Matt from the unofficial Royal Caribbean blog at royalcaribbeanblog.com joins Kaleigh and James to give an overview of the cruise line, plus information from a recent earnings call about future potential ships and deployments. This weeks cruise news features a new program from Carnival which allows for early embarkation, as well as the launch […]
Storm Information – Updated 8/8 at 9:40pm Hurricane Ernesto is now a tropical storm with 50mph winds and moving west at about 7mph. Tropical Storm Ernesto is now a weak storm and is expected to bring a lot of rain to Mexico. This is the final update on this storm. Cruise Itinerary Changes/Cancellations – Updated […]
(7/27/12 – 3:43pm) It is now being reported that 3 passengers from the Carnival Freedom have disappeared in the port city of Ocho Rios, Jamaica. Jamaican authorities have confirmed that 3 guests from the Carnival Freedom disappeared on Wednesday after disembarking from the ship. The local police are currently investigating the disappearance, but at this […]
Carnival is encouraging travel agents to “pitch” to cruise rookies with a new summer series of baseball-themed videos, quizzes and scavenger hunts filled with proven sales tips from Carnival and a variety of travel agents. Available on GoCCL.com, the series will span nine innings over nine weeks and provide agents with an opportunity to earn […]
This week Kaleigh and James scour old Cruise Travel magazines to find out what has remained the same in cruising since 1980, and what has changed. Price, staterooms and ship size are all discussed, but you might be surprised by what they found. This week’s cruise news features Carnival’s new loyalty program with details on the new […]
Earlier this weekend Carnival Cruise Line rolled out its brand new loyalty program, VIFP, also known as Very Important Fun Person Club. As I said in a previous post, this program does a much better job rewarding its most loyal passengers, especially by the addition of new tiers and some new benefits. So instead of […]
Earlier this week, Carnival Cruise Line’s new loyalty program was leaked onto the message boards of Cruise Critic. The new program, VIFP (Very Important Fun Person,) is set to be officially unveiled on June 11th and it is dramatically different from the previous loyalty program. The new program counts credits as “number of nights cruised” versus the old “number […]
The following is the official press release I received from Carnival Cruises… Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Caribbean’s newest destination, the $65 million Amber Cove Cruise Center, were held yesterday in the Dominican Republic at the project site on the Bay of Maimon located near Puerto Plata in the country’s North […]
It is now being reported that there is an apparent norovirus outbreak on board Carnival Cruise Lines’ Carnival Freedom. 5:10pm (5/14): Earlier today there were rumors of a death of a passenger as a result of the Norovirus outbreak. There was in fact a death on board the Carnival Freedom, but it was unrelated to […]
Kaleigh and James continue their Mediterranean cruise port itinerary series with the city of Florence, tourable from the Livorno or La Spezia cruise ports. They review attractions and discuss what a sample day in Florence might look like with suggestions, tips, route info and possible costs. Their cruise news features stories of new ship features […]
Yesterday, a passenger on board Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Spirit was rescued after he jumped off of the ship into the Pacific Ocean. The Carnival Spirit was on its 4th day of a 15 night Hawaiian cruise when someone on board witnessed the man jump from the ship. An alarm was immediately sounded, and the emergency operation went underway. The ship […]
So, remember when the Carnival Triumph was arrested in the Port of Galveston last Saturday? Well, in the case filing the plaintiff wanted to hold the Carnival Triumph just because it is the only cruise ship in the Carnival Fleet that is owned both by Carnival Corporation and Utopia Cruises. Now this is where it gets really confusing. After tracking […]