A collaboration between Dream Cruises and Singapore Red Cross came out with launching a year-long partnership Dream Mission between 17th of December, 2021 and 31st of December, 2022.
MSC Seashore had the honor of being the first-ever cruise ship to dock in the new cruise port in the Dominican Republic, the Taino Bay. The new ship, who’s started sailing in November this year, begins its voyage this season with roundtrip from the Port Miami (USA), with stops in Ocho Rios, Georgetown, Cozumel, Ocean Cay, San Juan, Charlotte Amalie, Puerto Plata (Taino Bay).
Norweigian Cruise Line Holdings which operates the Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises, is the first cruise company to require its shipboard employees to receive a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Carnival Freedom called at Grand Turk this Wednesday, marking the company’s first time back to the port since resuming cruises. The cruise ship departed Port Miami on 12th of December, starting the six-day eastern Caribbean cruise, visiting company’s private Bahamian island Half Moon Cay and Amber Cove in the Dominican Republic.
Royal Caribbean International came with an announcement about the final home port of the new vessel Wonder of the Seas. The winter in Asia, as planned is replaced with Port Canaveral and the sunny Florida. It will start with sailing at the beginning of November 2022, according to a press release, on a seven-night itinerary, visiting the Eastern and Western Caribbean from the homeport.
Costa Luminosa requested medical evacuation yesterday of two crew members who needed urgent medical assistance on land, report several media outlets in Italy.
Peruvian crew member suffering from renal colic
The cruise ship AIDAvita was supposed to restart on 19th of February, 2022, but as the time to the resuming cruises gets closer, it came out that the chances to get real are slim. Therefore Aida Cruises announced that the restart will not take place on February 19, 2022 informing guests who have booked the cruise and sales partners about the canceling of the voyage “Great Canary Islands Winter Break.”
Disney Cruise Line came with an announcement about the two ships of its fleet, planned to be based in Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, one of which will start sailing year-round in fall 2023, and the second one will join in 2025, as a seasonal ship. The agreement between Disney Cruise Line and Port Everglades in Florida has been completed officially and confirmed, after the November unofficial news.
Crew Center received an email from a crew member aboard the cruise ship Norwegian Jade who wishes to remain anonymous, claiming that some crew currently on the vessel are Blacklisted by the United Arab Emirates for overstay. The crew member said that the people who are blacklisted by the UAE Immigration because their visa was not canceled during the ship’s last stay in the country, are not allowed to leave the ship and they might face fines up to $15.000.
As a unique region, one of the many in need of preservation was chosen by the brothers' John and Patrick McEnroe , American tennis legends, to play tennis in the middle of Antarctica aboard a cruise ship. The aim is not chasing any record, but an initiative that came out in need of awareness on climate change. This event is scheduled with the themed Atlas Ocean Voyages 11-day cruise on the World Navigator, departing on the 22nd of February.
