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Carnival becomes the first cruise line to team up with Sneaker Impact, and 50,000 abandoned pairs of shoes are about to get a second life.
Norwegian Aura debuts May 2027 with a first-ever Indian restaurant, an LED-wrapped dining room, and a spa that stages its own thunderstorm.
A medical emergency 52 miles off Tofino turned a quiet Alaska cruise into a Canadian air-and-sea rescue.
Navigator of the Seas parks in Singapore year-round for the first time since 2023, with Quantum of the Seas queued up for 2027.
World Europa retreats to the Med, World Asia gets shipped to the Caribbean, and Meraviglia draws the South America card — all for winter 2027-28.
A two-day maintenance delay in Vancouver saws Sitka, Juneau and a glacier off the Alaska itinerary. But you can sleep aboard. In port. Going nowhere.
Medallion shipping climbs to $22 in the US — the second hike this year — unless you grab it free at the pier like a person with priorities.
On select 3- and 4-night cruises, formal night is out and White Hot Night is in. Wear white, eat marinara, live dangerously.
John Heald reminds guests that homemade treats are a hard no at sea — and pulling gratuities over it is a harder no.
A Mickey-ears globe, six latitude lines, one 'big announcement' — and New York is the coordinate that doesn't fit.
After a decade of Fun Squad energy, the Carnival Venezia cruise director is stepping off — on his own terms, with two and a half months of goodbyes still to go.
Carnival's brand ambassador marked nearly four decades aboard Carnival Vista — from 1980s bar waiter to the internet's Carnival help desk.
The 2028–2029 deployment spans the globe, but Europe gets the headline — four Edge-class ships and a made-over Celebrity Beyond.
A viral TikTok caught a casino meltdown aboard Royal Caribbean's Utopia — and a reminder that the zero-tolerance rulebook is real.
Marella joins the anti-duck brigade and bans door decorations fleetwide.
A 78-second brawl at the Casino Royale bar goes viral, and everyone's asking where the muscle was.
Explorer-class ships lose about 10% of their guests in exchange for bigger suites and better ratios.
Carnival's brand ambassador marks nearly four decades and keeps trading the keyboard for the gangway.
The Karavolades Stairs reopened August 3, and your tender is once again welcome at Fira.
The world's biggest ship just handed its Royal Theater to the world's most famous variety show.
Meyer Werft shows off Festivale's azimuth thrusters and a suspicious amount of purple glue.
Shanghai's port closure bumps a sailing to August 11 and trims it to five nights, swapping Japan for Jeju and Nagasaki.
Meyer Werft bolts the propulsion pods onto Carnival's fourth Excel-class ship. Propellers, apparently, are sold separately.
Daniela Gargiulo becomes Carnival's first-ever female Staff Captain aboard Carnival Adventure in Sydney.
Platinum perks vanish on Carnival Legend's Aug 9 solar-eclipse sailing from Dover: too many VIPs, not enough front of the line.
After 30 years at sea, cruising's most famous captain resigns from Four Seasons Yachts to be with family — license kept, sphynx cat in tow.
A forklift, a departing megaship, and one very buoyant gangway make the week's best CocoCay content.
First look at Great Tides Waterpark on Great Stirrup Cay, opening September 4 with a lazy river that goes through a tunnel.
Carnival becomes the first cruise line to strap Jotun's HullSkater to a hull, and Pride drew the short straw.
The port's first new terminal in 25 years just broke ground, and the Gulf homeport crowd should pay attention.
The biggest giveaway in concert history has a floor plan, and it's docking at Margaritaville at Sea.
Free BlueIguana nacho bowls now bridge the cruel gap between a closed lunch line and a not-yet-open dinner — live on six ships and spreading.
Wildfires across France and Spain have driven hundreds of thousands from their homes. Cruise lines are tweaking docks and dodging smoke — but so far, itineraries are bending, not breaking.
A pre-dawn prank on the intercom near Naples has turned into criminal charges and a possible lifetime ban.
The Kids Sail Free deal grows up a little — teenagers finally make the guest list.
Carnival's adults-only Firenze bolts on a whole extra gaming room for its fall SEA sailings.
The rare Crown & Anchor double points deal ends July 31 — here is who it helps and the fine print before the gangway lifts.
Daily gratuities jumped $1.50 across every cabin on July 29 — and the heads-up landed the same day.
MSC Poesia returns to Seattle for a third Alaska season in 2028 — seven-night sailings, now booking.
A new rock production headlines four fresh World Stage shows debuting on Oosterdam.
A dinner fork, a fungal foot, 32 million views, and one official statement for the ages.
'Sail the Haunted Seas' returns Sept 15 through Nov 1 with a new Ghostly Game Show and a Halloween bar crawl.
Villa Vie is adding a second residential ship, Legacy, for 2029 — because its first floating apartment building is already 85% sold.
185 sailings, eight ships, four glacier regions, and a wallet-opening on-sale date of August 11.
The luxury brand's third ship — and its first LNG one — is officially on the water.
Ensenada gets scratched, Cabo and Mazatlan jump a day earlier, and the Pacific reshuffles the deck.
A Lido buffet video, a flaky foot, and the finest one-liner Carnival's social team has produced all year.
Carnival brings its surplus-meal donation program to The Bahamas, opening with 318 pounds of unserved food.
A first-time Carnival cruiser's shore-excursion injury in Honduras is a hard reminder to check who's actually liable, and to buy real travel insurance.
An orange shape bobbing alone at sea, no crew aboard, straight out of a maritime ghost story — except the ending actually makes sense.
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