Seattle-based cruise company SSA Marine and Tampa-based holding company Slip Knott, LLC have revealed plans for a new cruise port on Florida’s Gulf Coast in Manatee County. Located just south…
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Cruise Line Monday–Princess Cruises
Owned by Carnival Corporation & plc., Princess Cruises is headquartered in Santa Clarita, California and incorporated in Bermuda. The cruise line has a fleet of 17 ships sailing globally and…
Comments closedCruise News Digest–January 18, 2026
Welcome to the weekly Cruise News Digest. Let’s dive in! This week, we explored the last two classes of Norwegian Cruise Line ships–Prima class–Norwegian Prima (2022), and Norwegian Viva (2023),…
Comments closedCelebrity Xcel to Offer Four New Festivals in Eurpose
When Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Xcel sails to Europe this summer, guests will enjoy a first-of-its-kind, transformative venue called The Bazaar. The Bazaar is a multi-level, multi-sensory experience that is the…
Comments closedNorwegian Cruise Line Announces Next Prima Plus Class Ship
Norwegian Cruise Line has announced the name of its next Prima Plus class ship–Norwegian Aura. She will be the longest and largest vessel in the NCL fleet and homeport in…
Comments closedRoyal Caribbean Offering Free Wiggly Sailings
Royal Caribbean will partner with Australia’s beloved The Wiggles for another Wiggly summer. The cruise line is offering three exclusive Wiggly-themed sailings–two will depart from Brisbane on Quantum of the…
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MSC Cruises, in collaboration with Lionsgate and GEA Live, is bringing the live-to-film concert “Dirty Dancy: In Concert” to MSC Poesia for the cruise line’s first-ever summer Alaska season. This…
Comments closedNorwegian Cruise Line Claims “It’s Different Out Here”
Norwegian Cruise Line has unveiled a new (yet not new) brand identity, “It’s Different Out Here,” a throwback to the NCL ad campaign of the 90s. The modernized identity was…
Comments closedCruise Ship Monday–NCL Prima and Prima Plus Class
It’s Monday! Cruise Ship Monday Today brings us Norwegian Cruise Line’s Prima class–Norwegian Prima (2022), and Norwegian Viva (2023), and Prima Plus class–Norwegian Aqua (2025), and Norwegian Luna (2026). Norwegian…
Comments closedCruise News Digest–January 11, 2026
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…
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