It is being reported that the Carnival Dream has suffered damage to her emergency generators while docked in St. Maarten. The ship apparently lost power to one of it’s emergency generators. This resulted in the loss of power to the elevators for a short period of time late last night. According to Carnival, the ship never lost […]
Carnival Cruise Lines will expand capacity on the West Coast with the introduction of year-round three and four-day cruises on the 2,052-passenger Carnival Imagination from Long Beach, Calif., beginning January 26, 2014. The move will bring the total number of Carnival ships operating from Long Beach to three and further solidify the line’s position as […]
There was a lot of cruise news this week, and Kaleigh and James cover it all in depth! Carnival discontinues a popular program as they add a controversial one. Royal Caribbean invites you to cruise with Barbie, to Barbados and possibly to the Ukraine. Disney finds success in Galveston. Protests in Venice and North Africa disrupt […]
Earlier last week, the 130,000 ton Carnival Dream entered into dry dock in Freeport to begin the implementation of Fun Ship 2.0. The Carnival Dream has undergone some major changes this past week. Along with basic refurbishments (carpet, lights, deep cleaning, etc.) the Carnival Dream will now offer guests Carnival’s two newest bars, the Red Frog Rum […]
A 73 tear old passenger from the Carnival Triumph received a ride of a lifetime when an U.S. Coast Guard helicopter plucked him from the deck of the cruise ship and flew him to Galveston for emergency medical treatment. The Carnival cruise ship was around 120 miles off the coast of Galveston when the Coast Guard performed the medical […]
Today’s blog comes from Kenya Franklin who recently sailed on the Carnival Glory. You can follow her on Twitter here. This is her cruise story… My fiance and I cruised on Carnival Glory from November 20-27 Thanksgiving week. This is our 3rd cruise together and second time on Carnival. I got engaged on my first […]
Professor Ross Klein’s website CruiseJunkie contains disturbing comments from a cruise passenger aboard the Carnival Splendor cruise ship who reports that on December 15th during a sailing to the Mexican Riviera a gruesome physical altercation took place in cabin 1306. Here are the comments: “Wild, out-of-control alcohol-fueled domestic fight – starts at 9PM, escalates to most certainly a felony assault (or worse) by 3AM. All kinds […]
Carnival Cruise Lines is the latest of three lines to cancel parasailing trips in St. Thomas, following an accident that killed one passenger and left another critically injured. Celebrity Cruises, meanwhile, has canceled all parasailing trips in the Caribbean indefinitely. Royal Caribbean, Celebrity’s sister line, has followed suit. A 60-year-old passenger sailing on Celebrity Eclipse, who the Virgin Island Daily News identified as […]
Ahoy everyone! Sorry, I have been out lately I have been setting up a new blog schedule which you can find here, plus I was out of town this past weekend, so I didn’t get a chance to blog or tweet much, but anyways I’m back! I wanted to try out this new blog segment […]
I recently read a report on the internet discrediting the rumors recently that Mobile, Alabama has reached an agreement with Norwegian Cruise Line to base a ship at their port, and I thought to myself…why would I cruise out of Mobile? Honestly, what would make you want to cruise out of there? It’s not Miami, […]
Well, it’s finally here, the announcement of Carnival 2.0, and honestly I have to say….I’m pretty disappointed. After waiting for weeks to hear the big announcement from Carnival they announce a huge project to upgrade the entire fleet with new restaurants, entertainment, and bars. I was sitting in school today imagining what this huge announcement would be. I’m thinking it’s gotta be […]
Let’s start with some Q&A shall we… Jennifer Q: If you have been on one, which is your favorite Royal Caribbean cruise ship? A: I actually have been on one Royal Caribbean cruise, I went on Brilliance of the Seas in December of 2005. It was a quick 3 night cruise right before Christmas, and […]