Royal Caribbean International announced yesterday that the 2,446-passenger Enchantment of the Seas will replace the aging Monarch of the Seas in Port Canaveral on April 25, 2013, offering guests three and four night Bahamas itineraries. Before home-porting to Port Canaveral year-round Enchantment of the Seas will go through Royal Caribbean’s signature Royal Advantage Program adding: [...]
Riviera, Oceania Cruises’ sparkling new entry in the upper-premium cruise segment, set sail today on her 10-day Pearls of the Aegean maiden voyage, from Venice to Athens. The 1,250-guest vessel, which launches just 16 months following the debut of her highly acclaimed sister ship, Marina, arrived in Venice fresh from a gala christening ceremony in [...]
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Props to the employees at Carnival Cruise Lines’ corporate office in Miami, Florida for raising $2,300 for St. Jude Children’s Hospital through the “Beary Cuddly Workshop,” held on-site. Employees had the opportunity to purchase a customized bear fit with doctor scrubs, surgical mask and lab coat. More than 100 bears were purchased to show support [...]
Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne joined the board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans earlier this week to dedicate the newly remodeled Julia Street Cruise Terminal. The $20.1-million project took the two smaller cruise terminals and joined them as one, making room for larger cruise ships and handling more cruise passengers. “The growth of [...]
The luxury small-ship cruise line Seabourn has announced a major expansion of the benefits it offers to loyal guests returning to its award-winning ships. Seabourn Club benefits, which already included a milestone award of a complimentary cruise after sailing 140 days, have always been the most valuable in the cruise industry. Now the line has [...]
This week in Cruise News: Royal Caribbean repositions Brilliance of the Seas to Tampa Celebrity Millennium emerges from dry dock “Solsticized” Carnival Breeze complete sea trials in Adriatic Sea Norwegian’s $1000 air credit offer Norwegian Cruise Line cuts steal on upcoming Norwegian Getaway Theresa Masek, editor-in-chief of Vacation Agent Magazine gives us her review of [...]
Effective today, the cancellation fee period will change for cruises 10 days or more and cruises less than 10 days where the embark and debark is a non-U.S. port. The 50% cancellation fee period will now be calculated at 55 days prior to vacation commencement versus 44 days. In 2012, this new policy will impact [...]
Royal Caribbean and the Port of Tampa announced today that the 2,112-passenger Brilliance of the Seas will replace Jewel of the Seas in the 2013-2014 cruise season. Before repositioning to Tampa next May, Brilliance of the seas will go through The Royal Advantage program, giving the ship new Oasis-class features like: an outdoor movie screen, [...]
Bestselling novelists Mary Higgins Clark and Lynne Truss are set to join an eclectic array of prominent guest speakers sailing aboard Silver Whisper’s World Cruise in 2013, an epic 115-day journey from Los Angeles to Fort Lauderdale, departing 5 January. Crossing the equator four times, the World Cruise itinerary will follow the tropical belt to [...]
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