What Do You Buy a Cruise Line for Their 50th Anniversary?

It's only a matter of days until the holidays and you know what that means? Right. It's time to start thinking about Alaska. No, not next summer, silly - in 2019.

It's going to be a special year because it's Princess' 50th anniversary there, and they are making it their largest deployment ever.

The complete story appeared in the December 8 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

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CND subscribers also read about:

• Silver Cloud makes first expedition call at Antarctica
• "The Greatest Showman" made its world premier aboard Queen Mary 2 tonight. Video from the red carpet is below.
• Last night, MSC and Port Miami celebrated the completion of the new Terminal F which will be used by MSC Seaside when it arrives in its new home port on December 21 and by MSC Divina. 

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



Video courtesy of Cunard Line. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission.

Fanning the Flames

It's been no secret that at first it was kind of a bumpy ride for Carnival Cruise Line in Charleston. In general, the community welcomed them with open arms and is supportive and appreciates the positive impact they have on the region. There is a very vocal minority in Charleston that doesn't want cruise ships there, citing primarily the traffic, the noise, the pollution, the negative impact on tourism, and so forth, because of all the extra people in town on cruise days.

On the other hand, the Charleston market has been a very strong one for Carnival. Despite the haters, lots of people within driving distance of the city like to cruise. With that in mind, Carnival lobbed a bomb into Charleston today when they announced that is thrilling cruisers and most people that appreciate Carnival's impact, but it's sure to inflame the haters. In May 2019 Carnival will be replacing Carnival Ecstasy with the significantly larger (and more feature-rich) Carnival Sunshine.

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

Other Things You'll Want to Know - December 7, 2017

CND subscribers also read about:

• Royal Caribbean declaring a quarterly dividend
• Carnival going to the Melbourne Cup
• NCLH moving to the NYSE

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

Floating near Venice

Fincantieri launched Holland America's Nieuw Statendam today at their Marghera yard near Venice.

A number of ceremonial events occurred today in anticipation of the ship actually being towed out of the dry dock on December 21.

The complete story appeared in the December 6 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Anne Marie Bartels, one of the line's most traveled passengers, was chosen as the madrina.

The madrina christened the ship before flooding the dry dock.

Water rushing into the dry dock and touching the ship's hull for the first time.

Photos courtesy of Fincantieri. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission.