Old Friend Back in the News

Europe is being besieged by immigrants from Syria and the Middle East who are trying to avoid ISIS. Most countries have no where to house them in the huge numbers in which they are arriving, so they are forced to become creative.

Sweden has employed an unusual solution in an effort to provide temporary housing which the immigrants are being processed. They’ve hired a cruise ship, Ocean Gala, and docked it in Harnosand.

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

Meyer Schedules Ovation’s “Coming Out”

Have any plans for breakfast on Thursday (or lunch for our European readers)? If not set up your laptop or tablet and watch Ovation of the Seas make her official debut while you have your coffee. Meyer Werft has scheduled Ovation of the Seas to float out of their covered building dock at 12:30pm on Thursday (6:30am Eastern time).

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

Ovation of the Seas ready for her debut today

Photo courtesy of Meyer Werft. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without permission.

C A . N I . A L Celebrates Their 20th Anniversary with Wheel of Fortune Slots

WOF shot segments aboard Carnival ships
for Carnival week

If you’re a slot machine player you probably already know this, but Wheel of Fortune slot machines are some of the most popular on Carnival ships. And believe it or not, it was twenty years ago the first one was installed in a Carnival casino, and you thought, “I have got to play that s..t”

Actually, International Game Technology says the WOF slots are their most popular slot machines of all time not only on Carnival ships, but also in land-based casinos. To celebrate the twentieth anniversary, they are giving away hundreds of Carnival cruises, and Wheel of Fortune will feature a Carnival Cruise-themed week on the show.

The complete story appeared in the February 16 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Packed with Luxury

Sydney Harbor had four high-end ships visit on Saturday that included a first. Two of them docked simultaneously at Circular Quay, adjacent the iconic Sydney Opera House.

The two docked at the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay were Ponant Le Soleal and Azamara Quest. Docked nearby at White Bay Cruise Terminal in Rozelle were Seabourn Odyssey and Silverseas’ Silver Whisper. Together they brought almost 3,000 high-end visitors to Sydney, injecting an estimated $2 million into the local economy.

The complete story appeared in the February 15 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Photos copyright Nick Rains. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without permission.

Other Things You'll Want to Know - February 15, 2016

CND subscribers also read about:

• Carnival Breeze acing its US Public Health inspection
• A magician who performs aboard Disney Cruise Line being charged with sexual battery while between cruises. 

Details appeared in the February 15 edition of Cruise News Daily.