Royal Caribbean’s new behemoth is Allure of the Seas, scheduled to make an inaugural voyage earlier than originally planned. The 6300-passenger vessel, an identical sister ship to Oasis of the Seas, is arriving earlier in home port Fort Lauderdale and the cruise line is adding a new four-night cruise sailing December 1, 2010 [...]
30 March
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, proposed cruise ship emission controls would save up to 8,300 U.S. and Canadian lives by reducing sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter by cleaning the air around port cities. And, it’s their aim to create a zone to extend 200 nautical miles from shore.
The cruise industry is revving [...]
23 March
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) today announced that its newest ship, the 4000-passenger Epic, will have ten restaurants with have a surcharge ranging from $10 to $25 per person.
Cover charges for Norwegian Epic’s specialty dining/entertainment venues:
La Cucina, Tuscan-style eatery serving regional Italian specialties, $10 per person;
Cirque Dreams & Dinner, two shows nightly [...]
17 March
Royal Caribbean is deploying a record 10 ships to the Baltic and Mediterranean in 2011, up from eight ships in 2010.
Two ships, Liberty of the Seas and Grandeur of the Seas, will sail their maiden Europe seasons from Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca, Spain, respectively. Independence of the Seas will continue its year-round service from [...]
17 March
According to USA Today’s Cruise Log, Celebrity Mercury has cut out a port call and will return to home port Charleston early because of a third large outbreak of Norovirus. On the Feb. 15 voyage, 411 out of 1830 passengers (22%) became ill with the gastrointestinal disease. According to the Centers of Disease Control, some [...]
15 March
According to Travel Weekly, a cruise industry trade magazine, bookings are so strong this year that Carnival and Norwegian Cruise Line will increase cruise fares for 2010 departures.
Carnival’s rates will rise five percent on 2010 peak season (June, July and August) cruise fares while NCL’s prices will go up seven percent on April 2.
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11 March
In 2011, the cruise industry is charting a global course by deploying a record number of ships to Europe and the Middle East. Add to this, some of the largest ships in the cruise industry will spend a full season cruising in Europe.
In part the push to add ships to more areas outside the Western [...]
11 March
Two passengers were killed and dozens injured when a 26-foot wave struck Louis Cruise Lines’ 1,790-passenger Majesty during a cruise from Barcelona to Genoa, Italy.
A spokesman for the Cyprus-based cruise line said, “The windows in a public area on deck 5 on the forward part of the vessel smashed resulting (in) the fatal injury of [...]
03 March
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