Azamara Club Cruises, the boutique cruise line of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, has unveiled the 2019 itineraries with a new record of 250 ports of call, 45 destinations will be visited for the first time. The new itineraries will cover 69 countries, with 94 overnights and will add a total of 145 stays later than eight in the afternoon in the port.
From April 22, Pullmantur Horizon will be jam packed with 1800 ravers. The party will start in Alicante, Spain sailing to Malaga, Tarragona, Palma De Mallorca and of course Ibiza. The voyage will last eight days, with themed parties and a super night in Pacha, Ibiza.
G-Unit’s DJ Whoo Kid and the rapper Waka Flocka Flame are officially banned from Norwegian Cruise Line over a poop-related prank on Gronk’s Party Ship, the cruise hosted in February 2016, by New England Patriots star Rob Gronkowski. The Gronk cruise was on board Norwegian Pearl, and according to Whoo Kid, all celebrities from the VIP list are banned from NCL including Flo Rida, Redfoo, 3LAU, Sammy Adams, and Matt Riffe.
This year the Galungan celebration started on April 4, when bamboo poles decorated with young coconut leaf line all over Bali. On this day the Hindu followers from Bali celebrate the victory of Dharma over Adharma, marking the time when the ancestral spirits visit the Earth. As explained by a fellow crew member, this is “the day Balinese will celebrate the kindness of humanity.”
Edmonton resident, Riza Kasikcioglu, saved hundreds of people from a fatal apartment fire reports Global News. According to the news outlet, the man didn’t hesitate and quickly reacted in order to help people in the apartment building after his wife noticed smoke rising across the street.
The cruise ship TUI Discovery, operated by Thomson Cruises has canceled all its whale and dolphin watching tours in St. Vincent after two orca whales, were killed in front of its guests.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports of a suspected norovirus outbreak on Oceania cruise ship, Regatta. According to the CDC official report, 21 out of 639 guests or (3.29%), and 1 crew member reported gastrointestinal symptoms during the current voyage.
Norwegian Cruise Line announced 33 new trips to Cuba in the summer season 2018. The cruises, which will depart from Miami, will be operated by the cruise ship Norwegian Sky and all-inclusive 4 day voyages will include an overnight in Havana and a call at Great Stirrup Cay, Norwegian's private island in the Bahamas. These new cruises will start on 26 March 2018.
Thousands of crew and contractors were evacuated off the cruise ship Caribbean Princess on Friday due to a Bomb scare. The Princess cruise ship was in dry-dock in Grand Bahama Shipyard when the bomb alert was announced at 9:30 am and shortly after, at around 10 am the captain order all on board to abandon the vessel.
After 22 years in service, Royal Caribbean cruise ship Legend of the Seas has retired. The vessel arrived at Navantia shipyard in Cadiz, Spain on March 26, where it will be refurbished and rebranded as TUI Discovery 2 for Thomson Cruises. With the Legend of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International said farewell from the oldest vessel of the popular Vision Class ship.
