NCL Details Norwegian Sun Upgrade

Norwegian Cruise Line today detailed plans for a $100 million refurbishment of Norwegian Sun, the most extensive in the line's history. The bow-to-stern renovation will extend to all dining venues, staterooms, and public areas, adding many new features.

The work will take place during a 40-day dry dock in Marseille beginning January 2, 2020.

The complete story appeared in the October 28 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Other Things You'll Want to Know - October 28, 2019

CND subscribers also read about:

• An additional delay for Costa Smeralda's delivery, pushing the inaugural cruise back to December 21.
• Carnival Sunrise arrived at Ft Lauderdale ready to homeport there for its winter season
• Negligent homicide charges were filed against the grandfather of an 18-month-old girl who fell through an open window to her death on Freedom of the Seas when it was in San Juan in July.
• The Coast Guard ended their search Saturday evening for a 26-year-old man who went overboard from Carnival Dream last Thursday evening.  

Details appeared October 28 issue of Cruise News Daily.

What People Are Saying

Yesterday we showed you the maiden arrival of Ruby Princess in Sydney today (which was yesterday in the US). Today we want you to hear what people are saying about it. But these aren't just any people. The sound bites on the b-roll are from Princess' SVP of Asia and the Pacific, Chef Curtis Stone (who has a restaurant on the ship), the NSW Minister of Tourism, and Ruby Princess' Captain. We put this video up because these people all actually had something interesting to say, as opposed to just something about it going to be a wonderful cruise season.

Ruby Princess will be homeported at Sydney until May 8.

A (Ruby) Red-Letter Day

It must be summer Down Under. There's a steady stream of cruise ships arriving in Australia for the peak (austral) summer cruise season.

This morning (actually early tomorrow morning Sydney time) Ruby Princess arrived in Sydney for its maiden arrival there.

Details appeared in the October 22 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Gone to Pieces

Windstar's Star Breeze is currently at Fincantieri's Palermo yard and ready to be reassembled. Upon its arrival at the yard, the ship was cut in two, and in the milestone reached today, the pieces were pulled apart, and the prefabricated new center section was inserted between them.

Over the next four months, the three pieces will be reattached, but making this operation more challenging for Fincantieri than a “normal” lengthening, is that the ship is also being re-engined with a more powerful and environmentally-friendly engine.

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

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