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…

My favorite cruise ship recently emerged from drydock with some exciting changes. The “Big E,” or Holland America Line's ms Eurodam, spent 14-days in the Bahamas getting several new concepts that the Seattle-based cruise line announced earlier in the year as part of a $30M fleet renovation project. Many of…

Some very exciting news was announced by MSC Cruises this morning and it is certainly a game-changer for the cruise industry in South Florida. The company is investing $200 million to develop their own private island in the Bahamas, called Ocean Cay and from details revealed in today's press release,…

Last Thanksgiving I was on the inaugural sailing of what was then Royal Caribbean's newest ship, Quantum of the Seas. This year, I'll be celebrating another Royal Thanksgiving on Independence of the Seas on quick four-night Western Caribbean cruise out of Fort Lauderdale. Independence of the Seas is one of…

Things are changing in a big way over at Royal Caribbean. The line that has the largest cruise ships at sea (Allure of the Seas and Oasis of the Seas) and the most technologically advanced ships on the water (Quantum of the Seas and Anthem of the Seas) unveiled something totally…

The cruise industry officially gained some competition this morning, as Virgin Cruises announced their first ship is coming in 2020. Sir Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin Group announced in Miami that a letter of intent has been signed with shipbuilder Fincantieri to build the line's first three ships.…

Whenever I'm boarding a cruise ship, there is one thing I always see that leaves me scratching my head. No it's not the passengers who are unloading more suitcases for a seven day eastern Caribbean cruise than they would pack for six months in Rome. It's the ones who are…

A cruise line CEO walks onto a ship... Yeah, there's a joke there somewhere, but what happened when Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. President and CEO Frank DelRio stepped onboard one of his ships turned into a not-so-laughing matter for the company. Earlier this month, Norwegian made the stunning announcement that cruise…

Passengers who travelled on Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas received an email from the cruise line's President and CEO, Michael Bayley, yesterday offering a $100 shipboard credit per stateroom if those travellers book a cruise on Quantum's sister ship, Anthem of the Seas. Why? According to Bayley the line's…

Royal Caribbean's newest Quantum-class cruise ship, Anthem of the Seas, is in Southampton, UK ready to welcome aboard her first guests.  Travel agents, the press and invited guests were lucky enough to get a sneak peek of the world's newest - and third largest - ship before she's officially christened…