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 […]
(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 […]
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, […]