Key Aspects: “Code Oscar” (or Oscar Oscar Oscar) is the crew alarm used when someone goes overboard. A full search and rescue operation can last several hours and may involve the Coast Guard and nearby ships. Accidental falls are extremely rare; most incidents involve reckless behaviour or are intentional. A cruise ship man overboard alarm can be
Key Aspects: The Meyer Werft shipyard has completed the installation of Carnival Festivale’s massive engines. Due to launch in May 2027, the ship is Carnival Cruise Line’s fourth Excel-class vessel. Carnival Festival will homeport at Port Canaveral, Florida. Carnival Festivale, Carnival Cruise Line’s fourth Excel-class ship, reached a major construction milestone at the Meyer Werft
Key Aspects: Carnival Cruise Line has removed Tracy Arm Fjord from all of its 2026 Alaska itineraries due to unstable conditions within the waterway. The scenic cruising day will take place in the safer Endicott Arm Fjord instead. Three Carnival ships will be deployed to Alaska in 2026, including Carnival Miracle, Carnival Luminosa, and Carnival
Key Aspects: Thousands of booked passengers have been receiving the same welcome emails from Royal Caribbean for weeks. This is likely due to a technical glitch, though some are wondering if the daily emails are part of a marketing tactic. The repeated emails are all the same and do not contain any new information about
Key Aspects: Philadelphia’s new PhilaPort cruise terminal will not be completed in time for its first scheduled sailing on April 16, 2026. Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Jewel will still depart as planned. Embarkation will be handled from a temporary facility while construction continues. Cruising is set to return to Philadelphia in April, but the city’s new cruise
Key Aspects: The Port of Tampa Bay does not have rental car facilities on the premises, but there are plenty of rental offices nearby, some of which offer pick-up services. Renting a car at Tampa International Airport (TPA) is also a convenient option. Book your rental car in advance for peak sailing seasons, January through
Key Aspects: Carnival Dream completed a 16-day dry dock in Marseille, France. The ship added new venues and refreshed guest spaces and is now on a transatlantic repositioning voyage from Barcelona. It will resume Caribbean cruises from its Galveston, Texas, homeport on April 5, 2026. Fresh from a 16-day dry dock in Marseille, France, Carnival Dream is sailing
Key Aspects: Carnival Splendor is about to embark on one of its rare 10-night New Zealand sailings on March 23. But because of stormy weather impacting New Zealand’s North Island, itinerary changes may be coming. Carnival Cruise Line is monitoring the weather and will issue another update ahead of embarkation. Cruise lines like to give
Key Aspects: In 2013, Carnival Triumph was stranded at sea after an engine fire in an infamous sailing known as the “poop cruise.” The incident resulted in widespread changes across the cruise industry and Carnival’s fleet, including Triumph, which now sails under its new name, Carnival Sunrise. The 2025 Netflix documentary Trainwreck: Poop Cruise recounted
Key Aspects: One October 2027 sailing of Carnival Splendor is now cancelled due to a full-ship charter. Already booked guests will receive a full refund or can choose a different sailing with their cruise rate protected. The 10-night itinerary to New Zealand is a rare one and could be challenging for guests to replace. Carnival
Key Aspects: One passenger of Carnival Elation, who was injured when a bench broke during a shore excursion, is suing Carnival for negligence. Her legal team alleges that Carnival should have been aware of the danger and was not clear that the tour would be operated by a third party. Carnival states on its website
If you’ve missed any of the big cruise news headlines in recent days, you are in the right place. Cruise Hive’s weekly recap has all of the top stories and more. Some of the developments in this week’s edition include Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Jubilee earning a perfect health inspection score; a video showing a
