Mike Faust is an avid world traveler, often found traversing city streets in Asia and Europe rather than his home city of Boca Raton. Mike has touched down in 39 countries, set sail on 35 cruises, and flown over 400,000 lifetime miles.
(12:00 pm) Carnival Corporation, in partnership with the Miami HEAT, has announced that they will increase their donations to the relief efforts in the Philippines past $1.5 million, a $500,000 increase from their original pledge made in November. The additional donations, made by Carnival Corporation, the Miami HEAT, Carnival’s brands, the Carnival Foundation, and the Micky […]
Pearl Seas Cruises, which is scheduled to launch next June, has announced their first sailings to the Caribbean with their ship, Pearl Mist. During 2015, Pearl Mist will offer a variety of 7, 10, and 11 night sailings to the Bahamas, U.S., British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos, St. Martin, Martinique and more. The […]
Holland America Line has announced a number of new dance professionals, celebrities, and TV personalities will be joining the cast of Dancing With The Stars At Sea’s Champions Cruise on January 12, 2014 aboard Holland America Line’s ms Nieuw Amsterdam. The new cast members include Derek Hough, an award winning dance professional; singer Joey Fatone; television personality […]
Carnival has announced that they will be launching new dining concepts for their ship’s main dining rooms beginning on the week of December 8th. The new dining concepts, named American TABLE and American FEAST, will offer guests unique dining experiences throughout their sailings. During the development of the new dinner concepts, the cruise line’s management […]
To mark the return of the Insignia to the Oceania fleet in 2014, the line has announced that they will re-christen the ship in a special ceremony in Istanbul on June 11, 2014. The ship will be re-christened by current godmother, Virginia Watters, the wife of Oceania’s founding chairman, Joe Watters. Virginia first christened the Insignia […]
Dining Options Vision of the Seas is a “vision” into what the future of dining aboard all cruise ships will be like. The Vision of the Seas offers guests the option of traditional dining in the ship’s two level main dining room or the option to dine in an alternative restaurant for a small charge. […]
The Port Authority of Oranjestad today announced they are ready to begin moving their container port to a separate area of the port, allowing the cruise port to begin expansion for its cruise operations. The relocation of the container port will remove the container port’s equipment and free up dock space that would normally be reserved […]
MSC Poesia Makes Maiden Call In Buenos Aires Earlier this week, the MSC Poesia made her maiden call in Buenos Aires, Argentina, marking the beginning of her South American cruise season. The inaugural call was celebrated with local officials, MSC Cruises Executive Director for Brazil and Argentina, Roberto Fusaro and supermodel Valeria Mazza, special “godmother” for the upcoming South […]
(1:39pm) The Ocean Countess, a small cruise ship belonging to a Greek cruise line, has caught fire off the coast of Halkis, Greece. The cause of the fire and the extent of damage is currently unknown. The ship can be seen burning off the coastline in the video above. The video shows that the Ocean Countess […]
Oasis of the Seas & Allure of the Seas (Royal Caribbean) Editor Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ When Oasis of the Seas debuted in 2009, she carried some of the most innovative and groundbreaking amenities to be seen on a cruise ship. Many of the new amenities were primarily geared towards families, kids, and teenagers. These innovative amenities were carried over […]
Oasis of the Seas & Allure of the Seas (Royal Caribbean) Editor Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ When Oasis of the Seas debuted in 2009, she carried some of the most innovative and groundbreaking amenities to be seen on a cruise ship. Many of the new amenities were primarily geared towards families, kids, and teenagers. These innovative […]
#1 “Your Time” Dining Originally pioneered by Norwegian Cruise Line as “Freestyle Cruising,” choosing your dining time, table mates, and restaurant have become an important aspect of cruising for many guests. Almost every cruise line offers some variation of this concept, giving guests the freedom to plan their cruise down to the minute. Not only […]