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Ultimate Guide to Royal Caribbean Fleet & Ship Classes (2025)

Chris Cardona
Royal Caribbean Fleet Guide

Of the major cruise lines, few offer a more diverse lineup of ship classes than Royal Caribbean. In fact, for the most-part, Royal Caribbean ship classes are quite distinguishable from each other. In this post, we’re highlighting class specific features and giving you the insight to choose the best ship for your next Royal Caribbean cruise. Royal Caribbean has been a leading innovator in the cruising industry for over five decades. From 1996 through 2021, Royal Caribbean introduced a new cruise ship every year in all but six of those…

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Norwegian Aqua – Our Onboard Experience On NCL’s Newest Ship

Chris Cardona
Norwegian Aqua

I recently had an opportunity to cruise on Norwegian Aqua on one of her first sailings from PortMiami and wanted to share my personal experience. New Miami Terminal Even though Norwegian Aqua will not be sailing regularly from PortMiami, I wanted to share my experience with the new terminal. Norwegian Cruise Line’s terminal B at PortMiami is very stylish, but not as accessible by vehicle as Royal Caribbean’s Terminal A or MSC Cruises Terminal AA. Wether you enter PortMiami by the bridge or tunnel, you’ll end up at the same…

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Taking a Brightline Train to Your Florida Cruise

Chris Cardona
Brightline Train to Your Florida Cruise

Did you know you can take a train to your cruise from Miami, Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades) , Palm Beach and Port Canaveral? In the article, I’ll show you everything you need to know about taking a Brightline train to your next cruise. Brightline – Miami Station If you’re like me, there’s always anticipation and excitement when it’s almost time to cruise. Stressing about getting to the port on embarkation day and dealing with uncontrollable factors like weather, traffic and port parking is no way to start your amazing cruise…

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MSC World America: Anchoring the Future of Cruising

Chris Cardona
MSC World America - Ocean Cay

MSC Cruises debuted their latest cruise ship, MSC World America during an invite-only 3 night inaugural event April 9-12, 2025 from PortMiami. The second World class vessel and sister to MSC Word Europa launched in 2022, MSC World America is the largest MSC cruise ship to home port in North America. While many of her design elements are familiar, World Class being approximately 17% larger than the next largest Meraviglia Plus class ships, affords a lot more space to be creative with structural design, amenities and innovative spaces that make…

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Top New Cruise Ships Arriving in 2025

Chris Cardona

It’s time for the annual Talking Cruise guide to The Top New Cruise Ships in 2025. This year we’re highlighting our Top 8 picks of the latest and greatest.   The 2025 lineup of new ship builds will offer tons of variety in design, purpose and features and we’re certain you’ll find at least one that you can’t wait to board. Norwegian Aqua Norwegian Cruise Line Launching: March 2025 Ship Class: 3rd Prima Class Ship Home-Port: Southampton, United Kingdom: Miami, Florida: Port Canaveral, Florida: New York, New York Size: 156,300…

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