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Royal Caribbean Will Unveil A New “Star” Tonight During The Oscars

Royal Caribbean has dropped some hints around their social media outlets today regarding a mysterious announcement that is set to be unveiled tonight during the Oscars. Royal Caribbean posted on their Facebook page earlier today, “We’re rolling out the red carpet for a new star at Royal Caribbean and we’re announcing it tonight.” I took […]

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Windstar Cruises Expands Fleet with Addition of Three Seabourn Ships

Windstar Cruises announced earlier this week that its owner, Xanterra Parks & Resorts, has reached an agreement with Seabourn, a cruise company that operates six luxury cruise ships, to purchase three of their ships: Seabourn Pride, Seabourn Legend, and Seabourn Spirit. Under the project name Global Windstar, the expansion will double the size of Windstar’s […]

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Carnival To Use Coco Cay As New Port Of Call

Are you cruising soon on the Carnival Fascination? Well, you may be pulling into an island that is considered “enemy territory” to Carnival. Starting on March 11th, the Carnival Fascination and Carnival Ecstasy will be calling in Nassau, Bahamas and Little Stirrup Cay, otherwise known as Coco Cay – Royal Caribbean’s private island. The ships would have originally called in Key West, […]

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Cruising the Eurodam – Day 6 – At Sea

Well, we are now down to the final day at sea. I’ll make this brief, because honestly I just relaxed most of the day and did nothing. Anyway, this morning I had the chance to sit down with Captain Emiel de Vries, Hotel Director Stan Kuppens, Cruise Director Jason Venner, and the other writers on […]

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Cruising the Eurodam – Day 5 – St. Thomas

We docked in St. Thomas at the Crown Bay Cruise Center around 7:30 am. I had just woken up and was sitting on my balcony taking in the beautiful and tropical views of St. Thomas when the Allure of the Seas began to dock next to us. Now, I know from my tour of Oasis […]

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Cruising the Eurodam – Day 4 – San Juan

It was around 9:00 am when we began pulling into San Juan Harbor. We were greeted with rough waves and spotty showers, but the rain stopped and the sun came out as soon as we docked. The morning was pretty much spent sitting on the balcony watching us sail into San Juan. I ended up […]

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Cruising the Eurodam – Day 3 – At Sea

Well today’s port of call was supposed to be Grand Turk, but due to high waves and dangerous winds, we were forced to abandon the port and continue on to San Juan. We actually were very close to docking in Grand Turk, but we were getting pushed around a lot, so I am thankful to […]

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Cruising the Eurodam – Day 2 – At Sea

Today was day at sea for us here on the Eurodam. I pretty much took it easy today as we sailed through the warm, turquoise waters of the Bahamas en-route to Grand Turk. The day began with a delicious breakfast in the Lido Restaurant which we had the chance to enjoy under the warm Caribbean […]

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Cruising the Eurodam – Day 1 – Embarkation

Well, I am finally onboard Holland America Line’s beautiful ms Eurodam, and I am already blown away by Holland America Line! This morning began with a delicious breakfast at our hotel, the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina. After a quick shuttle ride to Port Everglades, we made our way through the cruise terminal very quickly and […]

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Ask The Editor – Q&A – Holland America Line & the Eurodam

Have you ever wondered what kind of speciality restaurants the Eurodam features? Maybe you don’t know the name of Holland America Line’s private island. Well don’t fear, because I want to answer these questions for you! Later this Saturday as I begin my cruise on Holland America Line’s Eurodam, I will be taking a plunge into the world and […]

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Passengers & Crew Make A Special Connection On Princess

Princess Cruises’ new blog, “Linked by the Sea” has chronicled its first five touching stories of people who made new connections on a cruise. Told by both passengers and crew members, the tales include meeting a perfect match, friends finding each other after more than 50 years apart, and a little boy named Dominic who […]

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Cruize Cast – Episode 78 Cruise Onboard Activities

This week Kaleigh and James discuss all the different options normally offered by cruise lines throughout the day and highlight some of their favorites.  Cruise news includes the recent news from the Carnival Triumph, the naming of Project Sunshine, and the best large cruise ship as named by Conde Nast.