An Inside Job

A lot more goes on behind those walls in the cavernous building at Meyer Werft in Papenburg than you thought. For the first time on Wednesday the German builder closed the gates around AIDAnova and made it float! (It's just incredible that this place is so vast they can have a whole cruise ship floating in it, and not just one, but several, and parts of others.)

The line also took the opportunity to announce the ship's first captain.

The complete story appeared in the June 1 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

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

Things Are Floating in Turku Too

Just a month after Meyer Turku delivered Mein Schiff 1 to TUI Cruises, the yard floated out its sister, Mein Schiff 2, today.

Always a special moment in the life of a ship, the first water touched the hull when the floodgates were opened and 300 million liters of water flooded the dry dock.

Details appeared in the June 1 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Photo courtesy of Meyer Turku. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission. 

Here It Comes Again

The Atlantic Hurricane Season starts on Friday (June 1) already, and the folks at InsureMyTrip.com wanted to remind everyone that now is the time to get your trip insurance coverage in order, if you haven't already.

“Once a storm starts forming,” the company reminds us, “it is considered a foreseeable event and insurance coverage will no longer be available to cover losses related to that storm.”

What are the chances of a storm? We also give you the latest NOAA prediction.

The complete story appeared in the May 31 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Spectrum Construction Update

Photos released by Royal Caribbean and Meyer Werft this week graphically demonstrate Meyer's latest method of ship construction to maximize use of their indoor building dock at their Papenburg (Germany) facility.

Details appeared in the May 31 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Other Things You'll Want to Know - May 31, 2018

CND subscribers also read about:

• Pride of America canceling its call at Kona again this week. 
• Little Carnival is providing a little fun for Carnival Australia

Details appeared in the May 31 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Little Carnival is providing a little fun for Carnival Australia