Carnival Vista Finds Her Voice In New Tour Video

Carnival Cruise Line’s newest, largest and most innovative ship, Carnival Vista finds her voice in a new tour video recently released by the cruise line. Narrated by the ship itself in a carefree wise-cracking female voice that mirrors Carnival Vista’s online social media persona, the video ranges from bird’s-eye overhead views of the vessel to…

Cruiseable: A Better Way To Discover Cruising!

For the past year I have been collaborating with a team of people on a new start-up called Cruiseable, it has been a lot of fun and now I can finally share it with all of you! Co-founder/CEO J.D. Lasica is here to explain what it is all about. A few days ago, after a…

Regal Princess Is Christened In Star-Studded Love Boat Theme

Princess Cruises, the cruise line made famous as the backdrop of the iconic Love Boat television series, christened its new Regal Princess yesterday with a tribute to the show as all six of the original cast members served as the ship’s godparents, and were joined by 25 of the show’s past guest stars. The star-studded…

Ovation Of The Seas To Join Quantum Class

On the cusp of delivering the first in a new generation of technologically advanced cruise ships Royal Caribbean International marked an important milestone today as the first piece of steel was cut marking the official construction start on the third Quantum class ship. The steel cutting for Ovation of the Seas, scheduled to be delivered in…

For The Love Of Sea Days!

The sea day, one of life’s little luxuries between ports. A chance to put your feet up, relax and plan the following day – or for some, to hit the gym like you have lost your mind, eat yourself into a slow food coma or go from one activity to the next until you collapse…

Norwegian Cruise Line Orders Two New Ships

Norwegian Cruise Line announced today that it has reached an agreement with MEYER WERFT GMBH of Germany to build two new Breakaway-Plus class cruise ships for delivery in the second quarter 2018 and the fourth quarter 2019. Each ship will be 164,600 gross tonnes and include 4,200 passenger berths. “Norwegian Breakaway and Norwegian Getaway have…

Marco Polo, Noro and Props

Cruising has taken a bashing in recent weeks. The Marco Polo incident followed by norovirus outbreaks and the odd mechanical issue here and there, everything seems to come at the same time and cruising is once again thrown into the spotlight for all the WRONG reasons. What happened aboard Marco Polo was an absolute tragedy….

Why I Love Cruising – Photo Blog

Why do I love cruising?   I will let the pictures tell you! You don’t get this kind of view on land! It is reserved only for us lucky cruisers! This has to be my favourite time of the day! I love stepping out on to the deck and finding myself in all sorts of…

Costa Cruises Launch The Costa neoCollection

Costa Cruises has announced the beginning of a new style of cruising on board its ships with the advent of the Costa neoCollection. The new slow cruise collection is exclusive to the Italian Company which has always been an industry pioneer, having previously introduced the innovative fly+cruise packages, the Around-the-World voyage and grand cruises, mini-cruises…