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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When Norwegian Cruise Line first announced it would commence year-round cruises from New York a decade ago I thought they were crazy.  Who in their right mind, I thought, would plunk down money to board a cruise ship during the dark days of winter to cruise to the Caribbean or the Bahamas and Florida [...]

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Norwegian Cruise Line’s brand new Norwegian Epic, will chart a course for Europe in 2011 as she spends the May-October season on one-week Mediterranean voyages from Barcelona. Ports of call include: Florence/Pisa (Livorno); Rome (Civitavecchia); Naples, Italy; and Palma, Majorca, Spain, along with two full days at sea with per person, double occupancy fares [...]

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When I recently decided to take a short cruise aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Gem from New York I pictured myself singing karoke or throwing money away in a slot machine.  Plus, having a lovely meal at Cagney’s, one of the best features of “Freestyle Cruising”, was certainly an enticement.
Instead, I became a convert of [...]

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Real innovation in the cruise industry doesn’t happen very often and when it does, Norwegian Cruise Line is often behind it.  Freestyle cruising (individual restaurants, passengers dining when and with whom they please) was a big game-changer.  NCL was the first cruise line (outside Cunard) to build villa suites in a secluded area of the [...]

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If you’re considering a cruise vacation in 2010, it’s time to take a look at trends and changes that may affect the destination and ship you choose and how much you’ll pay. Here are five important trends to to help you find a terrific deal on the ship and cruising region of your [...]

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Seasickness does exist and is probably the primary reason people avoid cruises. The best definition of what mal de mer is comes from the U.S. Coast Guard: “Motion sickness occurs when the brain receives conflicting signals from the areas of the body that detect motion. This conflict typically results in motion sickness.”
It’s important to keep [...]

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Here’s real irony:  This New Yorker probably won’t disembark a cruise ship docked in the Bahamas because the threat of becoming the victim of a crime is too high.
What Gives?
According to a report in Travel Weekly, four cruise lines — Disney Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean, Carnival and Norwegian Cruise Line — have cancelled a popular [...]

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Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has added a timely booking incentive:  the BookSafe Travel Protection Plan, designed to provide a full cash reimbursement to guests should they need to cancel because of job loss prior to their cruise.  NCL’s BookSafe Travel Protection takes the worry out of vacation planning, helping passengers book a stress-free future cruise despite uncertain [...]

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On April 17 we ran the story that Norwegian Cruise Line was increasing its fuel surcharge from $7 to $9 per person.  Today NCL announced that it will again raise the supplement to $11 per person, per day for the first and second passengers in a cabin ($5 per person, per day for additional passengers sharing the same [...]

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