Have You Booked Your Summer Vacation Yet - for 2020?

Now that summer's over and the kids have just gone back to school, we assume you have your vacation plans all wrapped up for next summer. Made your reservations and got that deposit in. Good. You can't leave things until the last minute. So now that you've got next year all wrapped up, Norwegian Cruise Line wants you to start planning the summer after that, because they've just released the deployment details for their marquee ships for the summer of 2020 and opened it for sale. (11 of their 17 ships)

If you like to plan even farther, Norwegian can help there too, if you want to go to Hawaii. They opened sale on Pride of America all the way through the spring of 2022.

The complete story appeared in the September 18 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Celebrity Reveals Edge's Grand Plaza

It's less than three months before Celebrity's “transformational” Edge enters service, and the line is continuing to reveal aspects of the ship. At the end of last week, it was The Grand Plaza, the “heart and soul” of the ship, designed by Patrick Jouin and Sanjit Manku.

The complete story appears in the September 17 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

The Stamp of Approval

If anyone is mailing you something from Australia, check the stamp. They may be mailing you a tiny picture of P&O's Pacific Explorer.

The Australian postage stamp is actually celebrating Norfolk Island which is a popular cruise destination, but it prominently features the P&O Australia ship, which is a regular visitor there.

Details appear in the September 17 issue of Cruise News Daily.

Photo courtesy of P&O Cruises Australia. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission. 

Majestic Princess Lands in Sydney

Majestic Princess arrived at Sydney for the first time on Saturday morning (their time) and became the largest ship Princess has ever operated in Australia at 143,700 tons.

The complete story appeared in the September 14 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

This B-roll includes several views of Majestic Princess arriving, including a spectacular "captain's eye" view from the bridge for the pre-dawn approach and berthing at the terminal.

Delayed Turnaround

Hurricane Florence will delay the turnaround of Grandeur of the Seas at on Saturday. To avoid the storm, Royal Caribbean will hold the ship at Port Canaveral until Saturday.

It will then set out for Baltimore, now scheduled to arrive on Sunday (September 16). They will delay the sailing of Saturday's cruise until Monday (September 17) and make it into a five-night cruise. It will sail to Halifax spending the day on September 19, and returning to Baltimore on Saturday, September 22, so it will be in position for the next cruise.

Other details appeared in the September 14 issue of Cruise News Daily.