Viking River Cruises, the immensely popular river cruise line sailing mainly throughout Europe, will drop anchor along the Mississippi River beginning in 2017. The announcement by Viking came earlier today, confirming rumors of the line’s arrival in the United States from over a year ago. According to the line, Viking will eventually homeport up to […]
Around 400 passengers onboard P&O’s Oriana are planning to stage a protest this morning during debarkation. This protest is apparently a response to the quarantine of about 400 guests onboard who have reportedly contracted norovirus. The passengers are planning to in a sense, rebel, against the Captain, officers, and crew by refusing to disembark the ship. How will this be done? […]
This blog was originally written, yesterday, August 8th. Today Dave is in St. Maarten. — Today, I woke up to an ever-approaching island: St. Thomas. From the open seas, I sat on the balcony and watched the island take full shape and it was really beautiful. Then, I took a walk to the Boardwalk and ate breakfast […]
Earlier last week, a tour bus carrying 36 passengers from Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas plunged off the side of a road into a ditch on the Caribbean island of St. Martin after a traffic accident. The passengers on board the bus were just leaving Loterie Farm, a treetop ropes course and zipline adventure, when the bus driver made an evasive […]
Norwegian Cruise Line continued its legacy of innovating cruise ship entertainment as it announced that the five-time Tony Award nominated musical ROCK OF AGES will be featured on Norwegian Breakaway, along with two additional Broadway shows: the dance sensation BURN THE FLOOR and CIRQUE DREAMS & DINNER JUNGLE FANTASY. The line also introduced all of the varied and exciting entertainment […]
Earlier today, a couple who was sailing on board the SeabournSojourn was disembarked after the wife refused to attend the mandatory muster drill. The couple was traveling on 3 back to back cruises on board the Seabourn Sojourn and only the woman’s husband showed up for the mandatory muster drill, while the wife claimed she wasn’t feeling […]
The following is the official press release I received from Carnival Cruises… Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Caribbean’s newest destination, the $65 million Amber Cove Cruise Center, were held yesterday in the Dominican Republic at the project site on the Bay of Maimon located near Puerto Plata in the country’s North […]
It is now being reported that there is an apparent norovirus outbreak on board Carnival Cruise Lines’ Carnival Freedom. 5:10pm (5/14): Earlier today there were rumors of a death of a passenger as a result of the Norovirus outbreak. There was in fact a death on board the Carnival Freedom, but it was unrelated to […]
Yesterday, a passenger on board Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Spirit was rescued after he jumped off of the ship into the Pacific Ocean. The Carnival Spirit was on its 4th day of a 15 night Hawaiian cruise when someone on board witnessed the man jump from the ship. An alarm was immediately sounded, and the emergency operation went underway. The ship […]
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 […]
It is now being reported that a crew member has died to a currently unknown illness (suspected to be Norovirus or pneumonia) on board the MSC Armonia. The crew member who has died was a waitress on board and was 30 years old. She was admitted into a local hospital on Wednesday with symptoms of pneumonia. 5 other […]
Starting today, all members of the various cruise organizations (Cruise Lines International Association, European Cruise Council, and the Passenger Shipping Association) will be required to hold their muster drill before the ship sets sail. This new rule comes after the fatal tragedy of the Costa Concordia, where many passengers on board had not attended the muster drill yet, as […]