Viking Entering the Caribbean Market

Viking Ocean Cruises will be bringing their brand of small ship (47,800 tons) cruising to the Caribbean in the 2016/2017 season.

For the line’s first venture into the market, Viking Star will sail a relatively short season, starting with a 14-night repositioning cruise from New York to San Juan on October 14 (2016), and heading back to Europe from San Juan already on February 27 (2017).

Details appeared in the December 1 edition of Cruise News Daily.

It will be “Summer Nights” Year Round on Harmony

Get out your poodle skirts and leather jackets and head down to the theater on Harmony of the Seas and Independence of the Sea, because Royal Caribbean has licensed the Broadway musical version of “Grease” to headline the entertainment on the two ships.

The complete story appeared in the December 1 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Where There’s Smoke ... There’s a Circuit Breaker

Grand Princess is currently sailing on a 15-day Hawaii cruise from San Francisco, and this morning about 5:30am as it was sailing toward its first port of Hilo, and about 20 miles off the coast, the ship experienced a significant failure in a propulsion circuit breaker in the aft electrical switchboard.

There was smoke and a small fire which was contained in the electrical switchboard. The incident caused a power outage for a short time, but power has been restored and all hotel services are back in operation.

The complete story appeared in the November 30 edition of Cruise News Daily.

In a Fog

Caribbean Princess was a day late turning around at Houston this week. There was also an interesting twist Sunday afternoon while the ship was anchored 10 miles offshore.

Details appeared in the November 30 edition of Cruise News Daily.

First Look aboard Pacific Aria and Pacific Eden

Last week P&O Australia added two ships to their fleet. Designer Darren Palmer gives us the first look aboard, and they don't look like their former selves. He says it's modern Australian design at its best. We think he's right. You can judge for yourself by watching the video below.