Cruise News Daily Headlines for August 26, 2014

* Watch This Space
By day, The Retreat aboard Regal Princess is a quiet haven meant for relaxing and soaking up the rays. By night, it’s deserted.
   This fall, however, at least once per cruise, when the stars come out, The Retreat will come alive.
   The Retreat will become the Night Sky Lounge and take on a South Miami-style nightclub vibe.

* HAL Reaches a New Pinnacle
It must have been some party in Italy. Fincantieri laid the keel for Holland America’s first Pinnacle-class ship last Friday, but they didn’t get around to telling us until four days later.

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The first block of HAL's first Pinnacle ship in the building dock at the Fincantieri yard in Marghera.

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Cruise News Daily Headlines for August 25, 2014

* Take Your Smart Phone - Leave it Turned On
Royal Caribbean had a press conference today to promote all the technology that will be aboard Quantum of the Seas when it debuts in a couple of months. There's nothing that’s going to advance us significantly into the future - at least not the individual cruiser - but there are things that are going to make life easier and make things more fun. There are also things that are going move the process of operating a cruise ship ahead and make cruising greener, however.
   If this was an award show today, the award for best supporting players would be a tie, going to O3b for their advanced internet capabilities that will be available on Quantum, and the ship's own intranet upon which so many conveniences will relay.
   The big story, from the passenger’s standpoint, seems to be the connectivity and the conveniences it will bring with it.

* Another Day, Another Murder in Nassau
Online media in the Bahamas are reporting the Prime Minister’s Press Secretary, Latore Mackey, was shot and killed this morning as he was driving in the White Road area off Market Street in Nassau. It’s unknown if he was targeted or the victim of a stay bullet.
   Murders have become commonplace in Nassau, and often in the tourist areas.
   We have to again wonder when the cruise lines are going to start protecting their passengers by suspending calls at Nassau until the crime rate is lowered.
   The calls need to be suspended before a passenger is the victim of a murder.

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Cruise News Daily Headlines for August 22, 2014

* Norwegian Extends Inclusive Package
Last month we told you about Norwegian Cruise Line trying out a package that’s an add-on to any cruise they have (except on Pride of America) that makes it nearly all-inclusive. At the time Norwegian launched it, it was being sold through August 31 for 2015 sailings. Today the line has extended the deadline for purchasing it through September 30.

* Meyer Werft Does Their Own
We hope you haven’t overdosed on Quantum of the Seas information, because Meyer Werft has produced their own video of last week’s float out. It includes lots of behind-the-scenes that you won’t see in other videos. We put it on our blog below.

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Meyer Werft Shows off Quantum of the Seas

Meyer Weft floated out Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas last week, and there are lots of videos and photos out there. But Meyer has now produced their own, so of course, it includes a lot of behind-the-scenes that you won't see elsewhere.

Cruise News Daily Headlines for August 21, 2014

* European Traffic Surging at Guadeloupe
Cruise business will be booming in Guadeloupe this winter, but not with Americans.

* A New Type of Shore Excursion
We noticed a repositioning cruise this fall aboard MSC Magnifica with a killer itinerary. It’s a 20-day trip from Hamburg to Buenos Aries, so it won’t interest many of our readers, but there was a shore excursion that also caught our attention that we’d like to see more of.

* Seattle Traffic DownAs the cruise season winds down, the port of Seattle has revised its cruise passenger figures downward. It seems to be a trend from 2012 to 2013 and now 2014.

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