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Jan 30

Carnival Mardi Gras Itineraries Revealed

Carnival Cruise Line’s Mardi Gras will offer a diverse schedule with six- to 15-day sailings visiting top destinations throughout Europe and the Caribbean beginning in summer 2020. Eventually, Mardi Gras will sail from Port Canaveral on alternating itineraries. “For Mardi Gras, we’ve developed Read More …

Jan 30

Royal Caribbean talks Perfect Day at CocoCay impact, booking trends, smart phone app impact and more

Royal Caribbean held a call with investors to go over their record 2018 financial results and provide guidance for the coming year.  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd earnings beat Wall Street expectations, benefiting from higher demand for its Caribbean cruises and passengers spending more money on activities while on board.

Jan 30

Brilliance of the Seas Live Blog – Day Four – Grand Cayman

Today was our second port stop in Grand Cayman.  We arrived a little later than I thought we would at 10AM.  Due to the change in our schedule we were on the back side of the island.  This is a tender port, so you have to take small boats into the island.  

Jan 30

Coming Up: Windstar Caribbean Celebration

Previous versions of the Windstar President’s Cruise have taken us through the Panama Canal, Costa Rica, The Philippines, Malaysia and more. Coming up later this month, the 2019 edition sails the Caribbean, round-trip St Maarten. That will happen on a Read More …

Jan 30

Independence of the Seas Listener Cruise Review on Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast

Our newest podcast episode is out to help give you a quick “audio escape” to a Royal Caribbean cruise!

Jan 30

Luxury and Tradition on Sea Cloud II

It’s nearing 10:00 p.m. and Sea Cloud II is about to depart St. Malo under a ceiling of puffy, silver clouds. Most of the ship’s 94 guests are at the ship’s rail enthralled by the view — the lights of the historic fortress are the only illumination on this balmy evening. It’s the Feast of …

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Jan 29

Royal Caribbean announces 2020-2021 deployment opening schedule dates

Royal Caribbean released its deployment schedule for the remaining 2020-2021 itineraries, which indicates when these sailings will go on sale.

Jan 29

Video: 7 things that surprise people about Royal Caribbean

We have a brand new RoyalCaribbeanBlog video to share today, which features seven things that surprise people about a Royal Caribbean cruise.

Jan 29

Shore Ex: Adventure Time!

I had spent four days surrounded by water.

Jan 29

Quark’s New Ship Will Have 2 Helidecks

If spending a week in a deck chair doesn’t sound like a fun vacation, Quark Expeditions may have something for you! Steel-cutting began on their newest adventure vessel, a ship set to launch the cruise line into the next era of adventure cruising to exotic polar locales. The ceremony took place at the shipyard and …

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