Cruise
Travel Restrictions Force NCL To Cancel Some Sailings
Norwegian Cruise Line is advising that due to ongoing travel restrictions, it has had to modify a few sailing and as a result it has had to cancel the following voyages: Norwegian Getaway cruise with embarkation date of Jan. 5, 2022 All Norwegian Pearl cruises with embarkation dates through and including Jan. 14, 2022 All Norwegian Sky cruises with embarkation dates through and including Feb. 25,2022 All Pride of America cruises with embarkation dates through and including Feb. 26, 2022 All Norwegian Jade cruises with embarkation dates through and including March 3,...
Discover The Other Italy With Katarina Line
Katarina Line is offering a 4-day Istrian Rooftops that explores the hilltop villages of Istria, offering a taste of the region’s exceptional cuisine, wine, architecture and scenic charm. Situated between the Gulf of Trieste and the Kvarner Gulf on the Adriatic, Istria is Croatia’s largest peninsula, sharing borders with Slovenia and Italy. Notably, it is also directly across from Venice, whose influence is widely visible in the architecture and the people themselves, most of whom speak Italian. Istrian Rooftops is a one-way land tour between Zagreb and Split, with stops at...
Knee-Jerk Reactions Are Not What’s Needed Now
Responding to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) updated guidance on COVID-19 and cruise ship travel that recommends that cruise travel be avoided regardless of vaccination status, the president & CEO of the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA), Zane Kerby commented: “An increase in reported COVID cases on cruise ships should surprise no one given the worldwide spike driven by the highly-transmissible omicron variant. The difference between enjoying a cruise vacation and visiting your local grocery store or restaurant, however, is the extraordinarily...
Holland America Launches Crew Appreciation
Holland America Line is getting ready for Wave Season with “The Ultimate Upgrade Event” featuring stateroom upgrades, reduced deposits, $75 fares for kids on Alaska cruises and up to $200 onboard spending money -- plus shore excursions, beverages, specialty dining and Wi-Fi with the “Have It All” premium package. Launched Jan. 3 for one week only, Crew Appreciation, or stateroom gratuities, for 2022 Alaska bookings is being added to “The Ultimate Upgrade Event” for guests who book by Jan. 10, 2022. With “The Ultimate Upgrade Event” guests booking select summer 2022...
Scenic Eclipse Sets Sail In Antarctica
Scenic Eclipse is returning to the Antarctic peninsula for a January through March season of exploration. This marks a significant milestone for the luxury truly all-inclusive operator of the World’s First Discovery Yacht as it resumes its scheduled 2022 sailing program for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic and will be among the first ships to return to Antarctica. Scenic Eclipse will operate several scheduled sailings in the region, 13- and 19-days in length. Jason Flesher, Scenic Discovery Yachts’ expedition operations manager, said: “We’ve been planning...
Celestyal Sails Into Wave Season With Savings
Celestyal Cruises has announced its “Escape Back to the Blue” Wave season campaign with savings up to 30% off select 2022 sailings booked from now through March 31, 2022. Prices start as low as $449 on the three-night “Iconic Aegean” itinerary, which is normally priced at $610, reflecting a savings of more than 25%. The seven-night, “Idyllic Aegean” itinerary, which is normally priced at $1,500 has been reduced by more than 30% to just $1,019. The three-night “Iconic Aegean” sets sail from Athens and calls upon Mykonos, Kusadasi (Turkey), Patmos, Crete...
A Perplexing Decision
The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) describes the CDC’s decision to raise the travel level for cruise to Level 4 as “particularly perplexing” considering that cases identified on cruise ships consistently make up a very slim minority of the total population onboard -- far fewer than on land -- and the majority of those cases are asymptomatic or mild in nature, posing little to no burden on medical resources onboard or onshore. The cruise industry association points out that no setting can be immune from this virus—however, it is also the case that cruise provides...
A Wonder In Port Canaveral
Royal Caribbean International has announced that the Wonder of the Seas will homeport at Port Canaveral beginning November 2022. When it debuts in March 2022, Wonder will sail 7-night itineraries to the eastern and western Caribbean. Destination highlights include Cozumel, Mexico; Philipsburg, St. Maarten; and San Juan, Puerto Rico; and each cruise will visit Perfect Day at CocoCay, Royal Caribbean’s private island destination in The Bahamas that features thrill and chill – from the tallest waterslide in North America to The Bahamas’ first floating cabanas. Wonder will be...