Silver Cloud Begins Her New Life

Silversea's Silver Cloud is just back from a $40 million refurbishment, and rather than this on being about new dining options and new furnishings, this one is about thickening the hull and places to carry Zodiacs. During this dry dock, the ultra-luxury ship was made into a luxurious expedition ship.

This week Silver Cloud departed on its first expedition cruise from Buenos Aires to Antarctica.

Even though Silver Cloud was made more rugged to go to more extreme climes, it lost none of its ultra-luxury in the process.

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

The conversion of Silver Cloud to an expedition ship

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Carnival to Increase Capacity on Short Cruises

Carnival Cruise Line is getting some new ships between now and 2019, so you know what that means? Right! The Great Carnival Ship Shuffle is on again. This time they are shuffling larger ships into position in Galveston and New Orleans to operate their short cruises.

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

Celebrity Building New Ship for the Galapagos

Celebrity Cruises is upgrading their Galapagos product with a newbuild that's the first ship ever purpose-built for cruising the Galapagos. The 5,739 ton ship may seem tiny compared to Celebrity's other ships, but it will be the largest ship in the Galapagos.

The ship will be named Celebrity Flora, and it is currently under construction at the De Hoop shipyard in the Netherlands with delivery planned for May 2019.

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

MSC Celebrates Two Building Milestones at STX France

There was lots happening in France today, as two major events were coming down for MSC Cruises at the STX France yard in Saint-Nazaire. Then MSC threw in another piece of news just for good measure.

The complete story appeared in the November 15 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Other Things You'll Want to Know - November 15, 2017

CND subscribers also ready about:

• Changes in major stockholders' stakes at NCLH
• A fatal accident at Meyer Werft

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

Rapunzel to Have New Disney Restaurant - and Hopefully Hairnet

Next March when Disney Magic returns from dry dock, it's going to have three new features.

The big new feature is going to be Rapunzel's Royal Table, inspired by Disney's “Tangled.”

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

Other Things You'll Want to Know - November 14, 2017

CND subscribers also read about:

• A family who will be the only passengers aboard their ship
• In New Orleans, there's enough room for everyone 

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

Miami Becomes Record-Setter

Port Miami reports more than 5.3 million cruise passengers passed through the port in their last fiscal year (2016/2017) which ended September 30. That's not only a record for the port, but also a world record.

The complete story appeared in the November 13 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Other Things You'll Want to Know - November 13, 2017

CND subscribers also read about:

• You can buy happiness aboard AIDA
• Meyer Turku installing a new heavy lifting crane

Details appeared in the November 13 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

The lifting process began on Friday.

The process was completed on Sunday. The crane now has a height of 120 meters.

Photos courtesy of  Meyer Turku. All rights reserved. May not not be copied or used without express permission.