At a congressional hearing held in Washington D.C. yesterday, the CEO’s of Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian all pledged to make their cruise lines more transparent when it comes to reporting crimes that are committed aboard their ships. According to Adam Goldstein, CEO and President of Royal Caribbean, all crimes alleged to have occurred aboard […]
Earlier today, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) announced that its Board of Directors have approved the adoption of the first ever Cruise Industry Passenger Bill of Rights,Ā detailing CLIA membersā commitment to the safety, comfort and care of guests in a number of important areas. The CEOs of CLIA North American member cruise lines are each […]
Earlier today, Carnival’s Carnival Freedom scored a 100% on a health inspectionĀ administered by the United States Public HealthĀ department. The Carnival Freedom passed each of the 42 specific areas of inspection that make up the USPH’s overall random inspection. The USPH chooses to inspect cruise ships that call in US ports at random, in order to […]
Harry Cotterill is the President and Managing Director ofĀ Dream Designs Colchester, a firm that specializes in the art of drawing cruise ships, river boats, as well as cargo ships. Recently,Ā Dream Designs Colchester presented it’s 50th drawing aboard a cruise ship. Harry Cotterill has been the artist behind all of the firm’s drawings, but he has […]
For the 10thĀ consecutive year, Royal Caribbean International was named the Best Cruise Line Overall in the 2012 Travel Weekly Readers Choice Awards. The cruise line also was named the Best in Sales & Service for a fifth year, as well as topped the Domestic U.S. and Caribbean categories. Royal Caribbean was among the winners of […]
Over the past year and a half, Mikey’s Cruise Blog has experienced a tremendous amount of growth. I have met many amazing people, and have reported on both exciting and saddening cruise new stories. Now, obviously things change over time. That is exactly what has happened to Mikey’s Cruise Blog. When I started my website, […]
CruiseCompare is a cruise travel website based in England. CruiseCompare does not directly sell cruise holidays but does publish prices and deals online from numerous cruise brands and travel operators. Ā Consumers can search by cruise brand, destination, month, year and total cost making the search function accurate and easy to use. Founded by Digital Marketing […]
I put together a little video that shows some cruise ships I encountered while on my recent Meditarranean cruise on board Mariner of the Seas. Enjoy! -Mikey
Today marks a month since the Costa Concordia crashed into rocks off of the coast of the island of Giligo in Italy. On that night 17 people lost their lives. Today their are still around 15 people missing, they are presumed dead. Over the past month their have been many new developments on the Concordia. […]
Costa Cruise Lineās recent disaster has many wondering if cruise ships are safe. Blame for the terrible and avoidable accident has been squarely blamed on Captain Francesco Schettino ā a captain with the cruise line since 2006. This tragedy could have and should have been avoided by simply following company protocols. Schettinoās decision, for whatever […]
Well, it’s been a great year. So much has happened this year in our world, and today were going to put the major stories aside and focus on some of the largest cruise related stories of the year, the one’s people tend to forget about. For starter’s this blog launched in June of this year, […]
Today theĀ Cayman News ServiceĀ reportsĀ that yesterday afternoon a seventy one year old cruise passenger was found dead in the water in an area referred to as near the “Sand Bar.” Police have identifiedĀ theĀ cruise ship passenger asĀ Mr. Samir Rizk of Raleigh, North Carolina. According to this news source,Ā a spokesperson for the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service said […]