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Tropical Storm Isaac – Cruise Itinerary Impacts – Updates

Cruise Itinerary Changes/Cancellations – Updated 8/26 at 4:00pm Tropical Storm Isaac has currently impacted 12 itineraries. PLEASE SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE TO SEE ALL ITINERARY CHANGES FROM CARNIVAL, NORWEGIAN, AND ROYAL CARIBBEAN. Itinerary changes will be posted as soon as possible. Sometimes we may be delayed in posting, so please always check with your cruise […]

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Dave on Allure of the Seas – Day 3 – At Sea

This blog was originally written, yesterday, August 7th. Today Dave is in St. Thomas. — Day 3: At Sea So today I was at sea the whole day and I have to admit, it was a very non-eventful day. I enjoyed that though because it finally gave me some time to rest after two very demanding days. […]

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Dave on Allure of the Seas – Day 2 – Nassau

Originally written on August 6th. Day 2: Nassau, Bahamas Today, I got to experience my first port of call onboard the Allure of the Seas: Nassau, Bahamas. It was really beautiful to wake up to a view of a clear blue ocean and Atlantis sitting on a fresh green body of land. Before I got off […]

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Dave on Allure of the Seas – Day 1 – Embarkation

    Day 1: Set Sail! Hello everybody! I am LIVE from Allure of the Seas and about to start sailing the open seas. First impression of the ship:… IT’S HUGE!!! Compared to the Carnival Freedom (which is docked right next to us), Allure of the Seas could probably fit two Carnival Freedoms, and still […]

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Introducing Dave, Our Live Blogger From Allure of the Seas

Hey everybody, so starting tomorrow my cousin, Dave, will be sailing on board Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas. Dave has agreed to live blog his entire cruise in a similar way to my live blogging of my cruise on the Mariner of the Seas. Now, here’s Dave… Good Evening! My name is David Faust and I […]

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Allure of the Seas Intercepts 2 Cuban Rafts At Sea

On Saturday, Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas diverted from their its route to intercept 2 rafts containing Cuban refugees. The 2 rafts were picked up at different times on Saturday after being spotted from the bridge of the ship. When the refugees were brought aboard they were given food, water, and a medical examination. A passenger on board was even quoted saying,  “I […]

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Watching The Ships Sail – A Photo & Video Blog

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 […]

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Allure of the Seas – Engine Room Fire

4/21/12 – 8:25am Update: The engine room fire on board Allure of the Seas was small and was extinguished very quickly by the ships’ fire suppression system, according to a Royal Caribbean spokesperson. There were no injuries either to passengers or crew and the ship continued on its route to Fort Lauderdale. Allure of the Seas is expected to be back in Fort […]

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Passenger Goes Overboard From Allure of the Seas

The AP is reporting that a British cruise ship passenger went overboard.from the Allure of the Seas, which is the world’s largest cruise ship cruise ship. Royal Caribbean states that another passenger allegedly saw the British passenger, age 30, go over the railing from his stateroom on the Allure.  The cruise line then apparently verified the overboard by viewing images from closed circuit […]