A cruise can be a great way to celebrate all sorts of occasions, from graduations, weddings, and birthdays to a new job, a special anniversary, or a honeymoon. Cruise lines often help with celebrations through decorations or gifts, but not all celebrations can be accommodated. This has been made very clear to one guest booked
Carnival Miracle may be celebrating her twenty-first year in service, but she doesn’t look a day older than a brand new ship now that she’s fresh from her dry dock at the Navantia Shipyard in Cadiz, Spain. Now, the ship is sporting new updates and features guests have wanted for years. Gary Blair, Carnival Miracle’s
Cruise guests often choose their vacations based on port destinations and overall itineraries, and a port cancellation can be a disappointment – especially when cruises are often booked months in advance. Guests booked on select upcoming Royal Caribbean sailings will have that disappointment, however. The cruise line is now continuing to cancel visits to its
Even after more than a decade, few in the cruise community will ever forget the infamous “poop cruise” onboard Carnival Triumph – although the more than 4,000 passengers and crew members onboard likely wish that they could. But this summer, cruise fans will get to go back in time to revisit the chaotic voyage as
We sure had a busy week of cruise news, so we’re here to ensure you’re fully updated, including stories from many of the major cruise lines and destinations. Some highlights are a pizza petition being started by a Carnival guest, soda being removed from Princess packages, and even taxes being a hot topic for passengers.
While all cruises have excursions, these experiences come at an extra cost and are not every cruiser’s favorite way to explore ports. One soon-to-be first-time cruiser took to Reddit to seek advice about excursions, wondering if it would be worth it to book any for an upcoming MSC Cruise. “We booked a 7-day MSC cruise
The shoes you pack for a cruise vacation could depend on your fashionable style, the destinations you plan to visit, if you enjoy beach breaks, will you be hiking on shore, are you dressing up for formal night, and more. But should a pair of slippers be on your cruise packing list? One upcoming Carnival
Fans of Costa Cruises, the Carnival Corporation brand that caters mainly to the Italian market, have seen the cruise line’s fleet get smaller in recent years, and that trend will continue in 2026, when yet another ship will depart the line. In a Strategic Path update issued on May 9, 2025, Costa Cruises confirmed that
While nobody is perfect, the captain of Silversea Cruises’ Silver Ray has just made a rather costly mistake. On May 3, 2025, while the newest addition to the fleet was operating an 11-night sailing from Barcelona, Spain, to Rome, Italy, the small ship sailed into the protected waters surrounding the famous Faraglioni of Capri. The
Today’s cruise travelers won’t soon forget the longing for an oceangoing getaway five years ago (already five years?) when the industry was shut down for the COVID-19 pandemic and no one knew how it would change or even if it would restart. But while we stayed home and wished we were on cruises, there were
You’ve been dreaming of your cruise vacation for months and now (finally!) embarkation day is here. It’s great to bask in anticipation of the fun that awaits, but don’t be surprised if a snag or two mix in with the excitement of boarding your cruise ship. I can recall at least two embarkations impacted by computer glitches that slowed the check-in
The 88,500 gross ton Carnival Legend arrived at the Port of San Francisco today, May 8, 2025, where it will be homeporting for the first time. While it will be a seasonal homeport, the arrival of the vessel marks the second time ever that the Carnival fleet has sailed out of the Bay Area. Port
