New York to Have Its Own Oasis

Royal Caribbean International has announced Oasis of the Seas will replace Anthem of the Seas in the New York market (sailing from Cape Liberty in Bayonne) for the summer 2020 season, marking the first time an Oasis-class ship has sailed from the Big Apple.

Yes, it will fit under the Verrazano Narrows Bridge thanks to its unusual feature of being able to lower its funnel. The feature was last used on its delivery sailing from the yard in Turku (Finland) as it went under Denmark's Storebaelt Bridge.

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




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Carnival Radiance & Sunshine Going to Cuba in 2020

Carnival released 2020 itineraries for Carnival Radiance and Carnival Sunshine today, showing they will both have diverse programs, but both will be sailing from New York in the summer months, and both will feature occasional sailings to Cuba, the line's first from New York.

In addition, there will be an expanded program to Bermuda. There will also be itineraries to the Caribbean, Canada and several cruises from Norfolk. 

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

Giving the Queen Her Power

The New York Economic Development Corp announced that shore power is ready and waiting for the first cruise ship to dock at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal that has a big ole  cord hanging out the side.

Brooklyn is only the second cruise terminal on the East Coast to have shore power capability.

Details appeared in the November 11 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Cruise News Daily Headlines for March 12, 2014

* NCL Confirms Plans for Norwegian Escape & Realizes Goal
When Colin Veitch ran things at Norwegian Cruise Line, he made a very astute observation (and one that it was hard for the company to accept) and set them on a course to position the company correctly. In a way, that goal was realized today.

* Even New York Sits up and Takes Notice
Lots of cities want to get into the cruise business, mostly because they realize how much money the cruise industry brings to town.
   Even New York finds the cruise business lucrative, as they demonstrated when they tallied their 2013 figures.

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

Norwegian Escape's hull art was designed by noted marine wildlife artist Guy Harvey.

Detail of Norwegian Escape's forward hull art

Detail of Norwegian Escape's aft hull art

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

Cruise News Daily Headlines for October 10, 2013

* Two Developments with Costa Concordia
There have been two developments in recent days with respect to the now-righted wreck of Costa Concordia.

The first is that winterization measures have begun to be taken to make it ready to face the worst possible winter weather.The second is that Costa has contracted for availability of the Dockwise Vanguard (a large salvage ship) to carry the wreck of Costa Concordia to the site where it will be dismantled. Note that they have only contracted for the availability of the ship, and it will be an additional option that is considered over the winter. More - video


* Other Things You’ll Want to Know
CND subscribers also read about New Orleans being ready to receive their Jewel ... Princess was very pleased ... and a new operator at Brooklyn.


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

Video: Norwegian Star Arrives New York (April 29, 2012)

Sometimes it's just nice to take a break and go down to the river and watch the ships come and go. One of our favorite YouTubers, NJPhotographer62, does it for us so we can just sit back and enjoy. Here he shows us Norwegian Star arriving at the terminal on April 29, 2012.

Time Lapse Video of Disney Fantasy's Departure from New York

After Disney Fantasy's christening in New York last week, it left for Florida, but on it's way out, Disney videographers shot this interesting video of the trip out of New York Harbor. They positioned their camera on the Disney Fantasy's top deck looking forward at the giant video screen over the pool, which is playing the video from the ship's bow camera. In the video you then see the dusky panorama unfolding to the sides over the railings of the ship, while you see the view out the front of the ship broadcast on the video screen. To add a touch of surrealism, they time-lapsed the video. Enjoy!