Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Other Things You'll Want to Know - April 6, 2016

CND subscribers also read about:
  • Crystal's 100,000-ton newbuild that was supposed to be delivered in the fall of 2018 is being delayed until 2019. Crystal will still take delivery of their 25,000-ton expedition ship in 2018. 
  • Fincantieri laid the keel for the fourth ship in the Viking Ocean series at their Ancona yard today. It will be called Viking Sun and be delivered in 2017. 
  • Carnival Victory achieved a perfect score on its latest US public heath inspection. 
  • When Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas takes to the ocean, it will have the ultimate waterslide at sea - The Ultimate Abyss. The only waterslide that drops you almost ten stories. You’ve heard about it, and it has been on the drawing boards for some time. Now you can meet the people who are creating it and see what all the buzz is about in the video from Royal Caribbean below.
Details appeared in the April 6 edition of Cruise News Daily.