Key Aspects: Meyer Turku shipyard has installed the massive AquaDome on Royal Caribbean’s Hero of the Seas. At 82 feet high and 164 feet wide, it is the largest single-piece glass and steel structure ever lifted on a ship. The AquaDome is one of the signature features of every Icon-class ship in the cruise line’s
Key Aspects: Sun Princess had cancelled her August 26 visit to Corfu due to port congestion. A visit to Taranto, Italy is now added to the itinerary on that date as an alternative destination for the 7-night cruise. No other itinerary changes have been announced at this time for the cruise departing Piraeus on August
Key Aspects: Disney Cruise Line’s website will be down for a full 24 hours from 4 a.m. on July 9 until 4 a.m. on July 10. The outage is for planned website maintenance and not due to any unexpected technical glitches. Online check-ins, tour or onboard activity bookings, payments, and other features will be unavailable
Key Aspects: Carnival Corporation has doubled Celebration Key’s docking capacity from two ships to four with a new pier extension. The expansion will allow more than 13,000 guests a day and add roughly 700,000 annual visitors. Princess Cruises and AIDA Cruises will begin calling at the destination in fall 2026. Celebration Key hasn’t even celebrated
Key Aspects: Another Voyager of the Seas Alaska cruise is overbooked and offering eye-popping options for guests to change their plans. The impacted cruise is the ship’s July 17 sailing from Seattle, another 7-night roundtrip itinerary. Guests who accept the limited-time offer will receive a full fare refund plus a transfer to another cruise or
Key Aspects: Carnival Pride hosted a special America 250 homeport celebration on Sunday, June 28 to kick off patriotic festivities. A 40-foot-tall Uncle Sam hat, a special military tribute, and a celebratory cake were all part of the event. Similar celebrations will also be held in Long Beach, Tampa, and Jacksonville, leading up to the
Key Aspects: Carnival Sunshine will be departing Norfolk, Virginia, 30 minutes earlier on 46 upcoming sailings. Impacted cruises start as early as July 12, 2026 and run through May 10, 2027. The now-adjusted cruises include all but one of the ship’s remaining departures from Virginia. As many as 170,000 or more guests setting sail on
Key Aspects: Another change has been made to Norwegian Sun‘s current sailing, dropping a visit to Kiel. The ship will head to Copenhagen for a more extended stay to facilitate propulsion system repairs. Guests are being given a 25% refund of their cruise fare to compensate for yet another dramatic change. Guests aboard Norwegian Sun
Key Aspect: Norwegian Prima has had to adjust its January 31, 2027, itinerary due to changes in port availability. Instead of visiting Oranjestad, Aruba, the NCL ship will sail to Philipsburg, St. Maarten. The remainder of the 7-night Caribbean itinerary remains unchanged. We’re only halfway through 2026, but Norwegian Prima already knows that she will
Key Aspects: Serenade of the Seas’ July 19, 2026, sailing to Alaska has been overbooked. Royal Caribbean is now tempting guests to change their travel plans in exchange for some generous perks. The cruise lines will sometimes overbook sailings to account for cancellations, but sometimes certain voyages are just too popular. Royal Caribbean is attempting
Key Aspects: Officials from Alaska’s Center for Biological Diversity are urging Royal Caribbean to reduce speed when traveling through whale habitats. The plea comes one week after Ovation of the Seas docked in Seward with a dead, pregnant fin whale on her bow. The death of the endangered whale is currently under federal investigation. Alaskan
Key Aspects: A guest aboard Star of the Seas is reported to have died after a medical emergency. The incident happened in St. Maarten on Thursday, June 25, 2026 during a snorkeling shore excursion. Details about the individual’s age or identity have not been released and the type of medical emergency has not been disclosed.
