Carnival Details Horizon's First Programs

Carnival Cruise Line released the itineraries for Carnival Horizon's inaugural seasons, and the pattern is similar to that of Carnival Vista which entered service last year, except the length of time in each home port is adjusted for how the market is changing.

In a nutshell, Carnival Horizon will start out in the Mediterranean sailing from Barcelona, then move to New York for a Caribbean program, and ultimately it will move to Miami for year round Caribbean cruising. The big difference is that Carnival Horizon will be sailing in Europe just for a month, and New York sailings were expanded to the entire summer.

While that's going to disappoint some, Carnival is just following the market trends which say most of its core American market wants to cruise closer to home.

The complete story appeared in the January 24 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Thanks to a Marvel-ous Response, Disney Expanding

Following an enthusiastic response to the Marvel Day at Sea scheduled for this fall from New York, Disney Cruise Line has scheduled more of the MDaS aboard Disney Magic from January through April from Miami.

Details appeared in the January 24 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Bid for Your Balcony

Norwegian Cruise Line has always been known for their innovation in the industry and now they are beginning to roll out an idea that will maximize their profits while they are giving an upgrade to the people who really want them the most.

The line is auctioning off their available upgrades. It's a concept that has been tried with some success in  other segments of the travel industry, but NCL is the first cruise line to try it out. It's apparently meeting with success because, after a two-month test, they are beginning to make the program available fleetwide.

The complete story appeared in the January 23 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Other Things You'll Want to Know - January 23, 2017

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• If you shrink up after a lifetime exploring underwater
• Carnival Legend becomes a multiple record holder
• Another waiter arrested

Details appeared in the January 23 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Carnival Positioning for More Growth in China & Asia

Carnival Corp today expanded the role of Michael Thamm, who is currently the CEO of the Costa Group which includes their Costa and AIDA brands. He will now also become CEO of Carnival Asia, thus being responsible for the company's entire operation in China and Asia.

The complete story appeared in the January 20 edition of Cruise News Daily.