Friday, February 3, 2017

Back to Havana

Royal Caribbean International has been approved for a summer and fall series of calls at Havana with Empress of the Seas, and they have now opened them for sale.

Details appeared in the February 3 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Long Arm of the Law Still Reaching

Back in December we updated you on the story about the three women who were recruited by a fourth to go on a free cruise to Jamaica aboard Freedom of the Seas. All they had to do was receive a gift of clothing and wear it home. Of course the “gift” had cocaine sewn into it. The three women all claimed not to realize what was going on until they received their “gift.”

In December we reported a fifth woman, who worked for the DC Public Schools, had been arrested. She had apparently recruited the first woman and coordinated the whole thing. She has now decided to plead guilty to being the mastermind behind the whole thing.

The complete story appeared in the February 3 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Thursday, February 2, 2017

Get Ready to Be on the Edge

It used to be cruise lines would announce a new ship and then reveal all its wonders. As the ships became larger, cruise lines began to split the announcements up and began to have a series of reveals. That device has begun to lose its luster, and now Celebrity Cruises has a new way to breathe some life back into the series of reveals: the Design Ambassador.

The complete story appeared in the February 2 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Fincantieri Begins MSC Seaview Construction

Construction of the 154,000-ton MSC Seaview began today at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone when the first block of the keel was laid in the dry dock.

The complete story appeared in the February 2 edition of Cruise News Daily.

The first block of MSC Seaview is lowered into place at Fincantieri's Monfalcone yard.
Photo courtesy of Fincantieri. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission. 

Other Things You'll Want to Know - February 2, 2017

CND subscribers also read about:
  • Silver Muse homeporting at Port Everglades
  • Cunard sponsoring the 2017 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
Details appeared in the February 2 edition of Cruise News Daily.