Carnival Holiday sets off from Mobile but within hours passenger needs medevaced!

The “Holiday” in the news again I just hope this is unrelated to the norovirus outbreak on this ship!

by United State Coast Guard News Release

NEW ORLEANS- The Coast Guard medevaced a 79-year-old man suffering from abdominal pains from a cruise ship, today (Monday).

A watchstander [...]

Elvis Party Cruise for Europe

The organisers of the famous Walk A Golden Mile In My Shoes Elvis tribute artist competition and the website www.elvis.co.uk are proud to announce the first European Elvis Party cruise, on Royal Caribbean’s new megaship Independence of the Seas. This luxurious new liner will depart Southampton for a four-night cruise to Cork. Guests for the [...]

Fred Olsen Lines cancel inaugural cruise of Balmoral

(28 January 2008)
Fred Olsen Cruise Lines has cancelled the inaugural cruise of its latest ship Balmoral, which was due to depart for the Canary Islands on January 30.
The ship, which was previously NCL’s Norwegian Crown, has just undergone an extensive refit, including lengthening the middle. A number of technical issues have arisen meaning further work must be [...]

Carnival Holiday passengers hit with Norovirus

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is looking into an outbreak blamed for making 143 people sick Carnival Cruise Lines’ “Holiday.”
The ship returned to port this morning, after a 4-day cruise to Cozumel.
According to Matt Albright with the CDC, 121 passengers and 22 crew members on-board the ship contracted the Norwalk Virus, a [...]

African Safari Club closes hotels but MS Royal Star will continue

 African Safari Club, has closed 6 of its 10 hotels in Kenya.
This follows massive cancellations over the post-election violence.
The company Managing Director, Mr Frank Neugebeaurer, said that due to low tourist arrivals, they had closed down some hotels and sent home 700 employees.
“It is a very sad scenario. This is the peak season when hotels [...]

A free cruise for your tale of romance!

Carnival Cruise Lines is giving a free cruise to the couple who submits the most romantic story to the cruise line’s website at
competition link
The online “Read My Valentine” is accepting stories from Jan 14 to Feb 3.
The top five entries will be selected by a team of judges and posted on the Carnival site where [...]

How clean is that cruise ship?

If you have ever wondered about how effectively (or otherwise) hygiene is maintained in those important, behind-the-scenes areas on cruiseliners, such as food preparation and storage zones, there’s now a way to find out before you book.
The US Government’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a Vessel Sanitation Program that monitors all cruise [...]

Celebrity Cruises Celebrates Third Year at Number One in Prestigious Conde Nast Traveler’s Annual Readers Poll

Reported by: MIAMI, Jan. 23/PRNewswire/
– On the heels of announcing its industry- first Lawn Club on its new ship, Celebrity Solstice, Celebrity Cruises today celebrates its first-place ranking in the prestigious Conde’ Nast Traveler magazine’s annual “Top Cruise Ships in the World” readers’ poll.
For the third consecutive year, Celebrity Constellation earned the number- one slot [...]

Cyclone hits cruise ship

New Zealand Herald reports:
Cruise ship Pacific Star is again the subject of passenger complaints after being battered by the high seas and winds of Cyclone Funa which smashed glasses, moved fridges and left five passengers injured.
“It was chaos, people were screaming,” Auckland woman Marilyn Farr said of her eight-day cruise to Vanuatu which returned to [...]

MV Van Gogh to stay “afloat” and is ready for business!

PRESS ANNOUCEMENT
Monday, 21st January 2008
On behalf of Club Cruise, we are pleased to announce that their new UK Tour Operating Division is now fully operational and open for business. Based in Cheltenham, the company, Van Gogh Cruise Line Limited will be trading as Van Gogh Cruises. The company’s primary role will be to continue to [...]