After more than a year of delays, construction has begun on Royal Caribbean’s new cruise terminal at Port of Galveston in Texas. The cruise terminal will cater to larger cruise ships and rival the major cruise ports in Florida, including Port Canaveral, PortMiami, and Port Everglades. The new terminal will be located at Pier 10 [...]
Carnival's Mardi Gras made its return to Port Canaveral this week with its first passenger cruise since the Covid-19 pandemic. During the seven-day cruise, passengers visited the ports of San Juan, Amber Cove, and Nassau and had the opportunity to ride BOLT, the first roller coaster at sea. Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas also [...]
MSC Cruises is resuming operations in the U.S. after 18 months of being shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the launch of, MSC Meraviglia. The ship is set to depart from Port Miami, making it the first in the MSC fleet to restart operations in the U.S. Cruise ships have been anxious to restart U.S. operations for [...]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has promised to fight to overturn a recent court ruling that supports the CDC's conditional sailing order when it comes to cruise ships. If necessary, taking the case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The long-running battle between Florida and the CDC is over the Governor’s law banning [...]
This month Celebrity Cruises became the first major cruise line to resume sailing in the Caribbean, since the COVID-19 pandemic. Royal Caribbean will also resume its operations in the Caribbean. Small vessels have already begun operations on the U.S. rivers and intracoastal waterways. A growing number of cruise ships have restarted operations in Europe, [...]
Royal Caribbean International’s newest ship, Odyssey of the Seas, is set to arrive at Port Everglades this week. The vessel was originally planned to debut in November 2020, but several delays have pushed the debut back to June 2021. Like so many well-laid plans in 2020, COVID-19 derailed this schedule. The delivery timeline then changed to April 2021, [...]
