Latest Schwartz Show Set to Debut aboard Royal Princess

Beginning the middle of next month, passengers sailing aboard Royal Princess will be treated to the third production show in the series of collaborations between Princess and award-winning composer Stephen Schwartz.

   Audiences will be treated to adventure, romance, and enchantment the evening they see “The Secret Silk,” but there is also a special twist to this show - live puppetry created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

The complete story appeared in the January 12 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Other Things You'll Want to Know - January 12, 2018

CND subscribers also read about:

• The NGV fetty Fantastic allided with Viking Cruises' Viking Star at Barcelona on Friday. 
• Norwegian Bliss will homeport at New York for the 2019/2020 winter season.
• 21 more passengers were arrested on drug-related charges while boarding Wednesday's sailing of Norwegian Epic.

Details appeared in the January 12 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Ritz-Carlton Begins to Take Shape

The Hijos de J. Barreras yard had a keel-laying ceremony today in Vigo (Spain) for the first of three ships Ritz-Carlton has on order. During the event, the first block was lowered into the dry dock.

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

What They Didn't Mention

In case you've missed just about any newscast in the last couple of days, Norwegian Breakaway encountered extremely  heavy seas as it sailed through winter storm Grayson on January 4 while it returned to New York from the Caribbean. Newscasts are showing lots of video of wet places in the ship as rain blew in through the various sliding doors, and there are numerous accounts of how rough the seas were.

There's an important piece of information being left out of most of the stories, however. 

The complete story appeared in the January 11 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Star Princess Came Back New

Princess Cruises' advertising has, for a long time, said you “come back new,” and guess what? The same applies to their ships. Star Princess has returned from her two-week stay in dry dock and is like a new ship. It has a bunch of new features just in time for its 2018 program to Hawaii.

The complete story appeared in the January 10 edition of Cruise News Daily.