Notable Milestones for Harmony of the Seas

Royal Caribbean's Harmony of the Seas is under construction at STX France in Saint Nazaire, and the ship reached two notable milestones this week.

On Tuesday (June 16) the final block was placed on the ship, completing the construction of the hull and superstructure. Then on Thursday (June 18), the dry dock began flooding to float the ship up for its float out over the weekend. Once floated out, it will be moved to a finishing dock where it will remain while the interior is completed.

The final block is lifted to the top of the ship

The final block is just about to be set into place

Water just begins to wet the floor of the dry dock in preparation for the ship's float up

Photos courtesy of Royal Caribbean International. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without permission.

Other Things You'll Want to Know - June 18, 2015

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• Free wi-fi - at least to a point - on Silversea
• The interesting people that will be part of Seabourn Conversations later this year. (They include Steve Wozniak, Steve Forbes and Dan Rather.)

Details appeared in the June 18 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Just Can’t Wait

In order to better its competitive position at Galveston and Port Canaveral, Carnival is moving some planned changes of hardware forward to April and May of 2016, which they had originally announced for late 2016.

The complete story appeared in the June 17 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Three-peat for Statendam

Statendam achieved a coveted perfect score on its June 5 public health inspection, meaning the ship has aced three of the inspections in a row.

Details appeared in the June 17 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Another Line Not Going “Nowhere”

Another line officially canceled their 2016 cruises to nowhere in compliance with new US rules, and over the last few days, the government has been clarifying what they’re thinking (or not thinking).

Norwegian Cruise Line canceled three two-night cruises on Norwegian Breakaway from New York in 2016. Passengers will receive refunds of their deposits.

Details appeared in the June 16 edition of Cruise News Daily.