Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Mar. 31, 2017
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Mar. 31, 2017 The renovated Carnival Glory celebrated its new WaterWorks aqua park on Deck 12 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony this week. The expansive park features the 203-foot-long AquaTunnel slide, the 212-foot-long Twister slide, a 75-gallon PowerDrencher tipping b
Cruise Deals of the Week – Mar. 31, 2017
Cruise Deals of the Week – Mar. 31, 2017 DEAL 1: Regent Seven Seas Cruises is offering luxury cruisers $500 in shipboard credit per suite for all new 2017 bookings for any new bookings made between April 1 and May 31, 2017 on a 2017 Mediterranean or Alaska voyage, and $250 shipboard credit per sui
Chinese Cruise Market Gets Two Brand-New Megaships
Chinese Cruise Market Gets Two Brand-New Megaships Cruise News – Mar. 31, 2017 This week, two major cruise lines celebrated milestones with their dedicated debuts into the Chinese cruise market: Norwegian Joy, Norwegian Cruise Line’s first custom-designed ship for the Chinese cruise market,
Caribbean Princess Gets Unprecedented Seven New Dining Options
Caribbean Princess Gets Unprecedented Seven New Dining Options Cruise News – Mar. 29, 2017 When Caribbean Princess debuts from a two-week, multimillion-dollar renovation on April 6, Princess Cruises will have completed its largest food and beverage innovation to ever take place during a dry-d
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Mar. 24, 2017
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Mar. 24, 2017 Cunard Line has announced a uniquely beautiful partnership with feature film florist Jenny Tobin, a special guest on Queen Victoria’s Festival of Flowers cruise this June. Tobin, who has created floral arrangements for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Fin
Cruise Deals of the Week – Mar. 24, 2017
Cruise Deals of the Week – Mar. 24, 2017 DEAL 1: Princess Cruises is offering up to 40 percent off per guest in their Summer on Sale deal on cruises to Europe, Japan, and Alaska. Book by April 20, 2017. Contact Princess Cruises or your travel agent for more. DEAL 2: Star Clippers offers [&h
MSC Cruises Introduces Enhanced, Flexible Dining Options
MSC Cruises Introduces Enhanced, Flexible Dining Options Cruise News – Mar. 23, 2017 MSC Cruises has revealed new dining concepts that will initially be available to guests on MSC Meraviglia and MSC Seaside. When the two ships debut this year, in June and December respectively, they will int
Virgin Voyages Cuts Steel for First Ship, Reveals Design Teams
Virgin Voyages Cuts Steel for First Ship, Reveals Design Teams Cruise News – Mar. 22, 2017 This afternoon, while streaming on Facebook Live, Virgin Voyages’ president and CEO, Tom McAlpin, ordered the first piece of steel cut for the line’s first ship at the Fincantieri shipyard in Geno
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Mar. 17, 2017
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Mar. 17, 2017 Seabourn is offering guests a new way to experience the wilderness of Alaska, with a 4-day overland adventure into Denali National Park. The “Denali Experience” will include aerial tours of mountain glaciers, an evening at McKinley Chalet Resort, a g
Cruise Deal of the Week – Mar. 17, 2017
Cruise Deal of the Week – Mar. 17, 2017 Sail Star Clippers’ authentic tall ships to the Mediterranean and Indonesia and receive complimentary two-category cabin upgrade, complimentary pre-paid gratuities, and $100 onboard credit per cabin on Star Clipper, Royal Clipper and Star Flyer for Apr
10 Special Event Cruises Aboard Cunard Line
10 Special Event Cruises aboard Cunard Line Cruise News – Mar. 16, 2017 Cunard Line, already known for its award-winning Insights enrichment program in which expert and celebrity speakers join voyages to inform and entertain guests, has created fresh programming for 2017 and 2018. H
Star Pride heads to Manhattan, Boston, and Beyond
Star Pride heads to Manhattan, Boston, and Beyond Cruise News – Mar. 15, 2017 Windstar Cruises has announced all-new itineraries, the luxury small-ship line’s first to New York City and the Canada/New England region. Beginning in summer 2018, motor yacht Star Pride will sail 9- to 16-day voyages
Holland America Introduces Sel de Mer Pop-Up Restaurant to Six Ships
Holland America Introduces Sel de Mer Pop-Up Restaurant to Six Ships Cruise News – Mar. 13, 2017 Holland America Line is honoring its Master Chef and culinary consultant Rudi Sodamin, the creator of Sel de Mer aboard ms Koningsdam, by launching the French brasserie as a pop-up in the Pinnacle
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Mar. 10, 2017
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Mar. 10, 2017 Hapag-Lloyd Cruises has named its two upcoming expedition ships HANSEATIC inspiration (serving the international market) and HANSEATIC nature (serving the German-speaking market). Both ships feature extendible glass balconies, three restaurants, a marina
Cruise Deals of the Week – Mar. 10, 2017
Cruise Deals of the Week – Mar. 10, 2017 DEAL 1: French-flagged luxury expedition line Ponant is offering 30 percent off select fall 2017 voyages, plus savings of up to $1,600 per couple on flights and excursions booked by March 31, 2017. Contact Ponant or your travel agent for more. DEAL 2
MSC Cruises Launches Fleetwide Digital Innovation Program, “MSC for Me.”
MSC Cruises Launches Fleetwide Digital Innovation Program, “MSC for Me.” Cruise News – Mar. 10, 2017 MSC Cruises has unveiled its fleet-wide digital innovation program: “MSC for Me.” After spending the past three years working with leading digital, tech, and behavioral science expert
Norwegian Cruise Line Debuts “Escape Room” Experience
Norwegian Cruise Line Debuts “Escape Room” Experience Cruise News – Mar. 9, 2017 Norwegian Cruise Line has debuted an all-new entertainment experience aboard several of its ships: Escape The Big Top allows guests to participate in the popular escape room experience with a twist, as th
Royal Caribbean Announces Two Oasis-Class Ships for Miami, Plus Enhancements to CocoCay
Royal Caribbean Announces Two Oasis-Class Ships for Miami, Plus Enhancements to CocoCay Cruise News – Mar. 8, 2017 Royal Caribbean International has broken ground on the dramatic new PortMiami Terminal A, which, the line also has announced, will welcome what will be the world’s largest cruis
Who’s Cruising Now?
Monday Mantra Mistaken Identity … Mistaken Identity … Mistaken Identity … Who’s Cruising Now? We cruise to get away from it all … maybe even from who we really are. “Oh, that’s wonderful! Congratulations!” I squealed with glee and grabbed Darren’s shoulder when he revealed that he
