Hurricane Delays Pride of America Turnaround

The change in speed of Hurricane Lane has delayed the turnaround of Pride of America at Honolulu from Saturday to Sunday and Monday.

Details appeared in the August 24 issue of Cruise News Daily. 

 

While You Were Watching the Caribbean, Lane Is Bothering Hawaii

Hurricane Lane is expected to track near to Hawaii at least Thursday and Friday. A direct hit is not expected, although it is possible due to the widening cone of uncertainty later in the week. The Big Island and Maui are expected to be affected on Thursday and Friday, however.

That has prompted Norwegian Cruise Line to make changes in Pride of America's itinerary.

Details appeared in the August 22 issue of Cruise News Daily.

Hawaiian Whiplash

Remember earlier this week when Norwegian Cruise Line said they were suspending all calls at both ports on the Big Island of Hawaii until further notice? Consider yourself notified.

Norwegian Cruise Line said today that Pride of America will return to its regular schedule with this weekend's sailing on Saturday.

Details appeared in the June 8 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Norwegian Suspends Big Island Calls

Norwegian Cruise Line has now suspended Pride of America's calls at both Hilo and Kona until further notice. The line said the action was taken due to “uncertain conditions resulting from volcanic activity on The Big Island of Hawaii.”

Details appeared in the June 5 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Other Things You'll Want to Know - May 31, 2018

CND subscribers also read about:

• Pride of America canceling its call at Kona again this week. 
• Little Carnival is providing a little fun for Carnival Australia

Details appeared in the May 31 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Little Carnival is providing a little fun for Carnival Australia

Other Things You'll Want to Know - May 25, 2018

CND subscribers also read about:

• Norwegian Cruise Line returning to Kona
• Royal Caribbean brands committing to buy chicken from processors that guarantee more humane treatment of the birds. 
• Carnival Spirit getting a new duty-free store

Details appeared in the May 25 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Cruise News Daily Headlines for August 7, 2014

* Fitness Garden to be Constructed on Crystal Symphony
Crystal Symphony is scheduled for a refit this fall, and one of the new features to be added will be an outdoor fitness “garden” on Decks 7, 8 and 12 aft. At the same time the indoor facility will be refit with new state-of-the-art equipment.

* Move the Ship - Wiki Wiki!
With Hurricane Iselle headed toward the island of Hawaii tonight, Pride of America needs to move out of the way. The ship is at Kauai today (at the other end of the state) and had planned an overnight two-day call, but NCL said today the ship will leave tonight at 7pm (local time) and remain at sea all day Friday, safely out of the storm’s way.

* Other Things You’ll Want to Know
CND subscribers also read about being all dress up and nowhere to go ... and Iceland may tighten tender rules.

The complete articles appeared in the e-mail edition of Cruise News Daily delivered to our subscribers.

Cruise News Daily Headlines for July 31, 2014

* Windstar Creates Cruisetours
You couldn’t ask for more exotic locations than the ones Windstar has chosen for its first three cruisetours: Singapore & the Malay Peninsula, Cambodia and Egypt.

* Other Things You’ll Want to Know
CND subscribers also read about Alaska creating a marketing board ... still missing ... cruising in Hawaii is down.

The complete articles appeared in the e-mail edition of Cruise News Daily delivered to our subscribers.

Norwegian Cruise Line Announces 2013 Deployment

Norwegian Cruise Line announced their 2013 summer deployment for several areas today. The new schedule will increase capacity in Alaska by adding one ship, which will operate one way 7-day cruises between Vancouver and Whittier, marking the first time Norwegian has had three ships in Alaska since 2009. The line will again have four ships in Europe for the summer season. Two of them will continue to be deployed there year round. Norwegian will increase capacity in Bermuda again operating two ships in the market, but the capacity increase will come with the previously-announced new Norwegian Breakaway operating from New York.

Norwegian also said they will continue their year round US-flag operation in Hawaii, opening bookings for the 7-day program through April 18, 2015. The line will also continue their year round operation of short cruises from Miami to the Bahamas, with the opening of the books through April 25, 2014.


The complete article appeared in the December 6, 2011, edition of Cruise News Daily.

Ship Blocked by Protesters at Molokai

An anti-cruise group succeeded in blocking - physically - a small ship from American Safari Cruises from docking at Kaunakakai Harbor, Molokai in Hawaii on Saturday morning. The local protesters, who don't like the fact that cruise ships - even though they are small - are coming to Molokai without any community input, blocked the ship's path with surfboards and small boats. The captain continued on to Lanai, the next port of call. The ship did return the next day, without any public announcement, and had docked by the time protesters arrived at the port.

ASC had called at the island twice before in recent weeks and was met by protesters on land, but their demonstrations were ineffective. Two more Molokai calls are scheduled in the next weeks.

Not everyone on Molokai is unhappy about the cruise calls, tour operators and other local businesses were extremely disappointed by Saturday's cancellation.

The incident does have unsettling overtones for the cruise industry in Hawaii, and we looked at the story from several sides - including where the protesters got the idea for blocking the ship's arrival - in the November 29, 2011, edition of Cruise News Daily.