Cruise Ship

Last month the Spain-based cruise line Pullmantur announced that it had become insolvent and would be filing to restructure under Spanish laws. Almost immediately industry watchers began to speculate whether the company would ever return to service and what would happen to the company’s cruise vessels. While both of these questions seem to be up…

Many have speculated that, as a measure aimed at limiting the spread of viruses aboard cruise ships, cruise companies will have to make major changes. One proposed change that has struck a nerve with devout cruise travelers is the possibility that cruise lines will eliminate buffet-style dining. After some confusion relating to the matter, a…

2020 was supposed to be the year that Royal Caribbean launched its newest ship, the 4,900-guest Odyssey of the Seas. But with the recent downturn in travel, which has resulted from the coronavirus pandemic, the company is now postponing the launch until April 2021. CruiseRadio.net reports that Royal Caribbean sent a letter to travel agents…

As the tens of thousands of cruise ship workers who remain trapped at sea continue to slowly return home, many of them are leaving the ships only to face quarantine once they reach their homelands. Miami Herald.com reports that 300 citizens of Trinidad and Tobago recently repatriated to their country from the Royal Caribbean Enchantment…

Dream Cruise Lines is set to be among the first major cruise companies to return to operations when it takes to the sea on July 26. CruiseCritic.com reports that the company will begin to operate two and three-night itineraries around Taiwan on the 1,867-passenger Explorer Dream.  Genting’s CEO, Tan Sri KT Lim, said that the company…

Experts are speculating that the Costa Victoria cruise ship will be demolished after Carnival initially announced that it would be removing vessels from its fleet, without giving details as to which ships the company was expecting to retire. According to CNN.com Francesco Ferrari, mayor of the Italian town of Piombino, announced on his Facebook page the…

Coronavirus continues to dominate headlines in the nation and disrupt Americans’ way of life. Many people became aware just how serious the pandemic would become when massive coronavirus outbreaks began to appear on cruise ships. It seems that the vessels lived up to their moniker as floating Petri dishes as up to 700 or more…

The coronavirus pandemic has caused widespread disruption in the travel industry and no subsector of the travel industry has been hit harder than cruises. The situation has gotten so dire that the major cruise lines have repeatedly postponed their planned dates to return to operations, with the latest information indicating that cruising will not resume…

A Disney Cruises crew member has died while aboard the ship on which he worked. Authorities say that they will test him for COVID-19. Miami Herald.com reports that Eddie Burgos Ragodon, who worked as a painter aboard the Disney Wonder, began suffering from chills in recent days. He visited the ship’s infirmary for treatment but never…

The coronavirus pandemic has left the cruise industry reeling as cruise lines have ground to a halt since early to mid-March. Though most cruise companies have successfully weathered the storm, at one time it looked as if one of the three major cruise lines, Norwegian Cruise Line, may go out of business. But last-minute financing…