Carnival Corp. announced fuel supplement rebates if the price of oil is $70 or less for 25 days in a row. It has been 12 days. To be exact, the company said you will get a full refund on your fuel supplement payment if the price of oil is $70 or less for 25 days in a row at [...]

Circumnavigate South America
There are two excellent opportunities to sail all the way around South America this coming spring. Carnival and Royal Caribbean each have a mega-ship that they need to re-locate to the west coast. Under normal circumstances a cruise like this is only available on premium or even luxury lines sailing a world cruise. [...]

11-17-08
 Disney Cruise Line Premieres First 3-D Film at Sea
Disney Cruise Line is revolutionizing movie entertainment at sea with the debut of Disney Digital 3-D, a one-of-a-kind cinematic experience premiering exclusively onboard the Disney Magic and the Disney Wonder.
Guests will see first-run Disney films take on a whole new dimension with Disney Digital 3-D technology being [...]

Cruise News Wrap-up: November 14, 2008
It was a week of transitions in the cruise industry this week, with two brand new ships entering service for the first time, and two historic vessels leaving service forever. In perspective, the ships that are leaving are just as worthy of note as the ones that are entering.

Celebrity Solstice [...]

Disney announced it will send the 2,700-passenger Disney Magic cruise ship overseas for five months in 2010 for a series of sailings that will take it from Russia to Northern Africa. The April-through-September schedule will mark the longest stretch a Disney cruise ship has ever spent away from its home port at Port Canaveral.
Disney’s schedule [...]

Cruise Industry-related publication Lloyd’s List (Lloyds of London) reports that Akers shipyard of France has ordered a work stoppage on one of the two new F3 class of cruise ships for Norwegian Cruise Lines. Two of these ships are currently being built with one scheduled for 2010 delivery and the other for 2011. These ships [...]

Orient Lines just announced it has slashed prices for its 2009 European cruise season. Prices have dropped from $4649 per person to $2999 for a 16-day Baltic cruise including an overnight stay and sightseeing in Berlin. The 11-day Mediterranean cruise has been dropped from $2999 per person to $1799.