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Cruize Cast – Episode 51 – News & Q&A

Here is the latest and one of the greatest episodes from Cruize Cast! Join Kaleigh and James as they tackle some of their listener questions with topics as diverse as what to do on a departure day in Barcelona to how much luggage you can bring on a ship.  Cruise news features stories from Disney, the […]

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I’m Back!

Hey everyone…so how have you been? If you haven’t noticed yet I have been absent for about 2 weeks now. During my time out, Kaleigh from Cruize Cast and Allan from Embark, were your temporary bloggers and they did a great job keeping you up to date with the most recent cruise news. Let’s give them a […]

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Carnival turns to American Idol alum and social media in Breeze launch

Carnival Cruise Lines is pushing social technology in the launch of their newest ship, the Carnival Breeze, starting this week.  According to Carnival blog post, the company in partnership with American Idol Season 9 alumni, Janell Wheeler, will kick off a social media campaign on June 2.  Wheeler will engage with fans through videos and […]

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NCL Plans To Purchase Norwegian Sky

NCL announced some exciting news today. Here is the official press release… — MIAMI – June 1, 2012 – Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL Corporation Ltd., “Norwegian” or “the Company”) today announced the signing of a memorandum of agreement to exercise its option to purchase Norwegian Sky.  The transaction is expected to close shortly. The Company currently […]

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Pixar Themed Cruises Coming to the Disney Wonder

By Kaleigh of Cruize Cast, A Cruise Podcast Mice, princesses and pirates will be joined this fall on the Disney Wonder by superheroes, cowboys, spacemen and a rat; namely, the most popular characters from Pixar’s hit movies The Incredibles, Toy Story, and Ratatouille.  The characters, along with a host of special events, will take place […]

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Strikes in Oslo force cruise lines to cancel calls

Hello, it’s Jordan from RCI fans. I thought I would share with you this developing story that could potentially cause chaos to several cruise ships and its passengers, including myself…   A strike by state workers including Oslo Fjord port pilots have affected many cruise line itineraries. Three ships have been turned away from the […]

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4 Rescued By Disney Fantasy

Last night, just outside of Key West, 4 men were spotted signaling for help by the officers of the Disney Fantasy. The 4 men were floating in a small raft just outside of Key West. It is not known what may have happened to their boat, if they even had one. When the men were […]

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Chinese Cruise Ship Collides With Bridge

Earlier this week, a brand new Chinese cruise ship collided with a bridge in Wenzhou City, of China’s Zhejiang Province. The new ship, Mingzhu Pearl No. 7 , which cost  $44 million to build, was being towed down the Oujiang River by 4 tugs when the ship collided with the bridge. The captain and crew had apparently underestimated the amount […]

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MSC Divina To Be Christened Tonight…Live

Later tonight, in Marseille, France the MSC Divina will be christened by her “diva” godmother, Sophia Loren. The MSC Divina will be christened live on their website, HERE at 12:00pm EST. When she is christened tonight she will be the largest and 12th ship to join the MSC Cruises fleet. The Divina is described by […]

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Mariner of the Seas Will Sail from China in 2013

Yesterday, Royal Caribbean International announced that they will be deploying the Mariner of the Sea to China in June of 2013. The Mariner of the Seas will sail a variety of itineraries from Beijing ranging between 3 and 12 nights from China and Singapore to Southeast Asia, Japan and Korea throughout the rest of the […]

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Crazy Story: iPhone Stolen By Crew Member, Solved by His Own Photos

Has your phone ever been stolen while on a cruise? I doubt you said yes, but here’s a crazy story you might enjoy about a stolen iPhone and a crew member named Nelson. Katy McCaffrey was cruising on board Disney Cruise Line’s Disney Wonder this past April, when her iPhone was stolen by a crew member on […]

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Fred Olsen’s Boudicca Hit By Norovirus

On Sunday, Fred Olsen’s Boudicca returned to the port of Greenock, Scotland with around 170 passengers on board who had contracted Norovirus. When the ship arrived in Greenock, the ship was greeted by ambulances waiting to take sick passengers to local hospitals and a crew 348 crew, ready to clean the ship. Passengers told reporters […]