Finally, it’s time to announce my cruise for this summer. Are you ready? Well here we go… On July 12th I will be jetting off to Rome, Italy to join the Mariner of the Seas on July 14th on a 7 night Western Mediterranean cruise. After departing Civitavecchia we will sail to Genoa, Italy; Ajaccio, Corsica; Barcelona, Spain; Palma De Mallorca, […]
Earlier this week, a brand new Chinese cruise ship collided with a bridge in Wenzhou City, of China’s Zhejiang Province. The new ship, Mingzhu Pearl No. 7 , which cost $44 million to build, was being towed down the Oujiang River by 4 tugs when the ship collided with the bridge. The captain and crew had apparently underestimated the amount […]
Earlier today, a couple who was sailing on board the SeabournSojourn was disembarked after the wife refused to attend the mandatory muster drill. The couple was traveling on 3 back to back cruises on board the Seabourn Sojourn and only the woman’s husband showed up for the mandatory muster drill, while the wife claimed she wasn’t feeling […]
Last week while I was at Cruise3Sixty, I had the chance to see 9 cruise ships in at Port Everglades. So every day I headed down to the John U. Lloyd Beach State Park to walk along the Port Everglades jetty to watch the cruise ships sail out of Port Everglades. I had the chance to take a […]
So as most of you know I attended Cruise3Sixty last weekend in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. For those of you who don’t know what Cruise3Sixty is, it is the official travel agency conference of the cruise line industry, and the leader in educational training and networking opportunities for cruise industry travel professionals which includes seminars, ship tours, […]
Today at Cruise3Sixty I had the opportunity to tour Holland America Line’s beautiful ms. Maasdam. I have never sailed on Holland America, but after today I hope I will someday have the chance too! First off, the crew is phenomenal. Everybody on board was so friendly and very helpful. The dining room staff was very attentive and friendly. As soon […]
Costa Cruise Lines announced today that the task of removing and towing away the Costa Concordia will go to both Florida based Titan Salvage and Italy-based firm Micoperi. Costa has announced that both firms will work together to remove the Costa Concordia by re-floating her, and then towing her in one piece to the nearby port of Civitavecchia, […]
Earlier this month, a Memorandum of Agreement was signed by Fincantieri Shipyards and Viking Ocean Cruises to construct two luxury ocean-going vessels, in laymen’s terms…two luxury cruise ships. The two ships will both weigh 45,000 tons and carry 998 guests in 499 cabins. No actual construction agreement has been signed yet, but it is expected to […]
Love, exciting and new. Come Aboard. We’re expecting you. Love, life’s sweetest reward. Let it flow, it floats back to you. Remember these words? These words could be heard being sung on most TV’s throughout America years ago on Saturday nights. The Love Boat debuted on TV in 1977 and really put cruising in the […]
Wondering which stateroom you should choose to stay in for your next cruise? Well thanks to some fellow cruise bloggers and myself, we have compiled a quick guide on the 4 basic types of staterooms found on most cruise ships. Interior Staterooms (written by Cruize Cast) Interior staterooms are well-known to be the cheapest cabins available […]
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 […]
Can you believe it?! After almost 3 months since the Costa Concordia struck rocks just off the island of Giligo, she will be refloated and towed to Genoa, Italy. Costa announced this plan the other day, but they have not yet revealed which salvaging company will be in charge of removing the Concordia from its […]