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How the cruise experience might change
No more vast buffet meals, sun-tanning shoulder-to-shoulder on the deck or enjoying captain’s dinners with hundreds of other passengers. When cruising finally resumes, from the curb to the cabin to shore and back again, sea life will have to undergo some drastic changes. The cruise industry was hit hard by the global pandemic. Acco… read more
AIDA back into Dubai in 2020/21
AIDA Cruises has joined MSC Cruises in confirming that it will return to the Arabian Gulf cruise sector for the 2020/21 cruise season, deploying its second-largest ship AIDAprima out of Dubai. The announcement was made as part of the reveal of the cruise line’s winter program for 2020 and 2021, during which AIDAmar will cruise the … read more
Largest cruise ship in world, Wonder of the Seas reaches construction milestone
Wonder of the Seas, the newest Oasis-class cruise ship from Royal Caribbean, and the largest cruise ship in the world, has been floated out of the shipyard at Chantiers de l’Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire, France. At 230,000-gross tons, she is the largest cruise ship currently under construction anywhere in the world, and will … read more
Delivery delayed for Seabourne's new ultra-luxury expedition cruise
Seabourn has announced the cancellation of additional cruises, as well as a delay to the delivery of its new ultra-luxury, purpose-built expedition cruise ship Seabourn Venture. The cancelled voyages apply to three cruise ships in the line’s fleet, Seabourn Ovation, Seabourn Encore and Seabourn Quest, the operational pause o… read more
Costa Cruises to restart cruise operations this weekend
Two cruise line brands from Carnival Corporation & plc have announced plans to resume sailing operations, with Italy-based Costa Cruises scheduled to restart sailing in Italy this Sunday, Sept. 6, followed by Germany-based AIDA Cruises scheduled to resume on Nov. 1.
The brands will begin in a gra… read more
Fred Olsen hopes to restart next spring
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has unveiled its plans to have three of the fleet ‘back in the water’ in March and April, with Balmoral to sail even sooner. The company’s two new ships, Bolette and Boreali… read more
Brandnew Silversea's Silver Moon undergoes sea trials
Silversea's new ship Silver Moon is one step closer to welcoming the cruise line's guests, having successfully carried out her sea trials between August 8th and August 20th. Carrying a reduced crew of approximately 320 due to precautionary health protocols, the ship journeyed between Fincantieri's shipyards in Ancona and Tri… read more
Cunard cancels all winter plans
One of the UK’s leading cruise lines has cancelled all its winter plans – and will not re-start operations until late March at the earliest. Cunard has revealed an extended “pause in operations” that is far longer than those previously announced. It means that the company, part of the giant Carnival Corporation, will … read more
Holland America Line’s extends Promotion
Holland America Line and its travel advisor partners know savvy travelers like to plan ahead and take advantage of a great offer, which is why the premium cruise line is extending its popular “Save Now, Cruise Later: Have it All” promotion that lets guests … have it all! Running now through Sept. 30, 2020, guests who book with the … read more
8 key takeaways from MSC Cruises’ return to service in the Mediterranean
What is it like cruising during the pandemic and is it even worth it, if you’re able to? MSC Cruises is the first of the big ship cruise lines to return to service, the first of four that are resuming cruises in Europe in what is being seen as a major experiment for the global cruise industry.
Cruise Critic published a… read more
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