Holland America Line has canceled eight scheduled calls to the port of Acapulco, Mexico in 2017 and 2018, due to the security issues that this tourist destination is facing. Nieuw Amsterdam and Zaandam will adjust their voyages in October, and MS Amsterdam in December, as well as four more cruises in 2018.
In a recent U.S.P.H. inspection conducted on March 27, 2017, Carnival Cruise Line's ship Victory earned perfect 100 points. The 101,500 gross ton cruise ship was returning from a 3-Day Caribbean Cruise to its homeport Miami, Florida when the unannounced inspection was conducted.
All crew are on deck and work hard for the final preparations of the latest Princess cruise ship, Majestic Princess. The vessel specifically designed for the Chinese market will join the fleet later this week on March 31, 2017, with Captain Dino Sagani at the helm.
A crew member went overboard in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean from the Costa Deliziosa cruise ship around 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March, 29. The ship was on repositioning cruise from North America to Europe when a terrible tragedy occurred on the eleventh day of the voyage.
After 22 years in service, Royal Caribbean cruise ship Legend of the Seas has retired. The vessel arrived at Navantia shipyard in Cadiz, Spain on March 26, where it will be refurbished and rebranded as TUI Discovery 2 for Thomson Cruises. With the Legend of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International said farewell from the oldest vessel of the popular Vision Class ship.
Thousands of crew and contractors were evacuated off the cruise ship Caribbean Princess on Friday due to a Bomb scare. The Princess cruise ship was in dry-dock in Grand Bahama Shipyard when the bomb alert was announced at 9:30 am and shortly after, at around 10 am the captain order all on board to abandon the vessel.
Norwegian Cruise Line announced 33 new trips to Cuba in the summer season 2018. The cruises, which will depart from Miami, will be operated by the cruise ship Norwegian Sky and all-inclusive 4 day voyages will include an overnight in Havana and a call at Great Stirrup Cay, Norwegian's private island in the Bahamas. These new cruises will start on 26 March 2018.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports of a suspected norovirus outbreak on Oceania cruise ship, Regatta. According to the CDC official report, 21 out of 639 guests or (3.29%), and 1 crew member reported gastrointestinal symptoms during the current voyage.
The cruise ship TUI Discovery, operated by Thomson Cruises has canceled all its whale and dolphin watching tours in St. Vincent after two orca whales, were killed in front of its guests.
Edmonton resident, Riza Kasikcioglu, saved hundreds of people from a fatal apartment fire reports Global News. According to the news outlet, the man didn’t hesitate and quickly reacted in order to help people in the apartment building after his wife noticed smoke rising across the street.
