What If the Ship Isn't Ready?

That's something cruisers would often ask when they had booked the first cruise after a dry dock. Lately, it's hardly been an issue because the shipyards have become much more reliable. But passengers booked on Sunday's sailing of Celebrity Constellation found out what happens.

The complete story appeared in the May 30 edition of Cruise News Daily

AIDA Ready to Promote the Next Ship

AIDA's newest member of the fleet, AIDAperla, is still on its way from the shipyard in Japan to its homeport in Spain, but AIDA is already looking forward to their next (thirteenth) ship which will enter service in December 2018 and be based in the Canary Islands initially. It's so far out, AIDA hasn't even named it yet, but they will open it for sale next week on June 1.

The keel isn't even scheduled to be laid at Meyer Werft until September, but AIDA is beginning to reveal some of the design details.

The complete story appeared in the May 26 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Every Day Is Burger Day on Holland America

Holland America is known for their elevated and varied dining experiences. So you wouldn't necessarily think of them as the burger capital of the cruise industry. But their chefs know that burgers themselves - even meatless ones - can be elevated and varied and come in many different varieties.

They've been quietly developing different burgers and adding them to the menus in just about every restaurant aboard every ship in the fleet. Around just about any corner, you can get a good burger on Holland America ships.

With Sunday (May 28) being National Burger Day, other lines are doing publicity stunts in connection with it, but Holland America is more or less passing, because they feel every day is Burger Day on their fleet.

The complete story appeared in the May 25 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Other Things You'll Want to Know - May 25, 2017

CND subscribers also read about:

• Royal Princess going Around the Horn in 2019
• A matter of trust - part 2

Details appeared in the May 25 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

It Was a Bliss-ful Day in Papenburg

Meyer Werft began the block assembly of project S.707 today at their Papenburg yard, or to the rest of us we'd say they laid the keel for Norwegian Bliss when the first 350-ton block was lowered into the dry dock today.

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

The first block o Norwegian Bliss was lowered into the dry dock at Meyer Werft in Papenburg today.

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