7 new cruise ships are ready to hit the water in 2016. Five cruise lines, including Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Holland America, Regent Seven Seas, and the river cruise giant Viking Ocean Cruises are scheduled to roll out the largest ships in their fleets next year, offering bigger and better amenities. Read more on the topic here.
Renovation of Cruise Terminals 5 and Cruise Terminal 10 is under way at Port Canaveral, following the opening of the new $110 million Cruise Terminal 1 last December. Next year, mega-ships such as the Carnival Magic, Norwegian Epic, and Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas start calling Port Canaveral home, and the number of homeported ships will increase to 10. More on the topic here.
Secrets the Cruise Lines Don’t Tell You
Carnival Dream – Port Canaveral – Terminal 6
Cruising is exciting! Every day, more and more people are discovering the all-inclusive pleasures of a cruise vacation.Whether you’re a first time cruiser or an old seadog, you may find there’s something here you didn’t already know. Learn more secrets the cruise lines don’t tell you here.
Two passengers were injured after a freak wave hit the side of a cruise ship while sailing in the Caribbean.
MSC Divina was sailing from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Nassau, Bahamas as part of a 7-night Western Caribbean cruise, when a rogue wave hit the side of the ship late on Thursday night injuring two passengers. The cruise departed from Miami, Florida on November 21 and arrived back on November 28 as scheduled. Continue reading
The Norwegian Spirit entered Port Canaveral on Saturday and marked first Norwegian Cruise Line ship based there since 2012.
The 879-foot and 75,338 tons Spirit was constructed for Star Cruises by Meyer-Werft and entered cruise service in 1998 as the SuperStar Leo. When the ship joined the Norwegian fleet in 2004, Continue reading