Other Things You'll Want to Know - November 30, 2016

CND subscribers also read about:

• Fincantieri delivering Seabourn Encore
• Carnival Corp sponsoring the two-part finale or the New Celebrity Apprentice hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger
• P&O Australia inviting their passengers to "have one for the Reef."

Details appeared in the November 30 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

There's Something You Haven't Seen in a Long Time

If you've been sittin' on the dock of the bay, as the song says, and that bay is in the Caribbean, it's been a long time - four years - since you've seen a big, white Princess ship in the summer. But in the summer of 2018, you'll keep seeing Caribbean Princess coming over the horizon all summer long.

With many Americans wanting to vacation closer to home, this is the time for Princess to stay in the Caribbean year round again.

Details appeared in the November 29 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Checking Things Out

It's only a few days until delivery of Seabourn Encore, and Carnival Chairman Micky Arison was spotted aboard yesterday checking things out.

One of the places he saw was the recently-announced restaurant named Sushi. It's Seabourn's first dedicated sushi restaurant. (What are the chances?)

The complete story appeared in the November 29 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Carnival Chairman Micky Arison congratulates Seabourn President Rick Meadows on the completion of Seaboun Encore.

Sushi will be Seabourn's first dedicated sushi restaurant.

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

Fathom Ending Cuba Program

Last Wednesday, Carnival Corp let it be known that there are going to be changes coming to their highly touted Cuban cruises, but Carnival isn't ready to put all the details out there yet. The main point they put out there is that the Cuban cruises will be operated by another Carnival brand beginning in the second half of 2017, subject to Cuban approval. Adonia will return to P&O and resume programs for them similar to what it was doing before it was “loaned” to Fathom.

That's about all Carnival was willing to say on the record, but it tells us lots, and it shouldn't be that surprising, because it seems to have been setting up for months.

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

MSC Seaside Floated Out

Fincantieri floated out MSC Seaside at their Monfalcone yard on Saturday. The event marks the end of the construction phase of the 160,000-ton ship.

When the valves were opened in the dry dock, the ship touched water for the first time. Once it was floating, it was towed to finishing dock where it will remain until it goes on sea trials.

Details appeared in the November 28 edition of Cruise News Daily.

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