On The Open Sea

19/09/2022

The Carnival Luminosa conversion is making progress in Italy. After wrapping up its Costa Cruises career earlier this month, the vessel is being prepared for its Carnival Cruise Line debut. Currently in drydock, the 2009-built vessel is already sporting the new hull livery of the U.S.-based brand, w...

10/08/2022

Onboard revenue is seen as a real-time now indicator of how guests are feeling about their financial situation right now and while onboard company ships, according to Frank Del Rio, president and CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings. "Onboard revenue generation has continued to be impressive, even ...

13/07/2022

No surprise here, just another day on Carnival 🤦‍♂️

They say three’s a crowd. A chaotic 60-person brawl erupted on a Carnival Cruise last week, with the footage recently going viral on social media. Adding a sprinkle of spice to the story, the fight allegedly broke out over jealousy relating to a th*****me between some passenger’s significant oth...

01/07/2022

Carnival Corporation is focused on improving cruise pricing while optimizing occupancy. “We remain focused on improving price through next year. We are focused on optimizing the occupancy while preserving long-term pricing,” said Arnold Donald, president and CEO, speaking on the company’s seco...

01/07/2022

P&O Cruises Australia’s Pacific Encounter is sailing home to Australia after an overnight encounter with sister ship the Pacific Adventure while berthed side-by-side in Trieste Italy. It was also a case of back-to-back visits to the shipyard for Pacific Encounter and Pacific Adventure as ‘wetdoc...

18/06/2022

Carnival Cruise Line announced today that Costa Luminosa will join the Carnival fleet in September and will start guest operations as Carnival Luminosa in November 2022 from Brisbane, Australia. According to a statement, the acquisition of Luminosa is an update to the previously announced plans for ...

18/06/2022

CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE:

Some might not know but but The Carnival Ecstasy will be leaving the fleet in October, it’s not known if she will sail under another brand or not however the Rolls Royce from Deck 9 is currently rolling off the ship in Mobile, Alabama. This Rolls Royce Is taking her place on board the new Carnival Celebration as that ship will host a bunch of unique and very cool Carnival memorabilia that came from past funships.

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