Other Things You'll Want to Know - Special Carnival Corp Edition - September 23, 2015

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Details appeared in the September 23 edition of Cruise News Daily.

The Shape of Things to Come

Costa has completely revamped their loyalty program, called Costa Club, for 2016. There are some nice benefits, especially as you proceed up the tiers (which they divide into separate clubs), and some unique benefits at their top level. What caught our eye though is a subtle change that we predicted several years ago, and Costa is the first to implement it, that we think is soon going to be adopted by other lines, and it will change your benefits.

The complete story appeared in the September 22 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Mobile Gets Their Ship

AL.com reports that the Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson and Carnival officials have scheduled a joint press conference Wednesday at the cruise terminal to announce that a Carnival ship will return to the city.

The complete story appeared in the September 22 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Norwegian Escape Completes River Trip at Eemshaven

The 164,000-ton Norwegian Escape left Meyer Werft Friday afternoon (September 18, 2015) for its slow trip down the Ems River to Eemshaven where it will take on provisions before leaving on sea trials. The ship sails slowly because it is traveling backwards (for better maneuverability) and must squeeze through vary narrow passages. In places the 169-foot-wide ship goes through passages that are only 173-feet wide. The ship traveled all night and arrived Eemshaven Saturday morning at 8:30an. It will remain at Eemshaven until Thursday when it leaves for sea trials in the North Sea.

The complete story appeared in the September 21 edition of Cruise News Daily.




Video courtesy of Meyer Werft.

There She Goes

Several months ago we told you that Kate McCue would be the first American woman to captain a cruise ship when she took command of Celebrity Summit. By now she has, and the ship has embarked on its first voyage. CBS news went aboard to do the profile we have below.

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