Friday, September 18, 2015

It Will Be a Cold Day When You Sail on Silver Cloud Again

Silversea said today that Silver Cloud will leave the main fleet and become part of their expedition fleet at the end of 2017, joining Silver Explorer, Silver Discoverer, and Silver Galapagos.

Silversea said that once it’s part of the expedition fleet, Silver Cloud will spend most of its time in polar waters (both Arctic and Antarctic), but it will at times also operate expedition voyages in other parts of the world.

Details appeared in the September 18 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Other Things You'll Want to Know - September 18, 2015

CND subscribers also read about:
  • Celebrity Cruises adding a charge for late night room service
  • The mayor of Bergen in trouble for christening a ship and then going on a free cruise. 
The complete stories appeared in the September 18 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Genting Inks Deal to Acquire Lloyd Werft

Genting Hong Kong, the parent of Crystal Cruises and Star Cruises and a stakeholder in NCLH with their various brands, is getting into the shipbuilding business. The Asian-based company said today they have struck a deal to acquire a majority share of the German shipyard, Lloyd Werft which is located at Bremerhaven.

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

Be Sure to Bring a Tissue to Wipe the Steam off Your Kindle

Who doesn’t take a book to read on their cruise? And if you’re going on a Princess cruise, the Love Boat, it should be a steamy romance, right? And since Princess is always on the cutting edge, it should be on your Kindle, not an old-fashioned book, right? That would be so 2000.

Princess will even supply the stories - for free.


Details appeared in the September 17 edition of Cruise News Dailiy.

Other Things You'll Want to Know - September 17, 2015

CND subscribers also read about:
  • A Bad Girl aboard Freedom of the Seas
  • One port proving their criminals are as dumb as everyone else's, but their courts are dumber. 
The complete stories appeared in the September 17 edition of Cruise News Daily.