Cruise Lines Eye Cozumel as Potential Home Port
With the three largest cruise lines still bleeding a billion dollars a month in cash and no indication of a timeframe for the resumption of sailings from U.S. ports, operators are desperately seeking alternative sources of revenue — including basing ships in foreign ports. Just days after Royal Caribbean announced it will offer Mediterranean cruises […]
Cruise Line Contest Giving Away Transatlantic Sailing for 2
Cunard is running a sweepstakes where one lucky entrant will win a transatlantic crossing voyage for two aboard Queen Mary 2. In celebration of the new HBO Max movie Let Them All Talk — which takes place on the ship —  the line, in partnership with the production studio, is giving away a grand prize seven-night transatlantic […]
Royal Caribbean Sends Megaship to Texas in 2022
Royal Caribbean International has announced its 2022-2023 winter Caribbean schedule, which includes an Oasis class ship homeporting in Galveston, Texas for the first time ever. Allure of the Seas Starting in November 2022, mega-ship Allure of the Seas will spend the season sailing seven-night western Caribbean cruises from Galveston. It will dock at Royal Caribbean’s […]
How The Cruise Industry Has Weathered A Financial Hurricane
Turn the clock back to the beginning of 2020 and the global cruise industry was riding high. The three biggest players — Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian, which represent over 70 percent of the overall market — were posting record profits and placing orders for multiple new billion-dollar ships. Then came the shipwreck. The industry […]
The Crazy Board Game For Cruise Lovers With a Sense of Humor
If you ever wished that Battleship was played with cruise ships, have we got the game for you. Bruise Cruise is… well, borderline impossible to describe. Which is why we sat down for a chat with The Admiral, who helped create the game and write its wonderfully off-kilter rule book. Finally, a Cruise Ship-Based Board […]
Celebrity Eclipse Completes Shipyard Refurbishment [PHOTOS]
Many cruise lines have taken the industry shutdown as a prime opportunity to move their vessels to shipyards for refurbishments — many that were going to take place last year or in the near future anyway. Celebrity Cruises is one of those lines and has announced that its Solstice-class ship, Celebrity Eclipse, has just emerged […]
How Much Does It Cost for Kids to Go on a Cruise?
If you have kids, planning any type of vacation takes on a whole different dimension, and there are lots of needs and desires to take into consideration. Cruises are no exception. One of the first things you’ll likely be asking yourself is how much extra it will cost to take the whole family. Unfortunately, there […]
Royal Caribbean: No Decision Yet On U.S. Vaccination Requirement
Royal Caribbean has still not decided whether guests will require vaccination to come aboard once ships are cleared to sail again from U.S. ports. But it’s clear the company — and the overall industry — is pinning its hopes on vaccines to speed the restart process. “Widespread vaccinations are the fastest and the best way […]
Cruise Radio News Briefs — March 2, 2021 [VIDEO]
Royal Caribbean Ship to Homeport in Israel For the first time, a Royal Caribbean ship will be homeporting in Israel for the 2021 summer season. Beginning in May, the new Odyssey of the Seas will homeport in Haifa, sailing roundtrip voyages to Greece and Cyprus. Originally scheduled to sail from Rome, the decision to move Odyssey […]
MSC Seaside Will Start Mediterranean Cruises on May 1
MSC Cruises has announced that, for the first time, MSC Seaside will be deployed to Europe. Since her launch in 2017, Seaside has been a ship firmly planted in the American market, based in Florida and operating cruises to the Caribbean. Now, the vessel will be joining the company’s flagship, MSC Grandiosa, in the Mediterranean as of […]