Queen Mary 2 Departs Sydney for another Year

Queen Mary 2 left Sydney this week at the end of a month that saw all three Cunard Queens visit the city, including a rendezvous between QM2 and Queen Victoria. Queen Mary 2 is still the largest ship ever to visit Australia at 151,400 gross tons.

The three Cunard ships spent a combined total of six days in Sydney this month as part of their world cruises, and brought some 6,500 passengers to the city putting an estimated $3 million into the economy.

All three ships will return next summer, again as part of their world cruises.

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About That Order

Carnival Corp held their conference call today to discuss their first quarter earnings, and as expected, more information came out about the nine-ship order the company announced yesterday. Some of it was volunteered, and some of it came in answers to questions from analysts.

The complete story appeared in the March 27 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Bravo to Celebrity!

Bravo has renewed their partnership with Celebrity Cruises through 2016. The program brings Top Chef-inspired menus aboard the line’s fleet as well as Quickfire Challenges for fans of the show. Once a year the line offers a Top Chef Signature Sailing where passengers get to interact with “cheftestants” from the show.

This year’s installment will sail on November 14 aboard Celebrity Reflection.

Details appeared in the March 27 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Carnival Officially Announces 9-Ship Order

Carnival Corp announced an order of nine cruise ships for its brands to be delivered between 2019 and 2022.

Five were ordered from Italian builder Fincantieri, and four were ordered from Meyer Werft who will build them in both their German and Finnish yards.

Carnival said the ships will be built to the specifications of each brand, but declined to disclose at this time which brands would be receiving the new ships or the timing.

The complete story appeared in the March 26 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Coast Guard Suspends Search

The US Coast Guard suspended their search for the 43-year-old man who went overboard from Liberty of the Seas Sunday night.

Details appeared in the March 25 edition of Cruise News Daily