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Carnival Cruise Line’s flamboyant onboard and online personalty celebrated his 30 years with the cruise line. John Heald is Carnival’s Brand Ambassador and he can be found on many special sailings throughout the year and daily on his extremely popular John Heald’s Blog. To mark the occasion, a video was created by the company’s entertainment team and includes appearances by many of the line’s executives – including Carnival President Christine Duffy as well as Carnival Corporation Chairman Micky Arison and CEO Arnold Donald – as well as employees at the…

Nick Jonas, the multi-platinum and Grammy-nominated recording artist will be performing two concerts as par of Carnival Cruise Lines Carnival Live Concert Series. Carnival Live features many live acts including bands, comedians and other performances. Performances are held in the ships’ main show lounges – which range in capacity from 900 to 1,300. Jonas will have guests singing and dancing in the aisles with two high energy shipboard concerts – one aboard Carnival Liberty on Nov. 17 and the other aboard Carnival Victory on Nov. 18. Nick Jonas said: Jonas…

Holland America Line has reinvented the traditional chocolate buffet found on many cruise ships. The Chocolate Surprise parade will take place on the last gala evening of every cruise. Rather than guests having to make their way to the buffet and wait in line for a sweet treat, Chocolate Surprise brings bite-sized confections to guests in the main public areas as they enjoy the evening’s entertainment. After dinner, HAL waiters will parade through the Promenade decks with trays of chocolate desserts, passing them out to guests in the bars and…

Crystal Cruises AirCruises, VIP tour jet service welcomed the newest member of its expanding fleet, Crystal Skye, during an official handover ceremony held at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington. The exquisitely outfitted Boeing 777-200LR was delivered to Crystal’s CEO and president, Edie Rodriguez from Greenpoint Technologies. Crystal Skye is the largest privately owned tour jet in the world and is deployed for chartered service, accommodating some of the world’s most discriminating groups and travelers. Crystal Skye will be christened in Las Vegas on August 12. Edie Rodriguez, Crystal’s CEO and…

Celebrating their commitment to the greater Charleston community and to mark National Ice Cream Month, Carnival Cruise Line hosted a “FunDay Sundae” celebration on board Carnival Ecstasy yesterday for kids from the Connie Maxwell Children’s Home in Charleston, South Carolina. The event, which was attended by 40 children between the ages of 11 and 16, included water park fun, lunch, a magic show and an ice cream sundae bar with almost endless toppings. During the event, Randy McManus, campus director of Connie Maxwell Children’s Home, accepted Carnival’s charitable donation of…

Construction on the second Vista Class cruise ship, the Carnival Horizon from Carnival Cruise Line is continuing on schedule at the Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera, Italy. The ship’s stunning spaces – from the Dr. Seuss-themed WaterWorks aqua park and the 270-square-foot Seaside Theatre poolside LED screen to a wide variety of indoor and outdoor dining, beverage and entertainment venues – are taking shape in anticipation for Carnival Horizon’s April 2018 maiden voyage. Carnival Horizon will debut on April 2, 2018 starting with a 13-Day Mediterranean cruise from Barcelona, Spain, the…

Norwegian Cruise Line has opened bookings for sailings to Cuba on the Norwegian Sun. The Norwegian Sun will homeport in Port Canaveral starting in May 2018 and will to guests looking to explore the art, culture and history that abounds in Cuba. Norwegian Sun’s new all-inclusive four-day cruises to Cuba will depart Port Canaveral each Monday, beginning May 7, 2018, and feature a call on Key West, Florida on Tuesdays, followed by an early morning arrival to Cuba’s capital city of Havana on Wednesday, allowing guests the opportunity to experience…

Carnival Cruise Line hosted  a special event to celebrate their partnership with the Port of Mobile. The Seuss-a-Palooza event was for kids attending the YMCA of South Alabama Summer Camp program. The event aboard Carnival Fantasy, which is homeported year-round in Mobile, was highlighted by a Green Eggs and Ham brunch with The Cat in the Hat and Friends, a Seuss-a-Palooza Story Time and Parade and other Dr. Seuss–inspired activities that are featured on Carnival cruises. Carnival made a $20,000 donation to the YMCA of South Alabama to further their…

Princess Cruises has redesigned their kids programs onboard their cruise ships. Camp Discovery, as the new program is called, was created in a partnership with the Discovery Channel. Hakeem Oluseyi of Science Channel and Tory Belleci of Discovery Channel’s MythBusters were onboard the Grand Princess in San Francisco to celebrate Princess Cruises’ new Camp Discovery youth and teen centers, conducting an official ribbon cutting. At the start of the day, invited kids and their parents enjoyed special opportunities to participate in activities that highlighted Discovery at Sea programs on board. Oluseyi…