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Norwegian Cruise Line has opened bookings for sailings to Cuba on the Norwegian Sun. The Norwegian Sun will homeport in Port Canaveral starting in May 2018 and will to guests looking to explore the art, culture and history that abounds in Cuba. Norwegian Sun’s new all-inclusive four-day cruises to Cuba will depart Port Canaveral each Monday, beginning May 7, 2018, and feature a call on Key West, Florida on Tuesdays, followed by an early morning arrival to Cuba’s capital city of Havana on Wednesday, allowing guests the opportunity to experience…

Carnival Cruise Line hosted  a special event to celebrate their partnership with the Port of Mobile. The Seuss-a-Palooza event was for kids attending the YMCA of South Alabama Summer Camp program. The event aboard Carnival Fantasy, which is homeported year-round in Mobile, was highlighted by a Green Eggs and Ham brunch with The Cat in the Hat and Friends, a Seuss-a-Palooza Story Time and Parade and other Dr. Seuss–inspired activities that are featured on Carnival cruises. Carnival made a $20,000 donation to the YMCA of South Alabama to further their…

Princess Cruises has redesigned their kids programs onboard their cruise ships. Camp Discovery, as the new program is called, was created in a partnership with the Discovery Channel. Hakeem Oluseyi of Science Channel and Tory Belleci of Discovery Channel’s MythBusters were onboard the Grand Princess in San Francisco to celebrate Princess Cruises’ new Camp Discovery youth and teen centers, conducting an official ribbon cutting. At the start of the day, invited kids and their parents enjoyed special opportunities to participate in activities that highlighted Discovery at Sea programs on board. Oluseyi…

Disney Fans at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, California were surprised with the announcement of a seventh ship for Disney Cruise Line. Last year, Disney had already announced plans to expand their fleet with two new ships and this will bring the total to seven. Bob Chapek, Chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts said: All ship names, design plans and itineraries are still in development, with each of the ships expected to have their own unique experiences. The three new ships will be powered by clean-burning liquefied natural gas and…

Multi-Platinum Selling Band, DNCE will help celebrate the Celestial Event of a Lifetime with a Surprise Guest. On Aug. 21, DNCE will headline Royal Caribbean’s bucket-list-worthy solar eclipse viewing party with a surprise guest for an out-of-this-world performance aboard the exclusive 7-night Total Eclipse Cruise on board Oasis of the Seas, one of the world’s largest and most adventure-packed cruise ships. Oasis of the Sas will be postioned along the eclipse’s path of totality where the moon completely masks the sun for a few minutes of total darkness. Building up…

Norwegian Cruise Line has announced updates to their summer 2018 deployments. The new cruises will feature exciting new opportunities for guests to set sail to their dream destinations, while unpacking just once and enjoying the most free and flexible cruising experience at sea. New for 2018, Norwegian Sun will reposition to Port Canaveral and offer all-inclusive four day cruises to Havana, Cuba and Key West, and three-day cruises to the Bahamas. Norwegian Jewel will rejoin the youngest fleet sailing to Alaska in summer 2018, with a multitude of exciting itineraries…

Carnival Cruise Line thanked the troops by hosting the world’s first “social media powered  barbecue” for military troops at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego. By using #ThankYouBurger, Americans from all over were asked to show their appreciation of the U.S. military by using social media to tweet and post messages of gratitude via Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. More than 15,000 messages were received and the message were laser printed on burger buns an serve to military troops and their families. Carnival Cruise Line donated $25,000 to…

Following on the recent wave of cruise lines sailing to Cuba from the United States, Carnival Cruise Line’s, Carnival Paradise embarked from Tampa, Florida to Havana, Cuba for the first of many scheduled voyages. To mark the occasion, a celebration of Cuban culture, music, cuisine and libations, featuring the “World’s Largest Cuban Sandwich at Sea” and a $25,000 charity donation to Tampa’s Ybor City Museum Society. Attendees included Carnival Cruise Line Executive Vice President of Guest Shipboard Operations Gus Antorcha, representatives of Port Tampa Bay, Ybor City Museum Society and…

The Garden of Eden will come alive onboard the newest ship from Celebrity Cruises, Celebrity Edge. Eden on Celebrity Edge will feature dramatic design elements and a fusion of culinary and entertainment. Spanning three decks at the aft of the ship with almost 7,000 sq. ft. of glass, Eden has more outward-facing glass than any other room at sea. It is a design and architectural feat, brought to life in collaboration with internationally-renowned visionaries. Eden exemplifies the innovative outward-facing design of the new Edge Class ships. The first of these…