Ports Archives - Cruise News Weekly https://cruisenewsweekly.com/category/ports/ The latest cruise news, tips, deals, reports, and more. Wed, 13 Sep 2023 21:01:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.4 New details on world’s largest cruise ship, Disney Adventure https://cruisenewsweekly.com/new-details-worlds-largest-cruise-ship-disney-adventure/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/new-details-worlds-largest-cruise-ship-disney-adventure/#respond Wed, 13 Sep 2023 21:01:12 +0000 https://cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=7625 Dream Cruises was set to be launch the largest cruise ship in the world by passenger volume. They had already started constriction when they went bankrupt. So Disney acquired the ship and has named it the Disney Adventure! Construction of the 208,000-gross-ton ship is projected to be completed at the MV Werften shipyard in Wismar, …

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/new-details-worlds-largest-cruise-ship-disney-adventure/feed/ 0 Battle of the Bands to be Held by Carnival Cruise Lines https://cruisenewsweekly.com/battle-of-the-bands-to-be-held-by-carnival-cruise-lines/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/battle-of-the-bands-to-be-held-by-carnival-cruise-lines/#respond Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:16:32 +0000 http://www.cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=4261 Carnival Cruise Lines, New Orleans’ most popular cruise line, and local television station WDSU-TV have launched a search to find the most spirited high school marching band in the Big Easy. “The Battle of the High School Marching Bands” competition celebrates local spirit and skill, and will ultimately award the winning band a $10,000 cash …

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/battle-of-the-bands-to-be-held-by-carnival-cruise-lines/feed/ 0 Royal Caribbean Adds a Second Ship to Sail from Tampa https://cruisenewsweekly.com/royal-caribbean-adds-a-second-ship-to-sail-from-tampa/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/royal-caribbean-adds-a-second-ship-to-sail-from-tampa/#respond Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:35:43 +0000 http://www.cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=4243 The Tampa Port Authority and Royal Caribbean International are pleased to announce that the cruise line will be deploying a second ship at the Port of Tampa beginning in the fall of 2014. Royal Caribbean International has been operating one ship at the Port of Tampa, during winter cruise seasons, since January 2002. Brilliance of …

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/royal-caribbean-adds-a-second-ship-to-sail-from-tampa/feed/ 0 Carnival offers new four- and five-day cruises from Port Canaveral https://cruisenewsweekly.com/carnival-offers-new-four-and-five-day-cruises-from-port-canaveral/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/carnival-offers-new-four-and-five-day-cruises-from-port-canaveral/#respond Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:08:07 +0000 http://www.cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=3497 By Jackie Roseboom Carnival Cruise Lines will launch the cruise industry’s only four- and five-day Caribbean trips from Port Canaveral with the Carnival Ecstasy. She departed Nov. 7 on a five-day sold-out cruise to Nassau, Freeport and the private Bahamian island of Half Moon Cay — the first of 78 annual cruises from the Space …

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/carnival-offers-new-four-and-five-day-cruises-from-port-canaveral/feed/ 0 Regent unveils 2013 itineraries https://cruisenewsweekly.com/regent-unveils-2013-itineraries/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/regent-unveils-2013-itineraries/#respond Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:36:59 +0000 http://www.cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=3487 By Michael Coleman The ultra-luxurious Regent Seven Seas Cruises fleet — Voyager, Mariner and Navigator — is poised to offer new port calls, five Grand Voyages and a circle South America sailing as part of the line’s just released 2012-2013 winter collection itineraries. Look for the Grand Voyages to feature exclusive amenities, a new Western …

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/regent-unveils-2013-itineraries/feed/ 0 Holland America returns to Australia and South Pacific https://cruisenewsweekly.com/holland-america-returns-to-australia-and-south-pacific/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/holland-america-returns-to-australia-and-south-pacific/#respond Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:14:18 +0000 http://www.cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=3480 Starting in winter 2012 and spring 2013 two Holland America Line ships ——ms Oosterdam and ms Volendam —— will sail a series of Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific cruises, visiting more than 50 ports where guests can indulge in the cosmopolitan cities of Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland, and explore the exotic landscapes of Vanuatu …

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/holland-america-returns-to-australia-and-south-pacific/feed/ 0 Jade’s varied culinary mix a hit with passengers https://cruisenewsweekly.com/jades-varied-culinary-mix-a-hit-with-passengers/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/jades-varied-culinary-mix-a-hit-with-passengers/#respond Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:03:52 +0000 http://www.cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=3421 By Michael Coleman VENICE, ITALY, August 6, 2011 — World class dining venues abound on Norwegian Jade. That might seem surprising to some — great dining is traditionally the domain of the luxury cruise sector and not necessarily what one expects to find on a 2,402-passenger mass market vessel. Jade, however, delivers. There are some …

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/jades-varied-culinary-mix-a-hit-with-passengers/feed/ 0 China, Asia-Pacific region beckon Voyager of the Seas https://cruisenewsweekly.com/china-asia-pacific-region-beckon-voyager-of-the-seas/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/china-asia-pacific-region-beckon-voyager-of-the-seas/#respond Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:36:47 +0000 http://www.cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=3398 By Michael Coleman VENICE, Italy — July 30, 2011 – The largest cruise ship in the world, just a decade ago, is set to make a big splash in the world’s largest market. Voyager of the Seas, the globe’s most innovative cruise ship when it was launched in Nov. 1999 and which spawned the large …

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/china-asia-pacific-region-beckon-voyager-of-the-seas/feed/ 0 Gauguin offers 20-night South Pacific hotel/cruise package https://cruisenewsweekly.com/gauguin-offers-20-night-south-pacific-hotelcruise-package/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/gauguin-offers-20-night-south-pacific-hotelcruise-package/#respond Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:36:47 +0000 http://www.cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=3226 By Michael Coleman The intimate 332-guest Paul Gauguin, fresh from a $25 million makeover, is offering a 20-night hotel/cruise package January 23, 2012 featuring nine distinctive islands in five South Pacific archipelagos. The line’s “South Pacific Discovery’’ cruise will call on Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga, Cook and Society Islands. Guests will enjoy three days …

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]]> https://cruisenewsweekly.com/gauguin-offers-20-night-south-pacific-hotelcruise-package/feed/ 0 Carnival bolsters Canaveral sailings https://cruisenewsweekly.com/carnival-bolsters-canaveral-sailings/ https://cruisenewsweekly.com/carnival-bolsters-canaveral-sailings/#respond Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:23:47 +0000 http://www.cruisenewsweekly.com/?p=3216 By Michael Coleman Carnival is poised to add another ship, year round, at Port Canaveral. The 2,052-passenger Carnival Ecstasy will operate four- and five-day Bahamas cruises from the Space Coast beginning Nov. 7, 2011. The move further bolsters Carnival’s position as Port Canaveral’s largest cruise operator with three, year-round ships scheduled to carry some 600,000 …

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