The 2,590-passenger Grand Princess.   Princess Cruises today launched a one-week promotion on voyages in Europe that industry watchers say goes farther than other recent offers.   The Love Boat Sale, as the line is calling it, brings reduced “2-for-1′ fares and on-board credits of $25 to $100 per cabin on several dozen itineraries. [...]

  A salvage barge is docked to the grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia. The Concordia ran aground on Jan. 13 after the captain deviated from his planned route and gashed the hull of the ship on a reef.   Every vacationer boarding a cruise ship will receive a safety briefing before the vessel sets sail [...]

  Disney Cruise Line’s Disney Wonder and Disney Magic at sea.   Entertainment giant Disney is the latest cruise ship operator to note a drop in cruise bookings in the wake of the Costa Concordia accident.   Disney CEO Bob Iger told CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo and Julia Boorstin on Tuesday that the company saw a [...]

  The 2,124-passenger Carnival Spirit.   The 2,124-passenger Carnival Spirit has emerged from a multiweek makeover that saw the addition of an expansive water park area and a new adults-only retreat.   The upgrades to the San Diego-based ship also include new flat-screen televisions in every cabin.   Located on Deck 11, the Carnival Spirit’s [...]

  The 2,394-passenger Norwegian Pearl, which debuted in 2006.   Norwegian Cruise Line today rolled out a sweetened upgrade offer on Alaska cruises.   The line says that as part of its ongoing “Norwegians Take it to the Next Level” sales event, customers making new Alaska bookings starting today through Feb. 19 will receive a [...]

  The 2,670-passenger Sapphire Princess, one of 17 ships in the Princess fleet in 2011.   Just how much could cruise fares decline in the wake of the Costa Concordia disaster? Cruise fans got a glimpse today as Princess Cruises announced a promotion for summer voyages in Europe and Alaska.   Princess’ new “Sizzlin’ Summer [...]

While airlift to Hawaii has increased significantly over the last year, the Washington Post is reporting that the islands’ cruise industry is also on the rise.   More than 104,000 travelers arrived in the islands on cruise ships—mostly from the West Coast—in the first 11 months of last year, the report says, noting that this [...]

Americans are confidently booking cruise vacations to Europe thanks in part to the declining value of the Euro against the dollar. In fact, 71.2 percent of Travel Leaders agents polled indicate they are booking European cruises for 2012, Travel Leaders says in its annual Travel Trends Survey. The vast majority of those cruises are Mediterranean [...]

The Rising Tide Bar onboard Oasis of the Seas.   The biggest complaint Royal Caribbean International gets when guests on the 225,000-ton Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas disembark is that “we didn’t have time to do it all,” says Vicki Freed, Royal Caribbean’s senior vice president of sales. With DreamWorks character [...]

Holland America Line‘s ms Volendam will sail to Asia in 2013 with a series of 14-day itineraries between Singapore and Hong Kong, China; Kobe, Japan, and Hong Kong, as well as roundtrip Kobe cruises.   These itineraries will give cruisers the opportunity to visit Vietnam, South Korea, Thailand and Cambodia. There will be nine voyages, [...]