MSC Divina will return to Miami in November 2015, as part of a North American expansion, just a year since MSC Cruises pulled out of the region. The 139,400 ton vessel will cruise year-round from Miami, sailing to the Caribbean.
A fire on board P&O Cruises' Oriana has resulted in the ship returning to the port of Miami. The incident occurred shortly before 7pm local time yesterday evening as the ship was sailing from Miami, bound for Key West.
The world's most luxurious cruise ship, Regent's Seven Seas Explorer, will make its North American debut on December 2nd 2016, offering an inaugural season of Caribbean sailings from Miami. Meanwhile Seven Seas Navigator will offer exotic African voyages.
Carnival Sunshine is to offer several exciting and unique sailings from New York in summer 2016. The vessel, which was the first to benefit from the Fun Ship 2.0 upgrades, will sail on 20 cruises from the 'Big Apple' between June and October 2016.
Royal Caribbean International have released details about their 2016-2017 Caribbean deployment. 15 of the world’s most innovative and award-winning cruise ships, including Harmony of the Seas and Anthem of the Seas, will sail from nine US ports to 39 destinations in the Caribbean, Bermuda and Canada.
Thick fog is delaying the arrival of Royal Caribbean International's Brilliance of the Seas into the port of Tampa. The Radiance class vessel was scheduled to arrive into the Florida port during Monday morning, however the dense fog in the Gulf of Mexico, meant that it was unsafe to manoeuvre the 962ft ship through the twisting channel.
Carnival Cruise Line have officially announced details regarding Carnival Vista's US deployment. As previously reported, the 133,500ton vessel will homeport in Miami. The ship will offer six- to eight-night Caribbean cruises from December 2016.
Carnival Cruise Line's newest and largest ship, Carnival Vista, due to debut in spring 2016, will homeport in the cruise capital of the world, Miami, after a season of European cruises and a short New York deployment.
Cruise Critic members, currently on board Royal Caribbean International's Serenade of the Seas, are reporting that the ship is suffering from electrical outages after a burst water pipe flooded areas of the ship.
To celebrate the arrival of Carnival's third ship cruising out of Galveston, Texas, the cruise line will honour U.S. military families at a special concert on board the newly based, Carnival Freedom.
The world's first smart ship, Quantum of the Seas, arrived in New York for the first time yesterday, after completing a transatlantic voyage from Southampton.
The ship will be based in Bayonne, NJ for the winter period, before sailing to China on May 2nd 2015 where she will then be based. A new cruise terminal has been built at Cape Liberty to accommodate the Quantum class vessel. She offers cruises to Bermuda and the Caribbean. Disney Cruise Lines has revealed new itineraries for early 2016.
For 2016, Disney is introducing two new popular Caribbean destinations, Tortola, capital of the British Virgin Islands and Martinique. Disney Fantasy and Disney Magic will sail 7-night itineraries from Port Canaveral calling at Tortola, St Thomas and Disney's private island, Castaway Cay. Prices start from $1,120. Disney Wonder will sail from San Juan, Puerto Rico operating seven-night cruises to Southern Caribbean ports; Barbados, Grenada, Antigua and St Kitts. Four departures will also include a stop in Martinique, with fares starting at $980. Disney Cruise Line will also operate cruises sailing out of Port Canaveral and Miami to the Bahamas and Caribbean. Bookings open to the public on October 30th. Image Credit: NOAA/NASA GOES Project
Hurricane Gonzalo, which is currently battering Bermuda, has forced Royal Caribbean to alter Explorer of the Seas' upcoming schedule. The local authority in Bermuda, has asked that all tourists do not attempt to visit the island over then next few days, as the hurricane passes over the island and while the recovery efforts are underway. Therefore, Explorer's 18th October sailing from New Jersey, will no longer call at Bermuda and will now visit Halifax, Nova Scotia on Monday 20th October from 7am until 3pm and St. John, New Brunswick on October 21st from 9am, departing 8pm. The new itinerary now differs greatly from the original one and Royal Caribbean is asking guests to pack accordingly for the weather, which is significantly colder, than what guest would expect in Bermuda. As a gesture of goodwill, Royal Caribbean is providing each stateroom with an undisclosed amount of onboard credit. If guests are unhappy with the changes and would like to cancel their voyage, Royal Caribbean are offering guests a future cruise certificate for 25% of the cruise fare paid for their sailing. Explorer of the Seas was scheduled to sail a 5-night cruise from New Jersey to Bermuda and back. It is not known if Explorer's 25th October sailing will be affected. Royal Caribbean has announced they will not be sending a ship to New Orleans for the Winter 2015-16 season.
Janet Diaz, Royal Caribbean spokeswoman, made this comment regarding the decision, "At this time, we do not have any ships planned for New Orleans in the winter 2015-16 season once Serenade of the Seas departs in April 2015." Serenade of the Seas offers seven-night cruises to the Caribbean and the Bahamas. |
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