Cruise News Daily Headlines for November 17, 2014

* Norwegian Epic to Be More Like Other Ships
Norwegian Epic is moving to the Mediterranean full time beginning next spring, and when it gets there a major element of the ship will be changing - the entertainment.

* It’s Back and Bigger than Ever
Fincantieri has returned MSC Armonia to MSC, and as promised, it is 5,000 gross tons larger and 24 meters longer.
   Tonight the ship is sailing from the yard in Palermo to Genoa where it will reenter service on Tuesday with a 10-day Canary Island Cruise.

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"Priscilla Queen of the Desert - The Musical" will open on Norwegian Epic in the fall of 2015

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Video: Quantum of the Seas in New York Harbor

And now for a brief musical interlude:



Just a nice video from Royal Caribbean International to start a Monday. No newsworthy quality at all. Have a good week.

Cruise News Daily Headlines for November 14, 2014

We’re closing out the week with five smaller stories that you probably haven’t heard about, but we hope our subscribers will find them interesting:

+ Just in time for the holidays
Your shopping worries are over, at least for the Princess passengers on your gift list.

+ Keeping it British
When you’re naming a ship with the name of Britannia, it just wouldn’t do to use champagne, which must be from France, so P&O cruises has chosen a British sparkling wine with which to name the ship.

+ Cuba cruise surge continuing
The island nation of Cuba has been trying to rebuild their cruise industry (for port calls) since 2006, and this year they are experiencing a boom.

+ The perils of celebrity partnerships
Norwegian Cruise Line is learning the perils of having celebrity partnerships today as their “master baker” Buddy Valastro went to court in a first appearance on DWI charges in New York.

+ Quantum of the Seas named
Actress Kristin Chenoweth named Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas at Cape Liberty Cruiseport tonight in New York Harbor.

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Olly Smith with a glass of Brut NV

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Quantum of the Seas Officially Named

Royal Caribbean's new Quantum of the Seas was named in New York Harbor this evening by actress Kristin Chenoweth.

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Cruise News Daily Headlines for November 13, 2014

* Not Much Celebrating
Things don’t seem to be looking good for anything connected to Celebration Cruise Line, the operator of Bahamas Celebration which struck an object while leaving Freeport on October 31, opening a 10-foot by 30-inch hole under the waterline.
   The ship did not return to service today as the line had implied it would, and worse yet, they don’t seem to be expecting it to return anytime soon.

* Other Things You’ll Want to Know
CND subscribers also read about sailing as fast as we can ... and Korea enjoying the Asian cruise boom.

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