Created by Cruise Fever Carnival Cruise Line is tightening a policy on how cruisers carry their gear around private islands and elsewhere as collapsible wagons come into focus. For cruising families, a beach day is made a lot easier when a collapsible wagon can carry all of the essentials.  On a private island or other...

Created by Cruise Fever Princess Cruises currently has 17 cruise ships in service.  The premium cruise line is owned by Carnival Corporation and was highlighted in the hit TV show The Love Boat which first aired in 1976. Listed below is every cruise ship with Princess Cruises in order from newest to oldest.  This list...

Created by Cruise Fever A Princess Cruises ship safely left the Japanese port of Hakodate on Monday, April 20, 2026, just before a major earthquake triggered tsunami warnings along parts of Japan’s northern coast. The 2,000-passenger Coral Princess was in Hakodate as part of its scheduled North Pacific crossing from Japan to Alaska. According to...

Created by Cruise Fever The newest ship in the Princess Cruises fleet just made its first transit of the Panama Canal.  Star Princess completed the historic milestone while on a 20-day sailing from Fort Lauderdale to Seattle. The 4,300-passenger ship is still enjoying her inaugural season and will be offering 7-day Alaskan cruises out of...

Created by Cruise Fever Just two days after safely guiding his 6,300-passenger cruise ship through the Strait of Hormuz, Captain Lauro Maresca shared a powerful message on Facebook. As Cruise Fever reported over the weekend, all six cruise ships that had been waiting to exit the Persian Gulf for weeks were finally able to do...

Created by Cruise Fever Life jackets are meant to save lives.  They are also sometimes used on cruise ships for candid photos. But this one just made auction history. According to news reports, a canvas-and-cork life jacket worn by Titanic survivor Laura Mabel Francatelli shattered expectations on Saturday (April 18), selling for £670,000 at Henry...

Created by Cruise Fever Royal Caribbean’s next new cruise ship, Legend of the Seas, departed from the Meyer Turku shipyard and headed out to sea for the first time. The cruise ship will spend the next 10 days on sea trials, the next major construction milestone for the newest Icon class ship from Royal Caribbean....

Created by Cruise Fever MSC Euribia hasn’t had any cruise passengers on board in 28 days after the ship completed its last sailing on March 21, 2026.  But today brings some welcome news as the ship has not only left port in Dubai but has cleared the critical Strait of Hormuz. Now, the ship is...

Created by Cruise Fever Holland America Line celebrated the naming of its newest signature tulip, Savour the Journey, at the iconic Keukenhof Gardens in the Netherlands. The ceremony took place a day before the cruise line’s 153rd anniversary. The orange tulip reflects the cruise line’s Dutch heritage and longstanding ties to Dutch culture, craftsmanship and...

Created by Cruise Fever A passenger in his 70s is missing after going overboard from Carnival Splendor late Friday night / early Saturday morning while the ship was on a 4-day sailing that is scheduled to return to Sydney, Australia on Sunday. Tracking data shows the 3,000-passenger Carnival ship doing a zig zag search pattern...