Another Year of Luxury in Alaska

After a successful 2018 summer season (that's not quite over yet), Seabourn confirmed they will return to Alaska next year in response to high customer demand.

Seabourn Sojourn will return to Alaska for a season that will be just 10 sailings running just from June to October.

The complete story appeared in the September 19 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Update from Dominica

It's been a year since Hurricane Maria swept over the Caribbean island of Dominica destroying many of the structures and much of the infrastructures. The island's thriving cruise business was also devastated with cruise ship calls for the 2017/2018 season dropping from 219 scheduled to just 33 actual calls.

Yesterday, we received an update from the island showing us most the damage is in the past, and the island has recovered almost completely. It is looking forward to a rebounded 2018/2019 winter season.

Details appeared in the September 19 issue of Cruise News Daily

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.

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