The Show behind the Show

The show backstage in the Two70 lounge and showroom aboard Royal Caribbean's Quantum-class ships may be as fascinating as the one on stage. That's because technically there is no BACKstage with this stage. “Backstage” in Two70 is below the stage and above the stage.

It's part of a new format of entertainment created for this class of ship that includes live action from a cast of 18 performers, a 12K 115-foot by 23-foot high video screen and six robotic video screens.

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

Video courtesy of Royal Caribbean International. All rights reserved.

Remember When

Remember sailing on the Sunward? Remember before they were Norwegian Cruise Line, they were Norwegian Caribbean Line? Do you remember what you were doing on December 19, 1966?

That's when Norwegian's first ship, M/S Sunward, sailed from Miami, and NCL (as they were also known then) was born - 50 years ago. And they want everyone to stroll down Memory Lane with them.

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

Puerto Rico Regaining Position in Cruise Industry

Puerto Rico is making a comeback in the cruise industry. After 9-11 when flying got lots less convenient (and much more expensive), people wanted to embark on their cruise from somewhere closer to home, and often, somewhere that was only a short drive, so Puerto Rico fell out of favor as a port of embarkation.

Cruisers are again wanting to broaden their horizons, and they want the type of itinerary that are available by sailing from San Juan. And cruise lines are responding.

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

Where There's Smoke There's Joy

There was a small fire aboard Norwegian Joy in the Meyer shipyard (in Papenburg) on Wednesday. With it there was a lot of smoke.

Shipyard firefighters responded and were able to quickly extinguish the blaze. There were no injuries.

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

So Many We Can't Even Name Them All

Silversea Cruises announced their 2018 program today, and it seems that there is nowhere on earth a Silversea ship isn't scheduled to go in 2018.

The nine ships will visit 130 countries on all seven continents and almost 1,000 ports. Three hundred will be new to Silversea.

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