On my final day of Cruise3Sixty, I had the great pleasure and honor of meeting one of the biggest names in cruising. Christine Duffy, the CEO of CLIA. Shortly after arriving in Vancouver Airport, I received a tweet from the CLIA Twitter account informing me that Christine Duffy wished to meet me sometime during Cruise3Sixty. […]
Today is Cruise3Sixty’s theoretical “opening day.” Today the convention opened with the first of three general sessions, which feature a daily opening by CLIA CEO Christine Duffy and a rotating panel of cruise and travel executives. Today’s panel included Christine Duffy, CLIA CEO; Vicki Freed, Royal Caribbean International; Andy Stuart, Norwegian Cruise Line; Joni Rein, […]
Well, I guess we can call this my first journal entry for my Zuiderdam cruise. Right now it is 4:06 pm, Wednesday, June 19th and I am currently packing for both my Zuiderdam cruise and my trip to Vancouver for Cruise360. For those of you who don’t know, Cruise360 is a yearly convention aimed at […]
The Galapagos National Park has reinstated Celebrity Xpedition’s operating license beginning with the June 30th sailing. This time frame for the return of operations will cancel one more sailing, the June 23rd sailing. Here is the official statement from Celebrity on the situation: “Celebrity Xpedition’s license that is necessary to enter the Galapagos National Park […]
Earlier this weekend, the South Carolina Supreme Court dismissed lawsuits filed by the Preservation Society of Charleston, the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League and neighborhood groups against Carnival Cruise Lines. The lawsuits alleged that Carnival’s ship operations in the city violated local noise and pollution laws. The groups sought to have cruise operations blocked in the […]
Carnival’s retired President, Bob Dickinson, has been hired by Carnival Corporation as a special consultant. Dickinson’s re-entrance to Carnival Corporation comes at a time of “choppy waters” with the general public. Some cruise experts have suggested that Dickinson’s new involvement in Carnival Corporation will help re-boost Carnival’s public image and restore trust with the general […]
Earlier last week, Celebrity Cruise’s explorer ship, Celebrity Xpedition, had its license revoked for an apparent violation of a lobster transport rule set forth by the Galapagos National Park. Due to this revoking of the Celebrity Xpedition’s license, Celebrity Cruises was forced to cancel the June 2nd sailing of the Xpedition. Now, a second sailing […]
[divider] Storm Information (Click on maps to zoom) [one_third] [/one_third] [one_third][/one_third] [one_third_last][/one_third_last] [divider] Itinerary Changes As of 12:00 pm, June 8th, there are no reported itinerary changes. Updated daily (while storm is active) at 7:00 am, 12:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 7:00 pm, and 10:00 pm. Updates may also be posted as needed. [divider] Maps provided […]
Royal Caribbean’s Mariner of the Seas has made her inaugural call in her new homeport, Singapore, this past weekend. She arrived in Singapore after a 11 night repositioning cruise from Dubai, which departed over a week ago. Soon after arriving in Singapore, Mariner of the Seas made her way back to the open sea for […]
Good morning cruisers! It’s time to announce my upcoming cruise sailing this June, so let’s get to it! The Itinerary On June 22nd, I will be embarking on Holland America Line’s ms Zuiderdam from Vancouver, Canada. ms Zuiderdam will be sailing a 7 night Alaskan itinerary with calls in Ketchikan, Juneau, and Skagway. The ship […]
Celebrity Cruises has been forced to cancel the June 2nd sailing of the Celebrity Xpedition after a dispute over lobsters resulted in the cruise line losing it’s license to to enter the Galapagos National Park. The official statement from Celebrity Cruises reads: “The Galapagos National Park has cited Celebrity Xpedition for transportation and storage of frozen […]
Earlier this morning, Royal Caribbean signed a contract with Meyer Werft Shipyards in Papenburg, Germany to construct a third Quantum class cruise ship for delivery in mid 2016. While an exact price has not been released, Royal Caribbean stated that the price is similar to the price for the Quantum of the Seas, to be […]