Royal Caribbean made some big announcements today including news about a new terminal, ship shuffles and what’s coming soon to their private island in the Bahamas, Coco Cay. Let’s start off with the biggest announcement, Symphony of the Seas – the fourth Oasis-class cruise ship scheduled for delivery in April…
Holland America Line's private island in the Bahamas, Half Moon Cay, is turning 20 this year. Two decades ago, the cruise line bought the island, which was then known as Little San Salvador, for a mere $6M. Since then it has developed 50 of the island's 2,400 acres with the remainder…
In early December, I wrote about the different cruise lines that were ready to start offering cruises to Cuba following the Cuban government's approval which granted more United States-based cruise lines permission to sail to the country. Since Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line started taking reservations, demand far exceeded…
The world's largest cruise ship, Harmony of the Seas, is now sailing out of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The massive, 5,500 passenger Oasis-class ship from Royal Caribbean arrived in November 2016 and along with sister ship Allure of the Seas sails year-round, seven-night, Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises.…
Excitement is starting to build as MSC's new ship, MSC Seaside, is less than a year away from making her debut in Miami for year-round cruises to the Caribbean. The 4,140 passenger ship is currently under construction and is set to sail from PortMiami on December 21, 2017. She will join…
Carnival Corporation's fathom line, which offered people-to-people cruises to the Dominican Republic and more recently Cuba, will see soon its final sailings. As I and many others have predicted, the concept of taking a vacation to do humanitarian aid in underdeveloped counties wasn't what cruise goers wanted to do on…
If you're cruising on Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Sky August 25 through October 20, 2016 and were hoping to stop at the line's private island in the Bahamas, you're out of luck. Great Stirrup Cay is set to go under the knife for some much needed rehab work which will…
Royal Caribbean is expanding its fleet of Oasis-class ships on the heels of the launch of the latest – and world's largest cruise ship - Harmony of the Seas. Launched earlier this month, Harmony joins sisters Allure of the Seas and Oasis of the Seas in a unique class of…
Two new ships are coming to Disney Cruise Line, the Walt Disney Company announced today. The new cruise ships will be larger than the newest ships in the fleet, Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy, and will weigh in at 135,000 gross tons and have 1,250 staterooms each. The @disneycruiseline fleet…
More ships are making their way into the MSC Cruises fleet and they're big! Today the company announced they will build two new ships that will hold 6,300 passengers when booked to full capacity, around the same number Royal Caribbean's Oasis-class cruise ships carry. The Meraviglia Plus-class ships are based…
