Star Pride Remains out of Service

Windstar has canceled two additional Star Pride sailings (for a total of three) due to the ship’s grounding in Panama last week.

Details appeared in the December 29 edition of Cruise News Daily.

North Star Isn’t the Only Thing on Quantum That Goes Up - So Do Prices

It’s not like it hasn’t happened to Royal Caribbean before. They design a new ship, and they add some new features, and they turn out to be so popular demand far outstrips availability. While it’s nice to have a runaway hit, it also creates disappointed customers.

So what do they do? They add a charge to limit demand (and “enhance revenue” along the way). They did it with Johnny Rockets. Now apparently they are doing it with the North Star and Ripcord by iFly aboard Quantum of the Seas.

The complete story appeared in the December 29 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Other Things You'll Want to Know - December 29, 2015

CND subscribers also read about:

• MSC opened reservations to the general public today for MSC Seaside, which will be a new class of ship homeported in Miami year round beginning December 21, 2017.
• The man accused of molesting an 11-year-old girl aboard Disney Magic has a court date in Dade County to be arraigned on January 13, 2016.

Details appeared in the December 29 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Another Child Allegedly Molested on Disney Cruise

A 31-year-old Honduran man is being held in Dade County on charges related to his allegedly molesting an 11-year-old girl aboard Disney Magic last week.

The complete story appeared in the December 28 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Tweeting Like a Norwegian

A social media record was set by people aboard Norwegian Escape during the ship’s inaugural activities October 22 to November 11, according to EMC, the ship’s internet provider.

Details appeared in the December 28 edition of Cruise News Daily.