Getting To Your Ship: In Orlando, A Train Will Work

Sailing from Port Canaveral and looking for a good way to get there from Orlando International Airport (MCO)? How about taking a train? Florida’s Brightline has reached a milestone that makes it the fastest train in Florida. The train reached Read More …

First Major Cruise Ship Christened in Iceland

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), the innovator in global cruise travel, christened its newest ship Norwegian Prima, on Aug. 27, 2022, which made history as the first major cruise ship christened in Reykjavík, Iceland. The first of six ships in the groundbreaking Prima Read More …

Norwegian Cruise Line Debuts The Evolution of Innovation Series

Norwegian Cruise Line announced its latest EMBARK with NCL Series, “The Evolution of Innovation,” a showcase of the history of cruising as well as the Company’s 55-year legacy of pioneering and defining vacation experiences at sea. 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 …

Norwegian Bliss Settling In At Home, For Now

Norwegian Cruise Line’s new Norwegian Bliss, is now sailing from Miami on Eastern Caribbean cruises. Not alternating Eastern/Western as you may be accustomed to with most other cruise lines that sail regularly in the Caribbean.  Norwegian Bliss’s inaugural season surpassed anything we could have imagined, Read More …

Norwegian Freestyle Cruising Opens Itineraries Through 2022

It’s been over a half-century that Norwegian Cruise Line has been breaking the boundaries of traditional cruising.  Norwegian was the first to offer guests the freedom and flexibility commonly found on most cruise lines today with Norwegian Freestyle Cruising. No set Read More …

No Joke: NCL Suggested Gratuities Increase April 1

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is raising the amount of their suggested idaily service charges.  Effective April 1, 2018. NCL suggested gratuities increase, a little bit. Not much. AKA ‘suggested daily service charges’, the program aims to make it easy for Read More …