See full version: Carnival Cruise Line’s 48 Hour Flash Sale: Free Cabin Upgrades
Due to the impacts of Hurricane Ida in New Orleans this past weekend, Carnival Cruise Line has made the decision to cancel this weekend’s upcoming sailing on Carnival Glory. Carnival Glory was scheduled to depart New Orleans on September 5, 2021 for its first cruise since the restart heading to the Eastern Caribbean. Booked guests received a letter of cancellation yesterday. The letter stated that … [Read More. ] here
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In a letter sent to Royal Caribbean Crown and Anchor Society members today, the cruise line’s President and CEO, Michael Bayley, provided some Royal Caribbean updates that have us excited for what’s to come. Cruise Restart Since Adventure of the Seas began sailing back in June, Royal Caribbean continues its cruise restart with full steam ahead. Currently, 13 cruise ships from the fleet have … [Read More. ] here
Carnival Fantasy entered service in 1990 and has a gross tonnage of 70,367 and a guest capacity of 2,056 at double occupancy. The vessel also has a capacity of 920 crew members but at the moment there is only a limited number onboard. [links]
It’s also been found that Carnival Fantasy’s next final destination is Izmir, Turkey, the region where cruise ships go to be scrapped at the Aliaga ship breaking facility. It will be a sad ending to the popular ship but she is showing her age and Carnival will soon be taking delivery of the new Mardi Gras in February 2021. [links]
It came as no surprise that the Sea Princess has been sold to an undisclosed buyer, it was confirmed by the cruise line on September 21, 2020. It’s not yet known what will eventually happen to the Sea Princess. She could still be scrapped or hopefully sail for another cruise line.
Rotterdam is being sold by Holland America Line along with sister ship Amsterdam to British-based Fred Olsen Cruises. The UK cruise line will rename the ship Borealis and it will join the fleet later in 2020. here
The oldest Costa cruise ship which entered service in 1993 has been purchased by Celestyal Cruises. The ship has been sold due to the impact from the suspension of cruise operations and this comes after parent company Carnival Corp announced 13 cruise ships would be disposed of. You can read more about the purchase here. here
Onboard Credit offer is non-transferable/non-refundable. It is provided as a credit to your Sail & Sign account of $12.50 per person up to $25 per stateroom on 2-5 day sailings, and $25 per person up to $50 per stateroom on 6+ day sailings. 50% Reduced deposit is non-refundable, applicable to sailings outside of final payment due date, and is valid for all ships, stateroom types and sail dates. [links]
Room location upgrades are automatically assigned at the time of booking and are based on availability in like to like categories only (interior to interior, ocean view to ocean view and balcony to balcony). Upgrade is not available on upper/lower, obstructed, and cove categories. [links]
From now until the end of tomorrow, Carnival Cruise Line is offering cruise deals on every cruise ship in their fleet. Each month, they are bringing back more ships into service and they expect to have their entire fleet back in service by the end of the year.
This 48 hour sale from Carnival Cruise Line includes the following: here
Offer applies to new bookings made between September 1, 2021 and September 2, 2021. here
Celestyal Cruises announced that it has acquired the Costa NeoRomantica cruise ship from Costa Cruises. It becomes the seven ship that Carnival Corporation has sold from its fleet as part of the announced efforts to accelerate the disposition of older ships from the fleet as the company continues to manage its business during the global pause in cruise operations.
While Celestyal Cruises, which is part of the Cypriot Louis Group, has canceled all of its 2020 cruises, which were scheduled for the Greek Islands and Eastern Mediterranean, CEO Chris Theophilides called the ship an investment as part of their strategic plan to grow their cruise operations. Celestyal Cruises currently has two other similar-sized cruise ships. more
Introduced in 1993, then known as the Romantica, the ship was one of Fincantieri’s first new constructions for the modern cruise industry. At 53,000 gross tons and accommodating 1,800 passengers, she is today considered a small cruise ship, whereas Costa is currently introducing ships more than twice her size and capacity. more