Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Meyer Werft Cuts Steel for Next Norwegian Ship

Meyer Werft cut the first steel today for Norwegian Cruise Line's seventeenth ship, and the fourth and final of the Breakaway Plus-class, which Norwegian says is their most successful class ever.

The event took place at Meyer's Laser Center in Papenburg (Germany). Norwegian used the event to make two major announcements about the ship.

The complete story appeared in the January 31 edition of Cruise News Daily,

People on the Run Need a Vacation

When a 30-year-old woman checked in for her cruise on Carnival Triumph on Monday, she had a surprise waiting for her. She was arrested by New Orleans police on an outstanding warrant for desertion from the army in 2012.

Details appeared in the January 31 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Even Birds Need to Get Away

This is the story of Harri, who is an Australian galah, which is a type of cockatoo. He's also a very fortunate one at that. He had a nice home with a nice family in Brisbane (Australia). One day he apparently decided he just needed to get away, so he flew the coop, so to speak
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His (human) family was devastated, but this happens with birds sometimes. They carried on and went on the cruise they had planned aboard P&O's new Pacific Aria. They had no idea of the surprise they would have before the end of their cruise.

The complete story appeared in the January 31 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Can You Wait until Next Year?

If you'd like to have more space to spread out in the wide-open spaces of Alaska, Holland America will soon have a new option for you. The line has planned a new 99-room wing at the McKinley Chalet Resort at Denali National Park. Fifty-five of the units will be junior suites, the first-ever at the resort.

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

A First for Celebrity

Two gentlemen became the first same-sex couple to be married at sea aboard a major cruise line today when they were married by the captain aboard Celebrity Equinox.

The grooms were joined by their immediate families who were with them on the western Caribbean cruise.

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