Disney Cruise Line’s newest ship, Disney Destiny, earned its first perfect health score, according to a report just posted by the CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP). Although the surprise health inspection took place in June, the results were just published on the CDC’s website. Disney Destiny debuted in November 2025, and this was the second...

Viking has opened bookings on over 700 ocean cruises that will depart in 2028-2029, marking the cruise line’s largest ocean deployment to date. The 2028–2029 deployment includes cruises spanning the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, Alaska, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, the Caribbean, South America and the Panama Canal. These new Viking cruises include 80 different itineraries...

When Gordon Sherritt lost his wedding ring sailing to Alaska on a Holland America Line cruise ship, he didn’t know if he would ever see his 60-year-old ring again as he went home without it. On the following sailing on Zaandam, a week-long Inside Passage cruise, a nine-year-old boy by the name of Corbin Hindriksen...

Royal Caribbean continues to raise the bar on the entertainment they offer on its 30 cruise ships. From insane water shows to ice skating shows that have to be seen to be believed, there’s something for everyone on Royal Caribbean. Now, the world’s largest cruise line has officially debuted America’s Got Talent LIVE on its...

MSC Cruises is opening a new beach destination in the Caribbean in November 2026 and will serve as a new port of call for its cruise ships. Catalina Sugar Beach is a newly enhanced beach destination on Catalina Island in the Dominican Republic. The port will be visited by MSC cruise ships as part of...

Port Canaveral, one of the world’s busiest cruise ports, started construction on another cruise ship terminal project; this one is a $95 million renovation that will modernize and update Terminal 10. When completed in November 2027, Cruise Terminal 10 will be able to accommodate some of the largest cruise ships in the world, carrying up...

It’s not a regular occurrence for cruise ship passengers to be on lockdown in their cabins while the entire vessel is searched, so you can understand why some passengers on board MSC Grandiosa were left on edge when that exact situation played out overnight. Passengers on the MSC Cruises ship were ordered to return to...

Crystal Cruises announced this morning that it has exercised an option for a third new cruise ship, a sister ship to Crystal Grace. The third next-generation cruise ship will be built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and will enter service in 2034. Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard is currently building Crystal Grace, which will go into service in...

Tucked away in Disney’s earnings report this morning was a graphic that Disney Cruise Line fans should find particularly interesting. The graphic revealed that the cruise line plans to speed up delivery dates for future ships, ushering in three new cruise ships in 2029 alone, and reaching thirteen ships in the fleet by 2030. Disney...

There are a few different ways to live on a cruise ship. While there are a handful of cruise lines that sell cabins you can buy and live in full time, other cruisers get more creative and ship-hop on different ships and cruise lines. This past week, Carnival Cruise Line’s Brand Ambassador John Heald took...