Cruise News Today — June 27, 2022 [VIDEO]

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Carnival Staffing Levels Slowly Ramping Up Carnival Cruise Line’s brand ambassador John Heald took to Facebook on Friday morning to say that with assistance from United States Customs and Border Protection, Carnival crew members with expired visas are being allowed to return to ships and that staffing shortages are starting to lighten up. In the […]

Princess Cruises Offering $1 Deposits, Up to 40% Off Cruise Fares

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Princess Cruises has announced a new offer on 2022 and 2023 voyages, where guests can take advantage of $1 deposits from June 30, 2022 to July 5, 2022. This means that those who reserve a sailing between those dates will be able to put just one dollar down and won’t have to pay the remaining […]

Norwegian Cruise Ship Alters Itinerary After Striking an Iceberg

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UPDATE – 6/27 at 9 pm: In a statement to Cruise Radio around 9 pm on Monday, a spokesperson for Norwegian Cruise Line said “On June 25, 2022 while transiting to Hubbard Glacier in Alaska, Norwegian Sun made contact with a growler. The ship sailed to Juneau, Alaska for further assessment, where it was decided […]

Carnival Launches New Guy’s Burger Joint Menu Item

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Guy’s Burger Joint is no doubt the most popular quick-service restaurant on Carnival Cruise Line’s ships, and it could be argued that it’s the most loved across the entire cruise industry. Carnival Cruise Line first launched the counter-service venue in partnership with celebrity chef and restaurateur Guy Fieri in 2011 on Carnival Liberty. Since then, […]

Costa Toscana Trip Report, Part 2: Checking Things Out

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Typically, I try and do a separate trip report for each day of a cruise. But I’ve decided to take a different approach with this one for a few different reasons. One is that all of the travel I’ve been doing as of late has kicked my butt. They’re going to have to invent a […]