Some Days You're the Beauty, and Some Days You're the Beast

Beginning this November, audiences aboard Disney Dream will enjoy a new production show - a live-action adaption of the classic “Beauty and the Beast.”

The show will be presented in the 1,340-seat Walt Disney Theater, and Disney will use their magic, as usual, to draw in every age group, and everyone will enjoy it on their own level.

Details appeared in the February 10 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

The Best Laid Plans

Yesterday we told you how technicians were aboard Norwegian Star repairing its nonworking port Azipod as it sailed its modified itinerary, and the plan was to have it all repaired by the end of this cruise. But then almost as soon as the story went out, it was almost like Neptune rose up from the sea and said, “Not so fast, NCL!” And he put up his mighty hands and the propellers on Norwegian Star's Azipods just stopped turning.

But there was plenty of power for those onboard. Hotel services are all still fully functional, and at last check, everything's going along just fine onboard.

Details appeared in the February 9 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

HAL and the Big O

Holland America has partnered with O, the Oprah Magazine for an exclusive relationship that will be kicked off by Oprah and Gayle (King, her best friend and editor at large of the magazine, but Oprah fans knew that) aboard Eurodam as they sail to Alaska in July.

It all ties in with Oprah's Year of Adventure.

The complete story appeared in the February 9 edition of Cruise News Daily

Filling in the Holes

Last month when Carnival released Carnival Horizon's inaugural programs for 2018, there were holes in the schedule once the ship got to New York in late May. Carnival said those sailings would be detailed in the near future. The future has arrived.

Carnival had a surprise. If Carnival had followed their past MO, there would have been four-night trips scheduled to the Canadian Maritimes. Not in 2018. Get out your shorts, because in 2018, Carnival is sailing from New York to Bermuda.

The complete story appeared in the February 8 edition of Cruise News Daily.

The Fix Is In

When last we checked in, Norwegian Star was puttering along, more slowly than normal, on one Azipod Down Under. Norwegian and ABB, the manufacturer, were pondering solutions as the ship sailed toward its turnaround last Monday in Sydney.

The ship set off from Sydney Monday afternoon on its modified 12-night itinerary to Auckland, and a repair plan is now in place.

Details appeared in the February 8 edition of Cruise News Daily.