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...

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...