The totally transformed 3,006-passenger Carnival Sunshine will sail this afternoon on her inaugural voyage from the Big Easy, embarking on a six-day cruise to Cozumel and Grand Cayman. Earlier this year, Carnival Sunshine underwent a $155 million, 75-day makeover that added a variety of innovations that are part…
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Carnival Conquest Crew Member Crushed To Death In Accident
A crew member onboard the Carnival Conquest cruise ship has died following an accident whilst he was doing exterior maintenance work on the vessel. The accident happened at around 10 a.m. yesterday morning whilst the ship was docked in New Orleans. Carnival issued this statement: “Earlier today, while a crew member from the Carnival Conquest…
Young Boy Drowns Aboard Carnival Victory
A six-year old boy has drowned whilst enjoying a holiday aboard Carnival Victory. Qwentyn Hunter, of Winter Garden just outside Orlando, was around the pool area on Sunday with family members, including his brother just before the accident. Detective Javier Baez of the Miami-Dade Police Department said “the boy was apparently playing with his 10-year…
Cruise Ship Fun Facts Part 2
Saying as you all seemed to enjoy yesterday’s fun facts so much I decided to bring you a second helping today! Thomson Cruises, Thomson Dream started life in 1986 as MS Homeric for Home Lines. She was then sold to Holland America Line in 1988 and renamed MS Westerdam, next she moved on to Costa…
New Cruise Ships On Order
We have enjoyed the arrival of some fantastic vessels this year, Norwegian Breakaway, Royal Princess and Europa 2 just to name a few, but what’s next on the cruise ship calendar? It’s time to once again take a peek at what’s currently under construction, we have some amazing ship’s to look forward too! Costa Diadema…
Carnival Sunshine Is Reborn
Carnival Cruise Line’s, Carnival Sunshine, recently returned from her first sailing since her $155 million refurbishment and although not all passenger reviews were full of sunshine (pardon the pun) the overall reaction seems to be very positive. She did however experience some teething issues, her WaterWorks water park and SportsSquare recreational area were still undergoing…
Search Called Off For Missing Carnival Spirit Passengers
On Thursday morning we awoke to the news that two young people had fallen overboard from Carnival Cruise Lines, Carnival Spirit, on Wednesday evening. The couple from Barraba in north-west New South Wales, have been named as paramedic Paul Rossington, 30, and Kristen Schroder, 27, according to the Australian broadcaster ABC. They were on the…
Carnival Triumph The Unluckiest Ship At Sea
What is it with this cruise ship? She has been all over the news in recent months and not for the right reasons. Aside from Carnival Cruise Lines having some clear issues across numerous members of their fleet lately, I feel like the Carnival Triumph is being tested by the gods themselves! So let’s re-cap!…
Facebook Favourites
I recently mentioned on the CruiseMiss facebook page that I wanted to know what everyone’s favourite cruise ship was. I thought I may get a few people drop the odd note but instead people embraced it and went crazy with it! In all there were over 100 comments and some ships kept making an appearance…
Telegraph Cruise Show London
It’s that time of year again, Cruise Show time! This weekend (March 23rd and 24th) London Olympia shall be taken over by some of the world’s best cruise lines as they all stand side by side and show us what they’ve got! (They don’t strip for you or anything, it’s not that kind of show!…
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