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Regent Seven Seas Cruises will sail a Christmas and New Year cruise from Cape Town in 2023, part of a line-up of newly announced 2022 and 2023 festive voyages. Regent Seven Seas is planning to celebrate the holiday season in December 2022 and 2023 with voyages ranging between 14 and 67 nights in destinations including Oceania, Afric… read more
Disney Cruise Line has confirmed it will sail roundtrip from Port Everglades year-round, making the port only the second after Port Canaveral from which it does so. Disney Cruise Line signed a 15-year partnership for one ship to be homeported in Port Everglades year-round beginning in the fall, 2023.
Port Everglades is the ma… read more
Following the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, and a recent outbreak of coronavirus aboard Norwegian Breakaway, cruise lines are tightening their health and safety protocols. Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian have all reintroduced COVID-19 mitigation protocols that had largely been loosened during the previous few months befor… read more
Demand for cruises in 2022 remains high, according to cruise lines, despite the new travel restrictions, health and safety protocols and uncertainty caused by the Omicron variant.
According to Carnival Corporation and Royal Caribbean, demand remains bouyant for 2022 and 2023 in particular.
Carnival, the world’s largest cruise … read more
On the same day that it marked the official opening of the new Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal with its first passenger services, Costa Cruises also revealed a new shore excursion in the city. Costa Cruises has collaborated with the Italian Pavilion at the Expo 2020 in Dubai to provide its passengers with unrivaled access to the site… read more
In 1848, a British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin met with disaster trying to find the Northwest Passage, but now in 2023, Seabourn will be offering cruises through the region. While Franklin’s lost expedition got stuck in the ice for two years and ultimately disappeared, with the wreck of the two ships only found … read more
AIDAnova arrived in the port of Hamburg for the first time on Monday, and the final preparations have been made for the welcome of the first guests and the start of the first cruise on Tuesday. AIDAnova on December 14th will become the 10th AIDA cruise ship to resume cruises since the pandemic, sailing roundtrip out of Hamburg.
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A number of passengers aboard MSC Orchestra in Durban, South Africa have tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the cruise ship into lockdown upon her return to port. MSC Orchestra arrived back in port on Friday, with several cases of COVID-19 onboard, prompting authorities to place the ship on lockdown while all guests were re-test… read more
MSC Cruises has significantly reduced the fares on an upcoming cruise in December out of Durban aboard MSC Orchestra. The four-day cruise aboard MSC Orchestra is now being offered for as low as R750 per person sharing, but currently only applies to the December 13th, 2021 sailing.
Even balcony cabins aboard the December 13th … read more
Hurtigruten Expeditions has added more West African expedition cruises for the 2023/24 season spanning Cape Verde, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal. The cruises aboard Spitsbergen based out of Dakar, Senegal, are the most extensive in Hurtigurten’s history and make it the only cruise line with such a broad range of West Africa… read more
Regent Seven Seas Cruises adds Cape Town to 2023 Christmas line-up
Disney Cruise Line makes Port Everglades its second year-round homeport
Costa reveals exclusive Expo 2020 shore excursions for passengers in Dubai
Seabourn set to cruise the Northeast and Northwest Passages
New AIDAnova mega-ship sails from Hamburg for first time
MSC Orchestra suffers COVID outbreak in Durban, cruises suspended
Hurtigurten releases more West African itineraries for 2023/24
