the groundbreaking Prima Class, Norwegian Prima, debuted to more than 2,500 guests

The highly anticipated first of the groundbreaking Prima-class ships, Norwegian Prima, was christened today in Reykjavík, Iceland, the first cruise ship ever christened in that unique destination. The ship, which now becomes the flagship of the Norwegian Cruise Line fleet, is the most innovative ship ever designed for the cruise line. Norwegian Prima Christened A

The UK’s second Excellence-class cruise ship, and the sistership to Iona, will enter one of the final stages of her construction on Saturday as she will be floated out of the dock. P&O Cruises’ Arvia is under construction at the world-famous Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany.  The float-out procedure will start at around 09:00 AM

Royal Caribbean is making two big changes over the next few weeks that will affect who can sail on their cruise ships and also a change to their daily gratuities. Starting on September 7, 2022, Royal Caribbean is raising the rate of their daily gratuities that are charged to onboard accounts.  The automatic daily gratuity

Port Canaveral, 50 miles east of Orlando and the second busiest cruise passenger port in the world, has secured more than $1.9 million (USD) in federal funding to help finance essential security upgrades. Several grants are part of the package, and will augment different parts of the port’s security measures, including some that apply to

Construction officially started on Celebrity Cruises’ new ship that will debut next year and sail out of Fort Lauderdale, Celebrity Ascent. Celebrity Ascent will be the cruise line’s fourth Edge class ship. At the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in France, the cruise ship’s keel was laid marking the official start of construction on the new

Carnival Cruise Line has opened cruises for bookings on Carnival Luminosa, a cruise ship that they are acquiring from sister cruise line Costa Cruises. Carnival Luminosa will enter Carnival Cruise Line’s fleet in November and sail out of Brisbane, Australia. After a season in Australia, the cruise ship will move to Seattle and offer cruises