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.
Earlier this week, the MSC Preziosa made her maiden call in Brazil, calling in Santos. The ship was welcomed in the port by her officers, executives of MSC Cruises, celebrities, media and travel agents, and the famous Brazilian artist Xuxa. The celebrations were continued with a concert by the children’s choir of the Xuxa Foundation, Banda Eva and DJs from Energy 97FM. […]
Earlier today during the 87th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, Royal Caribbean announced Mamma Mia! will debut onboard the new Quantum of the Seas. “The debut of MAMMA MIA! onboard Quantum of the Seas continues to raise the bar of what we offer our guests onboard our latest groundbreaking ship,” said Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, Executive Vice President, Operations, Royal Caribbean […]
To help celebrate Thanksgiving, we here at Cruise Currents have pardoned a turkey, Tom. We have decided to send him on his first cruise through the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and Alaska. Help Tom complete his cruise by becoming his personal navigator!
MSC Launches Web App For MSC Divina MSC Cruises has launched a mobile web app for the MSC Divina, the MSC Divina Traveler Web App. The new app will provide guests with up-to-date information about the ship, route, conditions at sea and in ports of call, promotions in the ship’s various shops and boutiques, as well as […]
Holland America Line has announced that they will continue their partnership with Dancing with the Stars throughout 2014. Season 2 of the partnership is set to begin at January 2014 with the new season featuring 6 theme cruises throughout 2014. The 2014 theme cruises, featuring dance professionals and celebrities from the show will take place […]
Celebrity Cruise’s has announced that two new tiers will be added to their loyalty program, Captain’s Club, beginning today. The two new tiers will provide members with greatly expanded benefits and recognition onboard Celebrity ships. “At a time when many loyalty programs are cutting back on benefits or making it more difficult to redeem rewards, […]
The morning began bright and early as we sailed towards our next port of call, Great Stirrup Cay. For those of you who may not know, Great Stirrup Cay is Norwegian Cruise Line’s private island, but we were able to borrow it for our sailing. Soon, we had lowered our anchors and the island’s tender, […]
Following the recent success of the B.B. King’s Blues Club onboard the ms Eurodam, Holland America Line has decided to expand the blues club experience to an additional four ships: ms Nieuw Amsterdam, ms Noordam, ms Westerdam, and ms Zuiderdam. “The B.B. King’s Blues Club on Eurodam is packed full every night and is one of our […]
We slowly arrived on the Space Coast early in the morning. As we began to dock, the Disney Dream and Carnival Sensation came into view, both docked on a turnaround day. Today would be a busy day, there was no time to disembark and tour the area. My morning began with a small breakfast from […]
Royal Caribbean has announced that the upcoming Anthem of the Seas will base both in Southampton and Fort Lauderdale beginning in 2015. Anthem of the Seas is set to debut in April 2015 and will initially offer cruises from Southampton, most likely to France and the Mediterranean. Beginning in the winter of 2015, Anthem of […]
Embarkation began at Terminal F at PortMiami in South Florida. Embarkation was relatively quick and smooth sailing. Within only a few minutes, we had checked in and we had embarked onboard the “newly Americanized” MSC Divina. Once onboard the MSC Divina, we settled into our balcony stateroom on deck 9. My first impression of the […]
Anthem of the Seas Keel Laying Earlier today, crews at Meyer Werft laid the first block, the keel, for Royal Caribbean’s upcoming Anthem of the Seas. The keel-laying signifies the beginning of the ship’s physical construction. During the ceremony, a 620-ton block measuring 59 feet by 121 feet was lifted into the building dock with an […]