Some upcoming guests on Carnival Cruise Line’s 5,374-passenger Carnival Jubilee are receiving notifications about some “operational changes” in late 2027. Basically, nine cruises are being canceled, but not entirely.   Here’s the interesting part. Now that we have the wording of the messages received from impacted guests, it’s looking more and more like these canceled...

Using facial recognition, photo IDs, and RFID-encoded boarding passes, cruise passengers at the Cruise Center Hamburg-Steinwerder were able to test out a new pilot program using digital self check-in for the first time. A 3,300-passenger ship just got back to Germany from an 11-day sailing to Norway, and the next group of passengers is getting...

From a cruise destination perspective, you can’t get much more diverse than the Amazon rainforest and the icy landscape of Antarctica. But a new, one-of-a-kind 87-day cruise just dropped, and it’s offering passengers the opportunity to experience both regions in a roundtrip sailing from the UK. UK-based Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has unveiled the 87-night...

Royal Caribbean, the world’s largest cruise line, announced plans to advance the development of the new Mahahual K’iin Community Center in Mahahual, Mexico, not far from the cruise port in Costa Maya. This new plan will create a larger home for programs and activities that enrich the lives of families, children and residents across Mahahual....

Tropical Storm Bertha, the second tropical storm of the 2026 hurricane season, is currently in the Gulf and is expected to make landfall later this evening. Tropical Storm Bertha has slightly weakened since this morning, and now has maximum sustained wind of 45 mph. The storm is moving WNW at 7 mph. The only cruise...

MSC Cruises’ World Class ships are the largest cruise ships the company has ever built. And the third one, MSC World Asia, is one step closer to carrying up to 6,700 passengers all over the Mediterranean Sea. The new milestone was celebrated on the cruise line’s social media accounts with the words, “SEA TRIAL COMPLETE”....

If you’ve paid attention to the cruise industry over the last couple of years, you’ve probably noticed an interesting trend: short cruises are everywhere. But a new survey shows that veteran cruisers want a longer duration for their getaways at sea. And by short, I’m talking about 3- and 4-nighters. Veteran cruisers typically call these...

I’m not trying to stir the pot here, but the topic of kids in adult-only areas on a cruise ship seems to keep coming up. Whether it’s in the solarium, aft pool, or any other part of the vessel that is supposed to be kid-free, some guests say that the problem isn’t going away. A...

Royal Caribbean’s Utopia of the Seas was scheduled to sail out of Port Canaveral yesterday afternoon. But some mechanical issues kept the ship in port for an extra 12-hour period. According to the ship-tracking website, Cruise Globe, Utopia wasn’t able to begin its already short 4-day cruise to CocoCay and Nassau until just before 3:00AM...

For the first time in several years, Royal Caribbean has brought back one of their most popular promotions that will run through the end of July 2026. From now through July 31, 2026, Royal Caribbean is offering double points to Crown & Anchor Society members on all cruises that depart from September 1, 2026 through...