* A Star Is Born - or Christened
Windstar Cruise sailed into a new era for the brand today when their new Star Pride was christened today in Barcelona. More
* AIDAprima Floats for First Time
Saturday was a big day in Japan. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries floated AIDAprima for the first time at the company’s Nagasaki facilities. More
* Getting the Whole Story
Norwegian Breakaway was delayed returning to New York on Sunday because it spent several hours sitting in the Hudson River. It was a minor story, but due to lack of information, it seems the news media made it into a larger one.
The complete articles appeared in the e-mail edition of Cruise News Daily delivered to our subscribers.
Monday, May 5, 2014
A Star Is Born
The latest addition to Windstar's fleet, Star Pride, was christened today in Barcelona by its godmother, Mrs. Nancy Anschultz, the wife of Philip Anschultz, the owner of Windstar's parent company.
Photos courtesy of Windstar Cruises. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission.
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| Star Pride is christened with a bottle of Veuve Clicquot |
Photos courtesy of Windstar Cruises. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission.
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Mitsubishi Floats Out AIDAprima
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries floated out AIDAprima from their shipyard at Nagasaki this afternoon.
The 124,500 - GRT ship was towed from the MHI Tategami shipyard to the Kojagi Dock during a one-hour operation. During the journey AIDAprima demonstrated its stability and buoyancy.
There will be extensive testing of various technical systems before fitting out begins at the Kojagi facility.
Delivery is scheduled for September 2015.
Photos courtesy of AIDA. All rights reserved. Photos may not be copied or used without express permission.
The 124,500 - GRT ship was towed from the MHI Tategami shipyard to the Kojagi Dock during a one-hour operation. During the journey AIDAprima demonstrated its stability and buoyancy.
There will be extensive testing of various technical systems before fitting out begins at the Kojagi facility.
Delivery is scheduled for September 2015.
Photos courtesy of AIDA. All rights reserved. Photos may not be copied or used without express permission.
Friday, May 2, 2014
Cruise News Daily Headlines for May 2, 2014
* Customizing So Everybody Gets What Makes Sense to Them
When you’re a global company with customers of lots of different cultures in many different markets, you know that language is only one difference among them. There are many differences, and MSC lives that every day and understands it as a fact of life.
There's a whole new set of challenges involved when social media comes into the picture, and MSC has employed a solution.
* Water, Water Everywhere - on the Top Deck
Two cruise lines are giving us a behind-the-scenes peek at their top-deck water attractions.
First up Carnival has their largest WaterWorks aboard Carnival Sunshine which just moved into its new home port at Port Canaveral. In their video, they take us below the deck to show us how they manage 48,000 gallons of water constantly being pumped onto Deck 10 (and above).
In their video, Royal Caribbean gives us a look at their FlowRider surf simulators.
The complete articles appeared in the e-mail edition of Cruise News Daily delivered to our subscribers.
When you’re a global company with customers of lots of different cultures in many different markets, you know that language is only one difference among them. There are many differences, and MSC lives that every day and understands it as a fact of life.
There's a whole new set of challenges involved when social media comes into the picture, and MSC has employed a solution.
* Water, Water Everywhere - on the Top Deck
Two cruise lines are giving us a behind-the-scenes peek at their top-deck water attractions.
First up Carnival has their largest WaterWorks aboard Carnival Sunshine which just moved into its new home port at Port Canaveral. In their video, they take us below the deck to show us how they manage 48,000 gallons of water constantly being pumped onto Deck 10 (and above).
In their video, Royal Caribbean gives us a look at their FlowRider surf simulators.
The complete articles appeared in the e-mail edition of Cruise News Daily delivered to our subscribers.
Managing 48,000 Gallons of Water 10 Stories above Sea
The WaterWorks aqua park on the top deck of Carnival Sunshine is ten stories above the surface of the water and utilizes 48,000 gallons of water constantly being pumped through it. In this video, Carnival takes us behind the scenes (actually under them) to see how all that water is managed.
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