Luxury line Silversea plans to offer a unique 140-day trip on their Silver Whisper ship, making stops all over the world.
The 140-day voyage on the all-suite 382-passenger Silver Whisper will start January 6, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale and include stops at 62 ports in 32 countries. It will end May 25, 2020 in Amsterdam.
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Florida-bound Carnival Horizon construction is in the final stages.
Carnival Horizon is arriving in just a few months. The cruise ship is currently under construction at the Fincantieri shipyards in Italy and it is slated to debut April 2, 2018.
Carnival Cruise Line will officially take possession of its new Vista-class ship in just over a month and the final touches are taking shape. Continue reading
Disney plans more ‘Star Wars’ cruises for 2018 and 2019.
Grab your lightsabers, because Disney Cruise Line is planning more Star Wars Day at Sea.
Star Wars Day at Sea is scheduled to return to Disney Cruise Line with 15 sailings on the Disney Fantasy only for 2018. The itineraries include a seven-day Eastern or Western Caribbean trip leaving from Port Canaveral. Moreover, the company recently announced more dates for 7-night Caribbean cruises in 2019. If you are a Star Wars fan, you have more chances to pay between $3,000 and $10,000 for VIP Star Wars experiences on a cruise. Continue reading
A woman sailing on a cruise from New Orleans has fallen overboard.
A woman has fallen overboard from a Carnival cruise ship into the Gulf of Mexico while sailing from New Orleans.
The incident happened Sunday night while it was on the second day of a five-day cruise sailing toward Cozumel, Mexico.
Carnival Cruise Line spokesman Vance Gulliken said a 44-year-old woman “was seen going overboard” from the Carnival Triumph Sunday night.
The company says that search and rescue operations are underway for the missing woman and the Mexican Navy is in charge of the search.
According to wwltv.com.
The winter storm Grayson brought some changes to cruise ship schedules.
The monster storm hit the US East Coast during the first week of January. Although no cruise ports are closed at this time, the storm impacted a few cruise ship itineraries.
The biggest issue with cruise ship sailings was in New York City. Cunard’s Queen Mary was forced to remain in New York for an extra day on its transatlantic crossing to Southampton.
Another ship impacted by Grayson is Norwegian Cruise Line’s Breakaway. The ship was scheduled to end its seven-night Bahamas and Florida sailing early on Friday, January 5. However, it came into port a few hours later in the day.
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