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
Cruise Safety and Rock at Sea
Two safety cases — onboard and ashore — bracket a lighter look at music cruising. In federal court in Bangor, Maine, 46-year-old John Kelleher was sentenced to 12 months for assaulting his girlfriend ...
24 Jun 16min
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
