MSC Cruises today announced a multi-million dollar program that will involve all four of its Lirica class ships over the next two years. The $273 million “renaissance” has been commissioned from Fincantieri in Italy, one of the world’s leading shipbuilding companies, and will be completed by 2015. The upgrades of MSC Armonia, MSC Lirica, MSC […]
The Port Authority of Oranjestad today announced they are ready to begin moving their container port to a separate area of the port, allowing the cruise port to begin expansion for its cruise operations. The relocation of the container port will remove the container port’s equipment and free up dock space that would normally be reserved […]
Following the recent success of the B.B. King’s Blues Club onboard the ms Eurodam, Holland America Line has decided to expand the blues club experience to an additional four ships: ms Nieuw Amsterdam, ms Noordam, ms Westerdam, and ms Zuiderdam. “The B.B. King’s Blues Club on Eurodam is packed full every night and is one of our […]
As the cruise industry has grown, it seems the ships have grown with the increase of cruisers. Today, we have surpassed major milestones in shipbuilding and cruise lines continue to strive and raise the benchmark in onboard choices and ship options. To help keep track of the industry’s largest ships, here is the current listing […]
The Governor of Puerto Rico recently announced plans to extend one of the main pier’s located in Old San Juan to accommodate newer, larger cruise ships. Currently, the piers located in Old San Juan are unable to handle ships with passenger numbers around 6,000 and up. Pier 3 will be expanded by 182 feet, allowing […]
According to a report by Reuters, Venetian officials have announced a ban on all cruise ships over 96,000 GRT from operating in Venice’s main lagoon. The ban on large cruise ships will become effective beginning November 2014. This new ban on larger cruise ships comes after months of protests from local Venetians and government officials […]
Earlier last week, the Port of Tampa announced that AIDA Cruises would begin sailing from the west Florida port beginning in 2014. AIDA Cruises has now announced that the cruise line never had intentions to home port in Tampa, only utilize the port as a day call. The original press release made by the Port […]
According to a report by Cruise Critic, Disney Cruise Line has silently begun employing lifeguards and has deployed them to each of the family pools aboard their ships. At this time, lifeguards are currently in place at the family pools aboard the Disney Dream and the Disney Magic. Disney Cruise Line plans to add lifeguards […]
Following the success of Seabourn’s Odyssey class ships and the departure of the Seabourn Pride, Seabourn has announced that the line will be ordering a fourth Odyssey class ship. Seabourn has signed a letter of intent with Italy based Fincantieri to build the new unnamed ship. The new Seabourn ship will debut in 2016 and […]
Following the recent tragedy aboard the Carnival Victory, many people have begun to debate whether cruise ships should be employing lifeguards for onboard pools. While drownings onboard cruise ships are already very rare, this situation has launched a debate on the role of lifeguards aboard cruise ships. Many have argued that cruise should not employ […]
Earlier this week, the government of Bermuda voted to allow cruise ships to keep their casino’s open while docked at the island nation. The Cruise Ship (Casino) Act 2013 was passed by Bermuda’s Parliament on Thursday, would allow cruise ships to have their casino’s open between 9 pm and 5 am. Parliament members claimed that […]
Celebrity Cruises has announced that they have partnered up with Cantor Gaming, to bring mobile casino gaming to Celebrity guests. According to Celebrity, “guests will be able to play the full suite of Cantor Gaming mobile casino games on their personal smartphones and tablets by downloading the application, which is compatible with Apple and Android […]