Created by Cruise Fever Carnival Cruise Line just dropped some big news for the 2027/2028 season for Carnival Sunshine.  The sailings will include first-ever visits to ports in Africa in addition to stops in Italy, France, Spain, and Montenegro. The newly announced itineraries for Carnival Sunshine represent the first time the cruise line has added...

Created by Cruise Fever Cruise Fever is always reminding cruise travelers to arrive early.  There’s nothing worse than the stress of trying to make it to the ship when a flight is delayed or there is traffic on the road. As a rule of thumb, arriving at least the day before “sail away day” can...

Created by Cruise Fever Oceania Cruises is debuting a new ship in a new class in 2027.   And after an announcement from the cruise line this morning, we now know where Oceania Sonata will be sailing during her inaugural season. The Launch Schedule Oceania Sonata officially enters service on August 7, 2027. While the ship...

Created by Cruise Fever During Royal Caribbean’s weekly email to travel advisors today, the cruise line gave an update about one of their private ports in the Caribbean. Labadee It’s been awhile since Royal Caribbean cruise ships have stopped at the cruise line’s private port in Labadee, Haiti. They have been canceling cruise stops due...

Created by Cruise Fever Royal Caribbean’s Icon class cruise ships are the world’s largest at just under 250,000 gross tons in size. Royal Caribbean currently has two Icon class ships (Icon of the Seas and Star of the Seas) in service with another two under construction. Earlier today, the cruise line announced that the first...

Created by Cruise Fever Just last week, Cruise Fever broke news about a newly proposed cruise port near Tampa, Florida that would allow large cruise ships to sail into the region.  Now, there is an effort to block the project from ever seeing the light of day. Days after a proposal for the Knott-Cowen Cruise...

Created by Cruise Fever How much electricity does it take to move a 14,000 gross ton vessel with just battery power? As it turns out, it takes a battery system that’s four times larger than any other setup currently on the water. Today, in the harbor of Hobart, Tasmania, the world’s largest battery-electric ship officially...

Created by Cruise Fever Holland America Line’s Westerdam returned to service this weekend after receiving upgrades and new cabins during a two-week dry dock in Singapore. Westerdam received additional ocean view cabins, a redesigned Crow’s Nest, updated public spaces and accommodations, and a renovated Effy Lounge. The popular Crow’s Nest has turned into an intimate...

Created by Cruise Fever Virgin Voyages, the adults-only cruise line, will begin to announce their winter 2027-28 cruises across their four cruise ships next month. Virgin will roll out these new cruises on three different dates, and they include sailings from Miami, Barcelona, San Juan and Los Angeles. Here are the dates for when these...

Created by Cruise Fever Three Carnival cruise ships will depart on unique cruises this weekend that will be longer than the usual week-long or less sailings that Carnival Cruise Line usually offers. One of the cruises is adults-only and the other two are Carnival Journeys sailings. Carnival Journeys are a limited number of longer cruises...