New Ships, Farewell Sailings, World Cup Cruising
Today's brief covers three stories shaping the cruise calendar. Fincantieri has delivered the LNG-ready Mein Schiff Flow, the ninth ship for TUI Cruises, from its Monfalcone yard, a roughly 160,000-gr...
25 Jun 17min
Alaska Cruising Gets Complicated
Alaska takes center stage this season. Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas launches its first Alaska summer from Seattle — running seven-night Inside Passage itineraries to Juneau, Skagway, Sitka, a...
23 Jun 16min
Biometrics, Casino Tech, and Russia's Cruise Return
Three stories on a faster, more digital, and cautiously expanding cruise industry. The Port of Vancouver has processed its one millionth cruise passenger through facial biometrics, cutting per-passeng...
22 Jun 17min
Cruise Safety, Great Lakes, and Expedition Demand
Three stories on safety, growth, and shifting tastes at sea. A 43-year-old passenger has pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court to sexually abusing a 15-year-old aboard a Carnival cruise that sailed fro...
20 Jun 14min
Bigger Ships, Bigger Slides, Bigger Game Days
MSC Cruises unveils 'The Spiral @ Tree of Life' aboard the upcoming MSC World Asia — an 81.3-meter, 12-deck plunge billed as the longest dry slide at sea, debuting on the 6,758-guest ship in December ...
19 Jun 16min
Port Canaveral's $95M Upgrade and Bourbon at Sea
Port Canaveral advances a $95 million upgrade of Cruise Terminal 10 — expanding security and luggage handling, fixing the trench-drain failures that caused sinkholes, and readying the building for shi...
18 Jun 18min
Dining Changes, Bigger Ports, Ship Swaps
Carnival unveils 'The Next Course,' a fleetwide dining overhaul with new venues like Emeril's Coastal Seafood, Uku Lei Lei, and Fetaccine debuting on the upcoming Festivale (2027) and Tropicale (2028)...
17 Jun 14min
