Hurricane Maria plowed through the Eastern Caribbean island of Dominica last night before heading toward Puerto Rico and several islands already dealing with the damage created by Hurricane Irma. With winds of up to 160 miles per hour, the storm left much of the island in ruins. By Tuesday morning, the island’s Prime Minister, Roosevelt […]
Second Season of ‘Mighty Cruise Ships’ Airing on Smithsonian Channel
The hit Smithsonian Channel show “Mighty Cruise Ships” is back, and already amidst its second season. The show takes a look at some of the world’s mightiest, most remarkable cruise vessels. This season profiles six unique ships, visiting destinations from the tropical Caribbean, to the frozen Northwest Passage, to the idyllic Mediterranean. It airs Sunday […]
Peek Inside This $4.1 Million Floating Art Gallery
If you know much about Holland America, you know that the cruise line takes their art very seriously. Case in point: their newest ship ms Koningsdam, which launched last year, is basically a floating gallery whose art is worth a cool $4.1 million. The ship holds 1,920 pieces, that range in value from $500 to $600,000 and span the […]
Carnival Ship Delivers Relief Supplies for St. Maarten
As Carnival Cruise Line continues their hurricane relief efforts, Carnival Fascination has now delivered pallets of critical supplies during a port call in St. Kitts, to be delivered to the island of St. Maarten. Supplies included water, canned food, and other essential items. The donation was made during a regular passenger cruise; a seven-day from San Juan, […]
Hurricane Maria Impacting Caribbean Cruise Itineraries
Hurricane Maria is swirling in the Eastern Caribbean and bringing more unwanted weather to the islands and, as a result, another round of itinerary changes to various cruises. Projected to be a major hurricane, the storm has her eye set on the Caribbean and Grand Turk, which is already causing cruise lines to modify their […]
Norwegian CEO “Humbled” By Hurricane Relief Efforts
When the Norwegian Sky returned from her rescue mission to St. Thomas, Norwegian Cruise Line President & CEO Andy Stuart was in Miami to personally greet her passengers. “By now,” he wrote of the hurricane relief efforts on the company’s official blog, “we’ve all seen pictures of the devastation. I realize today that pictures do […]
Carnival Issues Cruise Scam Warning
Carnival Cruise Line’s senior cruise director and brand ambassador warned his Facebook followers of a cruise scam, calling the person responsible a “soulless, heartless wanker” and taking them to task for repeatedly creating fake accounts. Watch Out For This Cruise Scam! “First,” said Heald, “he/she/it created a fake Facebook page in my name. Then one […]
The Race To Clean Up Hurricane Irma’s Caribbean Mess
It’s no secret that Hurricane Irma has wrecked havoc on the cruise lines. From closed ports to cancelled sailings, every major line has been impacted. But Royal Caribbean, Carnival and Norwegian Cruise Lines have also been doing everything humanly possible to help the various areas hardest hit by the already devastating hurricane season… and those […]
Displaced Cruisers Finally Arrive In Miami
The nearly 4,000 passengers who were displaced by Hurricane Irma and wound up spending the past few days stuck aboard the Norwegian Escape finally returned to Miami early Wednesday morning. “Cruise To Nowhere” Finally Ends When both the Norwegian Sky and Norwegian Escape sailed into the Miami port last week intending to offload passengers before […]
Popular Cruise Parking Lot Destroyed By Storm
Among the many businesses destroyed by Hurricane Irma was one of the most popular cruise parking lots in Port Canaveral. The Park ‘N Cruise lot, used by thousands of tourists each year, was hit hard by the storm as she made her way across Florida. In a Facebook post, the lot reported that before the […]
