Category: Cruise News

Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line Adding Second Ship

Chris Cardona
Grand Classica

Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line announced in August that they had signed a 10-year agreement with the Port of Palm Beach and that they had purchased a second ship that will also be based at the Port. The company has named the new ship, Grand Classica. Grand Classica will carry up to 1,680 guests and features 685 staterooms, a multitude of restaurants and bars, a theater, two pools, four hot tubs, wellness center and spa, outdoor jogging track and more. On November 25, 2017, Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line reached a three-year…

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Carnival Fascination Getting Massive Makeover

Chris Cardona
Carnival Fascination

The Carnival Fascination, one of Carnival Cruise Line’s popular Fantasy-Class ships will undergo a multi-million-dollar dry dock to add the line’s newest food and beverage venues. The new spaces include Guy’s Burger Joint, the cocktail pharmacy-themed Alchemy Bar, BlueIguana Cantina Mexican eatery, Cherry on Top sweets shop, the poolside RedFrog Rum Bar and BlueIguana Tequila Bar, and a Bonsai Sushi Express venue. The two-week dry dock will take place Feb. 4-17, 2018, in Freeport, The Bahamas, prior to the ship resuming its year-round schedule of seven-day southern Caribbean cruises from…

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Carnival Offers Chilly NYC the Caribbean in a Can

Chris Cardona
Carnival Cruise line

To promote their newest ship Carnival Horizon and the Caribbean islands that Carnival Cruise Line calls on daily, Carnival Cruise Line captured and canned real island air from tropical ports of call and invited New Yorkers to stop and smell the tropics with a truly unique and “scent-sational” experience that took place in Manhattan’s Greeley Square Park. The event’s centerpiece was a vending machine dispensing the chance to win a Carnival cruise and free cans of real island air infused with natural scents unique to each destination. Featured scents included…

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Carnival Bringing Sunshine Year-Round to Charleston in 2019

Chris Cardona
Carnival Sunshine

Carnival Cruise Line will re-position the Carnival Sunshine to Charleston, South Carolina with four- and five-day cruises starting in May 2019. Carnival Sunshine provides an exciting new vacation choice from Charleston and features one of the widest arrays of food, beverage and entertainment options within the Carnival fleet, including spectacular open-air attractions like the WaterWorks aqua park and SportSquare recreation area, a stunning three-deck-high adults-only retreat featuring a waterfall and adjoining pool, several specialty restaurants and more than 550 staterooms with private balconies. Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line…

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MSC Cruises to Sail MSC Meraviglia from New York

Chris Cardona
MSC Meraviglia from New York

MSC Cruises has announced that MSC Meraviglia, their largest cruise ship launched in June 2017 will sail 3 cruises from New York in 2019. MSC Meraviglia will make her maiden call in the United States on October 7, 2019. MSC Meraviglia will sail two 10-night round trip itineraries from New York, as well as a third 13-night itinerary through the Caribbean, ending in Miami. In addition, prior to arriving in New York, MSC Meraviglia will sail a 17-night transatlantic cruise from Kiel, Germany with ports of call in destinations such…

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