Cruise news (curious-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Costa Magica cruise ship sold to SeaJets Ferries (Greece) and renamed Mykonos Magic
The Costa Magica ship was sold to the ferry company (Greece's biggest cruise shipowner) SeaJets, owned by Marios Iliopoulos. The ship was renamed...
February 9, 2023 - Cruise Industry
DCL-Disney Cruise Line announces the return of “Pixar Day at Sea” and “Marvel Day at Sea” early 2024
In 2024, DCL-Disney Cruise Line passengers will embark on extraordinary adventures due to the return of “Pixar Day at Sea” and &ldquo...
February 6, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Princess Cruises introduces public spaces on the new Sun Princess ship (2024)
Princess Cruises revealed a first glimpse of the most contemporary/state-of-the-art designs imaged yet aboard Sun Princess - the line's newest and...
February 5, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Aurora Expeditions’ ships Sylvia Earle and Greg Mortimer meet for the first time in Antarctica
Aurora Expeditions’ 2 cruise ships met for the first time this week while sailing in the icy landscape of the Antarctic Peninsula. The 2019...
February 4, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Quark introduces new Greenland cruise itinerary based on Ultramarine ship's helicopters
The global leader in polar adventures, Quark Expeditions, announced a new Greenland itinerary constructed around Ultramarine's 2 twin-engine...
February 2, 2023 - Cruise Industry
75-year-old CMV Astoria cruise ship sold for recycling?
The owner of the oldest oceangoing cruise ship in the world denies it is ending a 75-year career. According to a spokesman for Puerto Rico-based The...
February 2, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Oceania Cruises names its second 1,200-passenger Allura class ship "Allura"
Oceania Cruises, the world's leading culinary-/destination-focused cruise line, introduced Allura, naming its second 1,200-passenger Allura Class...
February 1, 2023 - Cruise Industry
"Crystal Cruises" relaunches as "Crystal" in 2023
After being acquired in 2022 by Abercrombie & Kent Travel Group, the former Crystal Cruises company is being relaunched as "Crystal" in 2023...
February 1, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Swan Hellenic takes ownership of SH Minerva, cancels 31-night Antarctic cruise
Following negotiations/discussions ongoing since September 2022 (concluded in January 2023), Swan Hellenic and its Irish counsels identified a legal...
January 31, 2023 - Cruise Industry
UnCruise Adventures opens bookings for “Baja California Eclipse Cruise 2024” (ship Safari Voyager)
UnCruise Adventures announced it had opened bookings for a dedicated “Baja California Eclipse Cruise” setting sail on April 6th, 2024...
January 28, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Greek brothers named co-captains of Celebrity Cruises’ 4th EDGE-class ship Ascent
In an industry first, Celebrity Cruises President & CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo revealed that Greek brothers Dimitrios and Tasos Kafetzis had been...
January 26, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Cunard offers Rocky Mountaineer train tours for Alaskan cruises on Queen Elizabeth ship
Cunard Line offers its guests the opportunity to experience the Rocky Mountaineer train when they sail through Alaska aboard Queen Elizabeth ship in...
January 24, 2023 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Cunard Line celebrates the 100th anniversary of its first World Voyage in Southampton...
Cunard Line celebrated the 100th anniversary of its first world voyage in Southampton (England UK) as its Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria ships...
January 18, 2023 - Accidents
MV Ganga Vilas gets stuck in Bihar's Chhapra on 3rd day of the world's longest luxury river cruise?
The world's longest luxury river cruise aboard the boat MV Ganga Vilas which on Friday, January 13th, commenced a 3200 km maiden voyage, was...
January 17, 2023 - Accidents
MSC Meraviglia encounters boat in distress and rescues 24 migrants at sea
An MSC Cruises ship bound for Port Canaveral (Orlando, Florida) encountered a boat in distress on Saturday, January 14th and rescued all 24 occupants...
January 17, 2023