Posts belonging to Category Cruise Line News

Local Jacksonville DJ’s Start “Keep Cruise” Webpage

We don’t mind patting ourselves on the back, especially in a case like this.  Below is a story that the local NBC affiliate did on Cruise Radio here in Jacksonville, Florida.   Watch the video here JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A pair of local internet radio hosts are trying to keep the First Coast’s cruise industry from shipping out [...]

Jacksonville to Look at Cruise Terminal Again

Jacksonville Business Journal – by Mark Szakonyi -Staff Writer The Jacksonville Port Authority will decide within the next two months whether it will pursue a new cruise terminal in Mayport. Authority board Chairman David Kulik’s plans to direct his staff on Monday to restart the pursuit of a new terminal come a year after the [...]

‘Celebrity Eclipse’ Makes First Public Appearance

The Celebrity Eclipse emerges for the first time out of the ship yard in Meyer Werft ship yard in Papenburg, Germany.

Wave Crashes Into Cruise Ship

A 26′ wave crashed into a cruise ship in the Mediterranean yesterday off the coast of Barcelona.  Two people were killed and several were injured.  The cruise ship Louis Majesty (formerly NCL Majesty) was on a 12 night Mediterranean cruise and is now in Barcelona for repairs.  Below is some amateur footage courtesy of CBS. // Wave [...]

Episode 25 – Carnival Cruise Rate Increase

The Cruise Guy, Stewart Chiron joins us talking about Carnival Cruise Lines rate increase, a new cruise ship to be home-ported in Tampa, Florida and the noro-virus outbreak on the Celebrity Mercury. An avid traveler and an award-winning journalist, Ralph Grizzle joins us with a recent article he wrote called “Extracting More Joy from Your Cruise.” Frequent [...]

Carnival Fascination Upgrades

As a member of the media, every time a cruise ship goes through a refurbishment I get to head to the port and check it out. Recently, the Miami based Carnival Cruise Lines’ ship the ‘Fascination’ underwent a $34 million dollar renovation as part of Carnival’s “Evaluations of Fun” upgrades. The ‘Fascination’ currently operates out [...]

VIDEO: Carnival Fascination back in Jacksonville, Florida

// VIDEO: Carnival Fascination back in Jacksonville, Florida

Carnival Cruise Lines Returns to Europe Summer 2011

MIAMI– Carnival Cruise Lines’ newest ship, the 3,690-passenger Carnival Magic, will debut with a schedule of seven-, nine- and 12-day Mediterranean cruises operating round-trip from Barcelona from May to October 2011. This marks Carnival’s first full season of Mediterranean cruises in three years, as well as the first time the line has home-ported a ship [...]

Episode 20 – Royal Caribbean Catches Criticism from Media

If you have watched this news this week, the Cruise Lines have been front and center. In this episode, The Cruise Guy, Stewart Chiron, sets the record straight about all the media hype criticizing Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines for continuing service into their private beach in Labadee, Haiti. Julie Watson, Communication Consultant for VisitJacksonville.com talks about things [...]

On the Prowl for a New Ship

So I see them out all the time at the clubs where we do radio station events, I am talking about cougars.  No, not the animals. I am talking about women in their 40′s or older scouting out younger men.  They are actually quite comical to sit back and watch as they sharpen their claws [...]