Category: Cruise News

Celebrity Cruises Lays Keel for Celebrity Beyond

Chris Cardona
Celebrity Beyond

Celebrity Cruises’ third Edge Class cruise ship, Celebrity Beyond, celebrated an important milestone and the start of her construction as her keel block was laid at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Nazaire, France. The moment coincided with the shipbuilding industry’s traditional coin ceremony for Celebrity Beyond, which is meant to bring the ship good fortune. Celebrity, a brand known for its efforts to close the gender gap in the maritime industry, fittingly chose a coin from the American Innovation dollar series honoring Annie Jump Cannon, the daughter of an…

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Key West Votes To Ban Large Cruise Ships

Chris Cardona

As part of the 2020 national election, residents of Key West, Florida participated in a referendum to vote on the future of cruise ships arriving to the Port of Key West. The vote resulted in 63.33% favoring limits on the number of disembarking cruise guests to 1,500 per day, while 60.69% voted in favor of prohibiting cruise ships carrying 1,300 guests or more. Additionally, 81.20% voted in favor of giving priority to cruise lines with the best environmental records. In 2019, Key West saw over 400 cruises ships disembarking just…

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CDC Ends No Sail Order, Cruises Ready to Resume?

Chris Cardona

Last week, the CDC’s ongoing no sail order that had been continually extended since March 2020, was allowed to expire. While cruise lines and cruisers alike were anxiously waiting for that moment for months, the CDC quickly released a detailed 40 page document outlining the steps required by cruise lines to start sailing again. The CDC’s Framework for Conditional Sailing order follows a phased approach to resuming cruises from the United States. From reading the document, it becomes very clear that a full scale restart of the cruising business is…

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Carnival Celebration Now Open for Reservations

Chris Cardona

Carnival Cruise Line’s second XL-class ship, Carnival Celebration is now open for reservations. She is set to debut in November 2022 as part of the company’s 50th birthday with an inaugural 14-day Carnival Journeys cruise Nov. 6, 2022, followed by the launch of year-round service from PortMiami Nov. 21, 2022. Also Watch: Mardi Gras – Carnival Mega Cruise Ship Preview (2020) The addition of Carnival Celebration to Miami will maintain PortMiami’s position as the top embarkation port for Carnival Cruise Line. Carnival Celebration will include many of the features that…

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Carnival’s Mardi Gras – Grand Central Takes the Spotlight

Chris Cardona

Carnival Cruise Line has shared more details about what we can expect to see and experience within the Grand Central atrium onboard Mardi Gras. Breaking the mold, Grand Central is a transformational three-deck-high space that is one of six themed zones on Mardi Gras, set to debut in February. A unique twist on the traditional atrium, Grand Central spans Decks 6, 7 and 8 with massive 3,000-square-foot glass panels built into the starboard side of the ship providing guests with impressive views of the ocean and ports of call as…

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