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Today on Cruise News: Long Beach has agreed to pay $400,000 to 83-year-old Filippo Ruffino, whose lawsuit says he fell on damaged pavement outside the Carnival-owned Long Beach Cruise Terminal in June 2024; Carnival Corporation says the lawsuit lacked merit because the incident did not occur onboard its ship or inside the terminal. Norwegian Cruise Line has raised its projected annual traffic at G...

Today on Cruise News: MSC Opera has cancelled cruises from Civitavecchia at a day's notice, citing technical reasons, with full refunds and travel reimbursement promised for cancelled guests while some other passengers were told to join the ship in Livorno instead. Viking has taken delivery of Viking Haki, a 190-guest river ship built by Neptun Werft in Rostock for the Rhine, Main and Danube, with...

Today on Cruise News: Disney Cruise Line has introduced haptic vests at silent discos on every ship, giving guests who are deaf or hard of hearing a way to feel the music, and has added braille and tactile guidebooks for its fleet and its two island destinations in The Bahamas. St. Vincent and the Grenadines is due to sign a 30-year concession with Global Ports Holding, following a July memorandum...

Today on Cruise News: Villa Vie Residences has placed Villa Vie Odyssey in temporary layup in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, after failing to secure fuel, and residents were required to disembark while crew remain aboard to maintain essential systems; the company says it will pursue restructuring and recapitalization over the next 60 days. Royal Caribbean Group has agreed to invest roughly $3 billion fo...

Today on Cruise News: Royal Caribbean Group has agreed to invest roughly $3 billion for half of Sandals and Beaches Resorts, a deal covering 18 Caribbean resorts and more than 1,000 acres of undeveloped land that is expected to close in early 2027, though management expects its 2027 earnings contribution to be immaterial. Carnival Cruise Line has opened bookings for 112 voyages in its 2028/29 Aust...

Today on Cruise News: Royal Caribbean has replaced Utopia of the Seas' Bahamas stops with a visit to Cozumel, Mexico, on its four-night cruise departing October 26, as forecasts warned of near-gale to gale-force winds in the Bahamas; prepaid shore excursions for Nassau and Perfect Day CocoCay will be canceled automatically, with refunds credited to passengers' SeaPass accounts. MSC Cruises says MS...

Today on Cruise News: Weather forced the cancellation of Oceania Cruises' Vista call at the Port of Corner Brook, removing the final scheduled ship visit of a cruise season the port called its longest on record. In Santa Cruz de Tenerife, up to 10,151 cruise passengers are expected on Sunday as Costa Smeralda, MSC World Europa and P&O Cruises' Ventura are due to dock, part of an October schedule l...

Today on Cruise News: A Department of Homeland Security operation has removed more than 120 crew members from cruise ships at Boston's Flynn Cruiseport with one criminal prosecution, a Norwegian Jewel crew member charged with transportation of child sexual abuse material, while a federal prosecutor said a large share of the Boston detainees had no such material on their devices and were removed ba...

Today on Cruise News: Virgin Voyages has cancelled all three Mexican Riviera calls on Brilliant Lady's October 17 departure from Los Angeles because of Hurricane Trudy, sending the ship to San Francisco, San Diego and Ensenada instead, the fourth consecutive Los Angeles sailing disrupted by tropical weather. AAA projects a record 22.4 million U.S. residents will take ocean cruises in 2027, up 3.6%...

Today on Cruise News: Riviera Travel River Cruises' new Vacation Guarantee promises to process a full refund within seven days when significant itinerary changes are required before departure and guests choose to cancel; they can instead accept the revised trip with a goodwill gesture or postpone the same vacation to the following year at the original year's price. Cunard has announced 93 voyages...

Today on Cruise News: Emerald Princess received a failing draft score of 78 out of 100 after an October 16 CDC Vessel Sanitation Program inspection in Long Beach, California, where 86 is needed to pass. Inspectors cited food-temperature controls, storage and cross-contamination risks, dirty utensils and a chlorine-monitoring failure, and the CDC has asked for a corrective-action statement. PortMia...

Today on Cruise News: Margaritaville at Sea's 2027 Annual Cruise Membership is on sale for $2,499 for two adults through November 3, covering unlimited eligible sailings of up to seven nights, but members can book only within 30 days of departure and hold one active reservation at a time. Viking named seven new river ships in an Amsterdam ceremony on October 15, honoring travel advisors and indust...

Today on Cruise News: MSC Virtuosa is finishing its summer season from Southampton ahead of a 25-night repositioning cruise to Santos departing November 7, 2026, where it will begin a Brazilian winter programme before spending the 2027 and 2028 European summers in the Western Mediterranean. Star Princess has completed its first year with Princess Cruises after carrying approximately 90,000 guests...

Today on Cruise News: Royal Caribbean will base Freedom of the Seas in Southampton from May to October 2028, a second consecutive summer from the UK port, with sailings to the Norwegian fjords and calls at Copenhagen, Bilbao, Le Havre and Lisbon. Holland America Line has unveiled Bar 1873, a two-level atrium lounge built around a three-meter illuminated tulip sculpture, which will debut aboard Oos...

Today on Cruise News: a 44-year-old passenger from Royal Caribbean's Odyssey of the Seas was rescued alive in the Ionian Sea off Greece on October 10 after about 20 hours in the water, found when the containership MSC Rossella III spotted the flashing light on her lifebuoy; the search led the ship to cancel its Naples call. Carnival will remove Carnival Adventure and Carnival Luminosa from Austral...

Today on Cruise News: Costa Cruises is offering €100 in refundable onboard credit after Costa Favolosa cancelled calls at Leknes and Bodo on its Norwegian voyage because of forecast strong winds and rough seas, but only for two guests per stateroom, with a maximum of €200 per cabin; the revised route turns Trondheim into a 26-hour overnight stay and adds Kristiansand. Vancouver closed a record 202...

Today on Cruise News: A swarm of bees was removed from the Deck 15 pool area of Royal Caribbean International's Utopia of the Seas in Port Canaveral on October 12, as passengers boarded a four-night Bahamas sailing, with no guests reported stung and no departure delay reported. Oriental Land Co. has named its first Japan-based Disney cruise ship Disney Imagination, a Wish-class vessel for about 4,...

Today on Cruise News: A passenger who went overboard from Royal Caribbean's Odyssey of the Seas in the Ionian Sea was recovered alive after approximately 20 hours in the water, after the containership MSC Rossella III spotted a flashing light on her lifebuoy; the search led to the cancellation of the ship's final call at Naples. Disney Cruise Line is testing cruise-only Key to the World wristbands...

Today on Cruise News: Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings is applying its pricing reset to selected 2027 departures and sailings open for 2028, offering more competitive prices earlier in the booking cycle after a second quarter in which net yield declined 2.6%. Meyer Werft has floated the first of three gigablocks for Disney Believe, the fourth and final Wish-class ship, whose maiden voyage is schedul...

Today on Cruise News: Royal Caribbean Group and MSC Cruises are set to receive preferential berth access at Naha Port for up to 250 days a year over a period of up to 30 years, tied to a new turnaround terminal at Shinminato Wharf targeted to open in March 2028. Port Samana at Arroyo Barril on the Dominican Republic's Samana Peninsula is scheduled to begin operations on November 24, 2026, with MSC...

Today on Cruise News: Royal Caribbean has opened bookings for its 2028 Alaska season, with Voyager, Ovation, Anthem and Serenade of the Seas sailing seven-night cruises from Seattle, Seward and Vancouver, and Seward passengers using a new terminal developed by Royal Caribbean Group and the Alaska Railroad. Four Seasons I's seven-night fares start at $31,000, yet breakfast is the only included meal...

Today on Cruise News: PortMiami has announced a 16-ship arrival lineup spanning 12 cruise brands for the 2026-27 season, opening with Ponant Explorations' L'Austral and Explora III in October 2026 and closing with Royal Caribbean's Hero of the Seas in August 2027; the port handled 8,564,151 cruise passengers in fiscal 2025. China's Ministry of Transport has named Xiamen, Guangzhou and Shenzhen as...

Today on Cruise News: Margaritaville at Sea has opened bookings for its 2028 season, including the line's first visits to Limón, Costa Rica, and Colón, Panama, on eight-night cruises from Tampa aboard Islander, while Beachcomber, being converted from Costa Fortuna, is scheduled to start Galveston service in October 2027. Holland America Line has opened bookings for its May–October 2028 Canada and...

Today on Cruise News: Norwegian Cruise Line has brought Norwegian Aura's debut forward by 19 days to May 2, adding a 10-day opening sailing from Trieste to Piraeus and a nine-day return voyage, while the advertised May 21, 2027 maiden voyage still goes ahead. Carnival Freedom resumed service from Barcelona after a 35-day dry dock in Marseille that gave it a new, lower whale tail funnel and an expa...

Today on Cruise News: Disney Cruise Line opens general bookings for Disney Believe on October 19, ahead of the 4,000-passenger ship's maiden voyage from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale on December 18, 2027, with what Disney describes as the world's first stage adaptation of "Encanto" and a new "Frozen" dining experience among its new venues. Carnival Radiance is back in service in Long Beach af...