WPD Only Comes Once a Year

There will be pasta for dinner on Tuesday. I know because it's World Pasta Day, and it's required.

And somewhere it's going to be celebrated to the max is aboard all Costa ships worldwide. Would you expect less from a company who has partnered with Barilla, the world's leading pasta maker?

The complete story appeared in the October 21 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Other Things You'll Want to Know - October 21, 2016

CND subscribers also read about:

• Marvel Super Heros to sail aboard Disney Magic from New York next fall.
• Bar Harbor keeping their limit in place on the number of cruise passengers they accept on any one day.
• Holland America more than doubling the number of passengers they plan to bring to San Diego this year.

Details appeared in the October 21 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Marvel Super Heros will sail aboard Disney Magic next fall

Something's Cooking at HAL

When: Saturday, October 22, 2016 - 1pm Pacific time - 4pm Eastern time

Holland America is marking their new partnership with America's Test Kitchen with a live broadcast and cooking demonstration (just like you'll find on the HAL ships) on the Holland America Facebook page.

Shipboard hosts Carol Kitchen and Barbara Mills Schuchardt will join America’s Test Kitchen's Christie Morrison for a brief cooking demonstration and you can watch from the comfort of wherever you can access the internet. (Yes, even on your smart phone while you're in the grocery store.)

P&O Sets Oriana Refit Plans

P&O Cruises has released details of the extensive work they plan to do aboard Oriana when it goes into a three-week dry dock at Hamburg at the end of November. The trick will be to rejuvenate the ship's decor while staying true to its elegant and traditional design.

The complete story appeared in the October 21 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Other Things You'll Want to Know - October 20, 2016

CND subscribers also read about:

• Four women who thought they were getting a free cruise aboard Freedom of the Seas but were actually supposed to carry drugs into the US were sentenced today in US federal court. 
• When AIDAluna called at Norfolk, like in every port, many of their passengers set off on bicycles to see the sights, and it was surprising what they wanted to see in Norfolk. 
• Investors will get their quarterly dividend from Carnival Corp just in time for holiday shopping.

Details appeared in the October 20 edition of Cruise News Daily.