Created by Cruise Fever Carnival Cruise Line is raising money for hurricane relief in a unique way after their president, Christine Duffy, accepted a challenge to tandem skydive on October 19, 2024. The jump will be part of a celebration with the first-ever Special Forces Legacy Initiatives (SFLI) cruise. The cruise will depart will place...

Created by Cruise Fever Norwegian Cruise Line and the National Hockey League have agreed to a multi-year partnership marking the first time that NCL has partnered with a professional sports league. The partnership will begin immediately and Norwegian will gain national exposure when games are shows on ESPN and TNT through Digitally Enhanced Dasherboards. NCL...

Created by Cruise Fever Royal Caribbean, the world’s largest cruise line, is raising their daily gratuities (tips) starting on November 1, 2024. Royal Caribbean is raising daily gratuities by 50 cents per day on November 1, 2024, less than the last increase of $2. However, if you booked your cruise prior to this date, you...

Created by Cruise Fever Carnival Cruise Line has announced more cruises from Miami in 2026-2027 by expanding the schedules of two ships, Carnival Magic and Carnival Sunrise. These two Carnival ships will join Carnival Celebration and Carnival Horizon in offering sailings from PortMiami in 2026-2027. Carnival Magic and Carnival Sunrise will both visit the cruise...

Created by Cruise Fever For the next three days, Carnival Cruise Line is offering a combination of three cruise deals that is good on cruises through April 2027. Carnival is known as America’s Cruise Line because they offer cruises from more ports in the U.S. than any other line. From now through October 5, 2024,...

Created by Cruise Fever Viking, an adults only cruise line, has been voted #1 again by Condé Nast Traveler in the publication’s 2024 Readers’ Choice Awards. For the second consecutive year, Viking was voted the #1 cruise line in three categories by Condé Nast Traveler. The three categories were: Best Ocean Cruise Line Best River...

Created by Cruise Fever In Juneau, Alaska, residents voted on Tuesday on a ballot initiative that would ban large cruise ships from the city on Saturdays if approved. The measure, which was proposed by a resident of the city, was dubbed “Ship-Free Saturdays” and would also ban any large cruise ships from visiting Juneau on...

Created by Cruise Fever Royal Caribbean’s next new cruise ship, Star of the Seas, touched water for the first time when the vessel was floated out at the shipyard. Star of the Seas is currently under construction at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Turku, Finland. The vessel will be the second Icon class ship from...

Created by Cruise Fever A Carnival cruise ship has returned to service after a two week dry dock where the vessel received several enhancements as well as technical updates. Carnival Radiance is the latest Carnival cruise ship to spend time in dry dock. (You can see Carnival’s complete dry dock schedule here.) During the ship’s...

Created by Cruise Fever When it comes to the main dining room on a cruise ship, the early seating can seem too early and the late seating can be –well, too late. Cruise lines came up with a more user-friendly option (with various names) that allowed passengers to eat at any time they wanted. But...