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...

Cruise lines have very strict rules about how far along pregnancies can be when passengers step on board. Anything past 23 weeks with a Royal Caribbean sailing and you aren’t booking a cruise, never mind stepping onto the ship. But one woman was just hours away from enjoying sailaway on Radiance of the Seas out...

Cunard has announced that Queen Victoria will enter a three-week dry dock this fall for an extensive transformation that will not only see refreshed signature spaces, but also a new category of premium staterooms added to the ship. Queen Victoria will enter dry dock in Rotterdam on October 17, 2026, and return to service on...

After checking out some cruise ship tracking data this morning, I noticed there are only two cruise ships in Hawaii today, and both are Norwegian Cruise Line vessels. While one of the NCL ships sails Hawaii year-round, another 2,000-passenger ship has been sailing guests around America’s 50th state for the last four days as part...

Carnival Cruise Line continues to expand their unserved meal donation program to ports they visit around the world. The program is part of Carnival Corporation’s Less Left Over strategy that helps reduce food waste across their cruise lines and ships.  Two Carnival cruise ships, Carnival Freedom and Carnival Conquest, were the first two vessels to...

Just days after the world’s largest cruise ship pulled into port, Barcelona has revealed plans to nearly triple its total cruise tax from €11 to €30 ($34 USD). The popular city in Spain is moving forward with a proposal to increase its municipal surcharge to €24 (on top of a €6 regional tax). As I...

It’s been exactly one year since Carnival Cruise Line opened Celebration Key. Since welcoming its first guests on July 19, 2025, the private destination has welcomed 2.4 million guests in its first year. The sheer size of this private oasis is what first caught our attention. When Cruise Fever visited Celebration Key back in July...

Trading a cruise cabin for a jail cell is the worst kind of downgrade you can get. The service really drops off and even an “obstructed view” can’t compare. But for six cruise passengers at Port Canaveral, that’s exactly what happened on Saturday, July 18. The last time we wrote about arrests taking place at...