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Royal Caribbean has announced that the Majesty of the Seas will no longer be transferred out of the fleet. Instead she will remain in the company, moving to Port Canaveral following an extensive refurbishment.
America's favorite family, the Simpsons, decided to take a cruise this week. Which line did they go with though? Springfield may be easier to find.
The answer is actually nearly everyone but really it's Royalty Cruises latest ship the Royalty Valhalla.
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Featuring 9 decks numbered from top to bottom (like every other ship we've ver been on, right?) and a shape from the past with no balconies.
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A Carnival Pinnacle inspired promenade deck complete with rock climbing and go-karting.
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A Mini-Gold course which resembles Royal Caribbean with a mountain waterfall like Carnival Pinnacle.
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A cabin resembling some of the ones found onboard Disney Cruise Line's latest Dream and Fantasy ships.
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A "Fun Schedule" (Carnival "Fun" ship inspired?) featuring "Slime Toss" and "Norwegian Swearing" both nodding Norwegian Cruise Line's Nickelodeon deal and "Cruise like a Norwegian" emphasis.
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A large pool party deck with hints of Royal Caribbean's Oasis Class Aquatheater and @CruiseNorwegian's Epic.
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And the biggest feature of all a Central Park in the middle of a Boardwalk that resemble...
As the world gets ready to remember the great loss of life that occurred on that fateful April evening 100 years ago the media is fueling up their money makers. The British iTV network has already premiered their mini series and on April 14th the American ABC network will premiere it's own Titanic mini series. In addition to the sudden interest in creating Titanic themed mini series all of the usual documentary networks such as PBS, National Geographic, and Discovery are churning out several new specials to air around the anniversary.
Probably the biggest Titanic based event of all though is the rerelease of the 1997 blockbuster hit, Titanic, in 3D and IMAX 3D. When released in 1997 the cruise industry was still at it's infancy compared to today's floating luxury resorts. In 1997 nobody ever imagined a mall at sea would be expected and that anything less that 100,000 GRT was small. After Titanic made waves in theaters though left in it's wake was a new audience suddenly intrigued by life at sea. Now 15 years later the world is a different place. The cruise industry is seeing a slight decline after a series of unfortunate accidents this year and who knows what Titanic may add to that. Will we see another surge of interest or will it pile onto the recent fears that people have gained about the industry. Only time will tell.
For years the SS United States was considered the pride of the US shipping industry. Her reputation didn't help her in the end of her life though as she was purchased by the short lived NCL America Line only to be laid up in Philadelphia before ever getting to reenter service. In recent years their has been a mass search for cities willing to adopt her for as a permanent hotel, casino, and convention center. One of the leaders has been Atlantic City.
Today news has started to break that the Queen Elizabeth 2, who has carried her own historic reputation as a British liner, is once again looking to move. Expected to have a nice retirement the ship was sold to a Dubai organization to become a permanent casino and hotel but the economic downturn resulted in a halt to all construction and resulted in the once luxury liner sitting at the dock to rust away in the desert sun. It seems now that she will once again be sold off to another organization with the same plan and a hope of a different outcome that may also include Atlantic City.
Who knew their was a market for retired ocean liners, but apparently it's a buyers market as their are now two pieces of the historic ocean faring past up for sale to the city willing to pay the highest fee. Unfortunately this will most likely end up with both going back to their docks for a few more years and eventually probably only one will come out on top with the other heading to the breakers. Most likely it will be ...
The Costa Concordia reached another milestone in the recovery process yesterday. The salvage team successfully finished pumping all of the ships fuel tanks without any major incident. This means that the danger of a catastrophic environmental disaster is no longer present and the next step is to clear up all the near by debris on the sea floor and then begin dismantling the vessel. It has yet to be announced if the dismantling will happen on location or following a lengthy refloating process.
During the finishing of the fuel pumping divers under the ship located the bodies of five more victims trapped between the ship and the sea floor. This leaves only two more victims unaccounted for.
Last week at Cruise Shipping Miami new builds were all the buzz and Princess Cruises was not to be left out as they revealed their new dining offerings aboard the Royal Princess. You can check out the press release for all the details:
Here is the video reveal of the variety of culinary offerings set to join the Royal Princess as she launches in June of 2013:
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If you missed it last month, here is the initial introduction to the atrium area:
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Norwegian Cruise Line revealed more details of their all new Breakaway Class of ships last week. Today they unveiled a video to go along with it. Read the official press release for more:
In a surprise announcement this morning Carnival Cruise Lines has announced that the Carnival Destiny will be undergoing a 49 day $155 million refit and rename starting in February 2013. It will see her return to the fleet with a new name, "Carnival Sunshine", and all of the new Fun Ship 2.0 enhancements. Read the official press release for more:
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