Welcome to the weekly Cruise News Digest.
Let’s dive in!
This week, we explored a couple of Norwegian Cruise Line outlier classes of ships–Pride of America and Epic Class. Each has one and only one ship–Pride of America (2005) and Norwegian Epic (2010), respectively. Which have you been on?
Holland America Line and Pendleton Woolen Mills have partnered for a very special onboard keepsake that celebrates Alaska Statehood Day and looks forward to America’s 250th Anniversary.
Princess Cruises is expanding its 2027 Northern European programming. Four ships will offer 48 voyages to 54 destinations across 18 countries.
Did you see the news? Tony is partnering with an old friend from Nashville, TN, to host a small group for a 10-day land-based trip to Ireland in June 2026. Tony also did an interview with Chuck on the La Lido Loca Cruise Podcast you can watch here.
Royal Caribbean has officially opened its Royal Beach Club Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas. The exclusive, all-inclusive destination welcomed guests from Radiance of the Seas on December 23, 2025.
Norwegian Cruise Line revealed images of its newly revamped private island in the Bahamas–Great Stirrup Cay. At the heart of the renovations is Great Life Lagoon–the 1.4-acre pool area.
LEGO fans….Check this out!
PortMiami hosted a groundbreaking for a brand new Cruise Terminal G. The collaboration between Miami-Dade County and Royal Caribbean Group will bring a state-of-the-art LEED certified cruise terminal to the “Cruise Capital of the World.”
There you have it–this week’s Cruise News Digest.
Did you see the “wild news” about Tony’s next cruise or why Carnival isn’t refunding money or the new Carnival Customer Training Program (that Tony totally made up)? It’s all over on The Cruise Show. If you missed any of it, you will want to subscribe to the channel with the notification bell on so you don’t miss out again. You can also catch The Cruise Show wherever you get your podcasts, so you can listen on the go.
Tommy and Tony also brought us another episode of Cruise Talk Weekly where they discussed New Year’s Resolutions, their cruise goals for 2026, and lots of other topics.
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