The Cayman Islands are off the itinerary charts for all cruise ships until the end of the year, after the government officials approved the extension of the ban on all cruise arrivals to the Island.
October 13, 2021 was supposed to be the day for Disney Wonder’s stop in the port of Cabo San Lucas, but the tropical depression, expected to become Tropical Storm Pamela in the Pacific Ocean affected the itinerary and forced the ship to make a last-minute change and replace the port with a stop in Ensenada.
Holland America Line marked the return to the US West Coast cruises with the first sailing on the Ms Koningsdam from San Diego on October 10. The first guests were greeted by Captain Steve MacBeath; and Gus Antorcha, President of Holland America Line with Waving flags, cheering crew members and a "Welcome Home" sign as they boarded ms Koningsdam at the Port of San Diego.
The arrival of Cunard’s ship MS Queen Elizabeth in Belfast on Thursday morning marked an important milestone for the port and the city, welcoming the 1,000th cruise ship call. Belfast resumed cruise tourism in June this year, with UK-only itineraries and, to date, the arrival of the luxury ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is the 66th cruise call to the port of Belfast in 2021.
Princess Cruises celebrated the arrival and return to service of the Majestic Princess in the Port of Los Angeles.
"We are pleased to welcome guests aboard the Majestic Princess today and celebrate the ship's maiden voyage from the West Coast," said Jan Swartz, President of Princess Cruises.
On the 18th of November, the MSC Cruises will officially name their latest flagship MSC Seashore at Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve in the Bahamas. This will be the first naming ceremony for a cruise ship to be celebrated on a private island. This occasion will be attended by media, travel advisors and the company stakeholders.
Carnival Cruise Line announced plans for more ship restarts for January and February, as it works towards the return of its full fleet sailing from U.S. homeports in the spring of 2022. 17 ships is the total number by the end of the year with Carnival Sunshine restart from Charleston on 13th of January and Carnival Liberty from Port Canaveral on 11th of February.
Norwegian Cruise Line is crewing up the cruise ship Norwegian Pearl for the upcoming cruise season. NCL is once again using the port of Bar, Montenegro to welcome its crew members just like they did during the restart of Norwegian Jade, the first ship in the fleet to start Greek Isles cruise back in July, 2021.
Today, October 6, Virgin Voyages presented the new lifestyle cruising with its beauty Scarlet Lady, committed to offer irresistible cruise vacations. Today she embarks on the first official sailing from the Port of Miami. Important to say that it is adult-only voyage, with more than seven years in preparation, Virgin Voyages marked its Miami debut in style. The itinerary is filed with four-and five-night cruises in the Caribbean.
From 3-29 October, the world-famous German festival Oktoberfest will be celebrated onboard the cruise ship Genting Dream sailing out of Hong Kong from Kai Tak Cruise Terminal
