Exploring New Territory

Silversea is going to be exploring the west coast of South and North America for th first time ever with a series of expedition cruises aboard Silver Explorer. The series of nine to 14-day cruises will run from March through May of next year and take the ship from Ushuaia to Vancouver.

Details appeared in the July 21 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

May We Have the Envelope, Please?

It seems things have come full circle again. Remember the olden days when stateroom doors had locks that you opened with a key? You would board the ship and find your stateroom unlocked with the key on the nightstand.

Carnival has been testing a similar system they are moving toward returning to, and the line just said they are expanding the test to a total of eight ships.

The complete story appeared in the July 21 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

AIDA Doubling Down on World Cruising

Carnival's German brand, AIDA, will announce their second world cruise on Friday. This one is being scheduled for October of 2018. It's being opened for sale months before their first world cruise departs (October 17, 2017).

AIDAcara is operating this year's cruise, but next year, AIDAaura has been chosen to make the epic journey, and again it will be a complete circumnavigation of the globe. AIDAaura will sail from Hamburg on October 7, 2018. Her itinerary will 41 ports in 20 countries on four continents over the next 117 days, meaning she won't return to Hamburg until February 2, 2019.

The complete story appeared in the July 20 edition of Cruise News Daily.

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Details appeared in the July 20 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Nickelodeon Finding a New Home

It shouldn't be a surprise, considering Dora the Explorer christened Pacific Explorer a couple of weeks ago, but Nickelodeon will be having a bigger role in P&O Australia's children's program.

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

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• Carnival declaring a dividend

Details appeared in the July 19 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Getting to Them Early

The Carnival “cruise ship” at Miami's Children's Museum just returned from “dry dock” with a newly refit upper deck and new Carnival features for the kids.

The complete story can be found in the July 18 edition of Cruise News Daily.

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• Ships moving out of the way of Tropical Storm Don
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• Norwegian Cruise Line to star on CNBC

Details can be found in the July 18 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Disney Increases Order with Meyer

Disney made a lot of announcements about upcoming additions and enhancements to their theme parks and resorts over the weekend at the D23 expo for Disney super-fans, but no one saw the announcement coming about their Disney Cruise Line unit.

Chairman (Disney Parks & Resorts) Bob Chapek announced Disney was increasing their order with Meyer Werft from two to three of the 135,000-ton ships the line ordered in the spring of 2016. When they are all delivered, it will bring the Disney fleet to seven.

Details appeared in the July 17 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Any Excuse to Raise a Glass of Ale is a Good One

It was just in April, Carnival Australia was celebrating National Beer Day with a glass of their ThirstyFrog Summer Ale, which is available only on Carnival Spirit and Carnival Legend.

Now in July they are celebrating with ThirstyFrog Summer Ale again, but this time it's another milestone for the beer. It's the third anniversary, and they have served 200,000 schooners, proving how much Australians like beer, especially this unique brand.

The complete article appeared in the July 17 edition of Cruise News Daily.