Royal Princess is nearing the end of her construction in Monfalcone, Italy and will debut in Southampton on June 9th. The Royal Princess will the make her maiden Mediterranean voyage on June 16th beginning in Southampton and ending in Venice, Italy. Click the play button above to check in on the progress being made on one of […]
On January 13, 2012 the tragedy of the Costa Concordia began to unfold around 8:30pm EST. As soon as I was notified of the incident, I began creating a timeline of the events on this website. On the one year anniversary of this tragedy, I have restructured, edited, and cleaned up the original timeline to share […]
The beautiful city of Dubrovnik in Croatia has been added to MSC Fantasia’s 8-day/7-night summer cruise, further enhancing a voyage of discovery that will take MSC travelers into the very heart of ancient Greece and some of the most beautiful destinations in the eastern Mediterranean. In this stunning region, everything is brighter: the whitewashed cube-shaped houses, the Lapis Lazuli sea and the dramatic […]
Norwegian Cruise Line today announced and opened for sale its 2014 summer and year-round cruises. The deployment includes the line’s newest and most innovative ships Norwegian Breakaway and Norwegian Getaway in their respective homeports of New York and Miami, along with three ships in Alaska, and four in Europe for the summer. Norwegian will also […]
Earlier today in Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard, the first block of Costa’s new flagship, the Costa Diadema, was lowered into place. The special event was attended by the CEO of Costa Cruises, Michael Thamm and the CEO of Fincantieri, Giuseppe Bono. Michael Thamm noted, “The construction of Costa Diadema is a tangible commitment to the future growth of our company. It […]
[xyz-ihs snippet=”001″] AD — Earlier yesterday in Venice, Italy, the Carnival Breeze briefly encountered a scary situation. Carnival Cruise Lines says, that yesterday, at approximately 6:20 pm Italian time (12:20 pm eastern US time) during embarkation in Venice, Italy, the Carnival Breeze became disengaged from the dock following wind gusts of up to 70 miles per hour. […]
Earlier today, Italian judges released Captain Francesco Schettino of the Costa Concordia from house arrest. Captain Schetinno had been under house arrest since January 17th, 2012 after crashing the Costa Concordia on a rock just outside of Giligo Island, Italy. Captain Schetinno was to be placed under house arrest until his court date, but was allowed […]
Today Costa Cruises announced new safety features for their fleet of ships which include real-time ship tracking for all of their ships and limiting the powers of the captain’s of their ships. These new safety features come in response to the January 13th capsizing of the Costa Concordia which capsized off the coast of Giligo, […]
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, […]
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 […]
It has been a little bit over 2 months now since the Costa Concordia ran aground off the coast of Giligo, Italy, and today divers discovered 3 more bodies inside an area of the hull that according to officials was earlier, “too hard to reach.” This new discovery now brings the official death toll to […]
The Italian Coast Guard has recently reported that the commemorative bell that was located on the Costa Concordia’s bow has gone missing. Apparently it went missing just days ago, and even the mayor of Giligo (the island where the ship capsized) thinks that it was stolen by diver thieves. Italian prosecutors have now opened a case to find the missing […]