Friday, May 11, 2018

Enlarged Silver Spirit Returns to Service

Silver Spirit returned to service this week after a 59-day dry dock that saw the ship grow by 49 feet when Fincantieri inserted a pre-built mid-section into it.

The project was conceived to give Silver Spirit passenger much the same experience and onboard features and amenities as those sailing on Silversea's new flagship, Silver Muse.

The complete story appeared in the May 11 edition of Cruise News Daily. 







Other Things You'll Want to Know - May 11, 2018

CND subscribers also read about:
  • For the first time, Royal Caribbean has chosen a "godfamily" to name their next ship, Symphony of the Seas. 
  • Fincantieri floated up Viking's sixth ship, Viking Jupiter. 
Details appeared in the May 11 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Thursday, May 10, 2018

The New Center of the (Carnival) Universe

Carnival today previewed their new state-of-the-art (or beyond) Fleet Operations Center in Miami from which they monitor and interact to support any of their 26 ships worldwide.

The 35,000-square-foot facility was designed by Constant Technologies, a design firm that specializes in building operations centers, and located on an entire floor in a Category 5 hurricane-resistant building on Carnival's headquarters campus in Miami.

The complete story appeared in the May 10 edition of Cruise News Daily. 



The video is b-roll from Carnival, which means it was intended to be sliced up and used within other videos with a voiceover, so there is little sound. It does give you a chance to look around Carnival's new FOC, however.

Carnival Expands Cuba

Carnival Cruise Line is expanding their cruises to Cuba and will add the port of Charleston (SC) as a departure port in 2019.

Carnival has received approval for 23 additional sailings to Havana from four East Coast ports during the 2019-2020 season.

Details appeared in the May 10 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

She's Coming Back

At the completion of its Alaskan season in 2019, Carnival has announced that Carnival Legend will go to Tampa rather than returning to Australia as it will this year.

The complete story appeared in the May 9 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Other Things You'll Want to Know - May 9, 2018

CND subscribers also read about:
  • Carnival Cruise Lines now has expanded Camp Ocean facilities to all 26 of their ships for the marine-themed children's program.
  • GNV DL will provide classification for the first two of Royal Caribbean's Project Icon ships.
  • Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd has declared a quarterly dividend.  
Details appeared in the May 9 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Monday, May 7, 2018

Carnival Corp Opens Second Barcelona Terminal

Carnival Corp opened their second cruise terminal at the Port of Barcelona on Saturday and named it the Helix Cruise Center.

The 12,500-square-meter (134,549 square feet) state-of-the-art terminal is on the port's Adossat Wharf.

The complete story appeared in the May 7 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Carnival Dream Update

Carnival reports that life quickly got back to normal after the water line break on Thursday. Crews worked quickly to replace wet carpeting in the corridor and in a few of the staterooms. They also immediately started drying carpeting that did not need to be replaced.

The break occurred about 6pm and by midnight most passengers were back in their staterooms.

Details appeared in the May 7 edition of Cruise News Daily.