Royal Caribbean Is Turning Its Entire Fleet Into World Cup Watch Parties This Summer
Royal Caribbean will broadcast every FIFA World Cup 2026 match live across all 29 ships from June 11 to July 19, with pool deck screens and watch parties.
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The Most Ambitious Luxury Ship Launch of 2026 Has an Itinerary Worth Obsessing Over
EXPLORA III sails August 3, 2026, with Nordic fjords, Iceland, Greenland, a transatlantic crossing, and a solar eclipse Europe hasn't seen in 27 years.
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Cruise Ships Could Run on Used Cooking Oil. MSC Just Proved It Works.
MSC Cruises and Eni completed a landmark HVO biofuel trial on MSC Opera, cutting GHG emissions 80% and NOx 16% with zero engine modifications.
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San Francisco Bay Just Got a Whole Lot More Crowded — Two Cruise Lines Made History There
Carnival Luminosa and Virgin Voyages' Brilliant Lady made maiden calls at the Port of San Francisco weeks apart, signaling new West Coast cruise momentum.
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The Man Who Built Viking Just Handed Over the Keys
Torstein Hagen founded Viking with four Russian riverboats in 1997. Now he's stepping back — and the executive who took the company public is taking the wheel.
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Geopolitics Comes for Your Cruise: Royal Caribbean Cancels Spectrum of the Seas Sailings Over China-Japan Tensions
Royal Caribbean is pulling Spectrum of the Seas sailings from Shanghai as China-Japan political tensions continue to disrupt East Asia cruise itineraries into 2027.
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Dover's Four-Ship Day: The Moment Britain's Busiest Cruise Port Rewrote Its Own Record Books
On May 8, 2026, the Port of Dover welcomed four cruise ships at once for the first time in its 30-year history, a record backed by major infrastructure investment.
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Star Seeker Reaches Alaska — and Windstar Is Already Selling 2028
Windstar's new Star Seeker has begun its first Alaska season, and within days the line opened 2028 reservations across six small-ship wilderness itineraries.
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Celebration Key Has Had Three Deaths in Less Than a Year — Carnival's Private Island Paradise Is Under Scrutiny
Carnival's Celebration Key has seen three guest deaths in under a year. The latest: an 88-year-old woman whose mobility scooter drove off a pier on May 9, 2026.
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France Held 1,700 Cruise Passengers Hostage. Here's What Really Happened Aboard the Ambition
France locked down Ambassador's Ambition in Bordeaux in May 2026, confining 1,700 passengers over a norovirus outbreak. Here's what really happened.
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Who's Watching the Ships? The CDC Gutted Its Cruise Inspection Program
The CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program lost all its full-time inspectors in 2025. With cruise outbreaks rising and one epidemiologist left, the gap is widening.
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After 36 Years and 5.3 Million Kilometres, Japan Said Goodbye to a Cruise Legend
Over 7,000 people gathered at Yokohama to bid farewell to the Nippon Maru, the ship that helped build Japan's cruise culture across 36 years of voyages.
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A Deadly Virus Struck a Cruise Ship in the Middle of the Ocean — Here's What Passengers Faced
Hantavirus struck the MV Hondius expedition ship mid-voyage, killing three. All 18 American passengers returned to the U.S. on May 12 for a 42-day monitoring period.
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Disney Adventure Cancels Singapore Sailing After Guests Spend the Night Onboard
A mechanical issue forced Disney Cruise Line to cancel the Disney Adventure's May 7th sailing after thousands of guests had already boarded and spent the night.
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MSC Cruises Finally Enters Alaska — and Its First Sailing Departs in Days
MSC Cruises enters Alaska for the first time, with the refurbished MSC Poesia sailing weekly from Seattle through September 2026 on seven-night glacier itineraries.
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Oceania Cruises Quietly Handed Travel Advisors a Big Pay Raise — Here's How
Oceania Cruises is eliminating non-commissionable fares on all newly launched 2028 sailings, so travel advisors will earn commission on the full cruise fare.
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Princess Cruises Is Betting Big on the West Coast — and Star Princess Is How It Plans to Win
Star Princess made its West Coast debut at the Port of Los Angeles on April 29, 2026, marking Princess Cruises' expansion into the Southern California market.
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700,000 Square Feet and a New Address: Carnival Corporation Breaks Ground on Its Future
Carnival Corporation broke ground on a 700,000-square-foot global headquarters in Miami, bringing 2,000+ employees under one roof by 2028.
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What Does It Take to Build the World's Biggest Cruise Ship? Legend of the Seas Just Showed Us.
Royal Caribbean's Legend of the Seas wrapped ten days of Baltic sea trials with no major issues, clearing the third Icon-class ship for its July 4 debut.
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800+ Landings, 30 Voyages, and a World Record: Aurora Expeditions' Antarctic Season Was Unlike Any Other
Aurora Expeditions wrapped its biggest Antarctic season ever: three ships, 30 voyages, 819 landings, and the southernmost passenger voyage on record.
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