Carnival Magic   Industry giant Carnival is celebrating the upcoming Veteran’s Day with a promotion through the month of November, offering discounts for military families.   Active and retired personnel can book up to three cabins for themselves, friends and family at discounted rates through Nov. 30, for departures through April 30, 2013.   [...]

  The Diamond Princess is one of four ships participating in Princess Cruises’ Australia and New Zealand 2012-2013 itineraries. Princess Cruises’ 2012-13 season of “Down Under” cruising offers new routes, a solar eclipse cruise, a new cruise tour to the Outback and more sailings to New Zealand.   Four ships – Diamond Princess, Sun Princess, [...]

  The 2,974-passenger, 110,000-ton Carnival Conquest.   Carnival Cruise Lines is raising its tipping guidelines for the first time in a decade, increasing the amount 15%, from $10 to $11.50 per passenger, per day.   The increase – which amounts to an extra $21 for a couple on a weeklong cruise – takes effect on [...]

  Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas arrives in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Nov. 11, 2010.   How high will cruise fares go in 2012? In a conference call with Wall Street analysts on Thursday, Royal Caribbean Cruises executives were unusually hesitant to make predictions, citing the topsy-turvy nature of the current economic and political [...]

  Royal Caribbean’s Independence of the Seas during construction in 2007.   Royal Caribbean’s experiment with year-round cruising out England is coming to an end.   The world’s second largest cruise line on Wednesday announced the 3,634-passenger Independence of the Seas will return to the Caribbean for the winter of 2012/13 after two years of [...]

  American Safari Cruises’ 36-passenger Safari Explorer.   It’s official: Hawaii now has an upscale cruise operator.   Seattle-based American Safari Cruises, long known for its intimate, wildlife- and nature-focused sailings in Southeast Alaska, is kicking off its first Hawaii trips today on one of its three small yachts.   The line’s 36-passenger Safari Explorer [...]

The Norwegian Star’s newest homeport will be based out of Tampa until 2012. // (c) 2011 Norwegian Cruise Line. The Norwegian Star arrived for the first time in Tampa yesterday, which will be established as her new homeport through April 2012. This is also the first time Norwegian Cruise Line has based a ship in [...]

  The 382-passenger Silver Whisper.   Luxury line Silversea on Monday announced plans for another globe-circling voyage in 2013.   The six-ship company says its 382-passenger Silver Whisper will set sail from Los Angeles on Jan. 5, 2013 on a 115-day sailing that will take it from the South Pacific to Asia to Africa to [...]

  An artist’s drawing of Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Breakaway, scheduled to debut in May 2013.   Norwegian Cruise Line’s next ship, the Norwegian Breakaway, goes on sale to the general public today for the first time.   Scheduled to debut in 2013, the 4,000-passenger vessel has been available for booking by members of Norwegian’s [...]

  The 2,670-passenger Sapphire Princess, one of 17 ships in the Princess fleet in 2011.   Princess Cruises, which pulled ships from Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan due to security fears earlier this year, will return to the Mexican coastal cities in 2012.   “We put back Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta on our schedule for the [...]