Happy National Chocolate Cake Day!

January 27 marks National Chocolate Cake Day. No, really, it is. If eating an entire Chocolate Cake today seems a daunting task or if you’re on a diet and doing well since the first of the year, I have another Read More …

Carnival Details Enhanced Boarding Plan

Carnival Cruise Line will be the largest cruise line to use the VeriFLY solution for its operations from U.S. homeports, with a pilot program first for those boarding Carnival Mardi Gras at Port Canaveral. Starting with short itineraries of 3- and 4-day Read More …

Cruise Feature Wins Popular Science Award

Carnival Cruise Line‘s new Bolt roller coaster has been awarded the Best of What’s New engineering award from Popular Science magazine. The engineering award for the innovation and design work is the first roller coaster at sea on board the Read More …

Cruise Ship Changes Name, Starts New Life

Our very favorite Carnival Cruise Line cruise ship of all time, Carnival Victory is no more. Not out of the fleet Carnival Victory as been transformed for another life going forward as New Carnival Radiance. Today, we have the news, Read More …

Cruise Covid Update: Full Restart Comes Into Focus

The world of cruise travel sailed a bit closer to full operation this week, recently updating COVID-related restart changes. These moves provide further evidence of what the new normal cruise travel experience will be like. Read More …

Carnival First To Sail From New Orleans

Carnival Glory was first to sail away from the Port of New Orleans on Sunday. Carnival’s offerings from New Orleans include: Six-, seven-and eight-day cruises to the Caribbean, Bahamas and Mexico; Four- and five-day cruises to Mexico; 14-day Carnival Journeys Read More …

Current Cruise Line Restart News

Today we have some updates on current and upcoming cruise line restart news and related information. Carnival Glory Carnival Cruise Line announced that it has an agreement with the city of New Orleans and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Read More …

Cruise News Rodeo Roundup

We have not done one of these since way before the global pandemic began, which makes a good place to begin a series of timely posts about the rapidly evolving cruise industry. So here we go, just the meat with Read More …