Remodeled Terminal 10 Ready to Open at Canaveral

Port Canaveral is having a record-breaking month. In the first two weeks, 35 cruise ships have visited the port. Those include ships both turning around, which are homeported there, and ships just on port-of-call stops.

This weekend the port is reopening Cruise Terminal 10 after an extensive expansion and renovation which enlarge it enough that it can handle Norwegian Epic, which made its debut at the port last week, and will be homeported there for the next two winter seasons.

Details appeared in the November 18 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

You May Not Actually Be Cruising to Amsterdam Much Longer

You know how sailing into Amsterdam is such a great experience? You dock right in the middle of things near Central Station. Well, that experience may soon be going away. The city may move the cruise terminal somewhere outside the center.

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

Worth Waiting For

Today was a big day on Harvest Caye because after more than a year delay, Norwegian Dawn was the first cruise ship to call today, opening the island for a steady stream of Norwegian passengers sailing in the western Caribbean.

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

Magaritaville LandShark Bar & Grill and Harvest Caye pool

The vast 15,000-square-foot Harvest Caye pool

The huge beach at Harvest Caye

FlightHouse and lagoon

Photos courtesy of Norwegian Cruise Line. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission. 

A Special Welcome for Emerald Princess

Early Tuesday morning, Emerald Princess glided into Sydney Harbor, but she wasn't unnoticed. She was greeted by a row of green flames (connecting with Emerald Princess and the Emerald City, get it?) as she slid by the iconic Sydney landmarks.

This wasn't just a port call. Emerald Princess will be homeported at Sydney all summer (in Australia) long - until April during which time she will sail 13 times to New Zealand, the South Pacific and Tasmania.

The 113,000-ton Emerald Princess is the largest of the five ships Princess has based in Australia this year. Giving her special appeal is that aboard is the new SHARE restaurant created by Australian celebrity chef Curtis Stone.

Check out the Australian welcome for Emerald Princess.

New Orleans Again Tops 1 Million

During his annual State of the Port Address today, New Orleans Port president Gary LaGrange said, “The Port is on target to top one million passengers for the third straight year. Cruise lines are investing in bigger and better ships in New Orleans and we’re attracting more and more unique cruise ship calls to New Orleans as a destination city on a cruise itinerary.”

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

Sarah Brightman to Name Seabourn Encore

“Encore” is a word soprano Sarah Brightman is used to hearing often. She will use it herself when she names Seabourn's newest ship, Seabourn Encore, in Singapore on January 7. The evening naming ceremony will take place just before the ship departs on its 10-day inaugural voyage to Indonesia.

Details are in the November 16 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Sarah Brightman

Genting Dream Arrives Home

Genting Dream arrived at its home port of Hong Kong on Monday, ready to begin its pattern of two-night weekend cruises and five-night voyages to Vietnam. The event marked the first time a ship of this size (151,300 tons) has been homeported at Hong Kong.

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

Genting Dream arriving Hong Kong

Photo courtesy of Dream Cruises. All rights reserved. May not be copied o used without express permission. 

The One-Minute Tour of Harmony of the Seas

Harmony of the Seas is now homeported at Port Everglades. Take a quick look around.
(Caution: There are many quick cuts and flashing images in this video.)

AIDA Adds Winter Ice Rink to AIDAprima

AIDA is doing things a bit differently than most cruise lines. Their big, new AIDAprima is homeported at Hamburg, where it's cold in the winter. Its seven-night itinerary remains in northern Europe where it's cold throughout the whole cruise during the winter season. Passengers enjoy the ship's varied indoor resort features and the major cities at which it calls (Southampton, La Havre, Zeebrugge, Rotterdam, and two sea days).

Since the top deck isn't going to get any usage this winter, AIDA has built a 2,100 square foot ice rink up there, 40 meters above the sea. Not only that, but they've partnered with the Holiday on Ice ice show for all sorts of events on the rink.

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

Photos courtesy of AIDA Cruises. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without permission. 

Coming in January

Carnival Corp CEO Arnold Donald will give the opening keynote address at CES 2017 in Las Vegas on January 5. He'll be telling attendees about an entirely new experience coming for customers of Carnival's brands.

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

Bringing the Ship to the Customers

Crystal said today they will redeploy their ultra-luxury yacht, Crystal Esprit, to the Caribbean in late 2017 and all of 2018.

Crystal made the decision based on customer feedback that said they would prefer to have the ship in a more easily accessible location rather than exotic locales.

Details appeared in the November 14 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Crystal Esprit and its submarine

Photo courtesy of Crystal Cruises. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission.

Norwegian Returns to Canaveral with Norwegian Epic

Norwegian Epic arrived at Port Canaveral on Saturday for a winter season of Caribbean/Bahamas sailing that will run though March, but Norwegian has committed to bringing the ship back again in November. At 155,873 grt, Norwegian Epic is one of the largest and most feature-rich ship ever to homeport at Port Canaveral.

The complete story will appear in the November 14 edition of Cruise News Daily

Norwegian Epic at Port Canaveral

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