40 Years In, Vancouver's Canada Place Is Having Its Biggest Cruise Season Ever
Vancouver's Canada Place expects a record 1.4 million cruise passengers in 2026 — its biggest season in 40 years, with Disney doubling its homeported ships.
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Oceania Is Turning a Beloved Ship Into a 500-Guest All-Suite World Explorer
Oceania is rebuilding the 25-year-old Nautica into the Oceania Aurelia: an all-suite, sub-500-guest world explorer debuting in late 2027 with 180-day voyages.
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Disney Cruise Line Locks Down San Diego Through 2031 as West Coast Sailings Prepare to Double
Disney Cruise Line and the Port of San Diego extended their homeport deal through 2031, with annual sailings set to roughly double and 1M+ passengers.
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Cruising Hit 37.2 Million Passengers in 2025 — and the Industry Has Never Been More Confident
CLIA's 2026 State of the Cruise Industry report reveals 37.2 million passengers sailed globally in 2025, with 90% repeat intent and one-third of travelers under 40.
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Silversea's Next World Cruise Takes 125 Days to Cross the Pacific. Bookings Opened This Week.
Silversea opened bookings for its 2029 World Cruise: a 125-day Pacific voyage aboard Silver Whisper visiting 60+ destinations across 19 countries.
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59 Years After It Pioneered the Route, Princess Just Sent Its Biggest Ship Through the Panama Canal
Star Princess, Princess Cruises' new 177,800-ton Sphere Class ship, completed its first Panama Canal transit on April 20, extending a 59-year legacy.
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Philadelphia Has a Cruise Ship Again — and the Numbers Behind It Are Staggering
Norwegian Jewel arrived in Philadelphia on April 16 — ending a 15-year cruise drought and launching a seven-year partnership that could generate $300M annually.
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Royal Caribbean Just Finished a Major Overhaul of Ovation of the Seas. Here Is What Changed.
Ovation of the Seas finished its Royal Amplification drydock in Singapore, gaining new restaurants, a bigger casino, more cabins, and a new pool deck.
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Six Cruise Ships Escaped the Persian Gulf Through a 24-Hour Window Before Iran Closed It Again
After 47 days stranded in Gulf ports, six cruise ships raced through the Strait of Hormuz in a brief April ceasefire window before Iran shut it again.
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New York's Only Year-Round Cruise Ship Departed Today — and It's Not Coming Back
The MSC Meraviglia returned to Brooklyn this morning and will sail for Europe tonight, ending MSC Cruises' three-year run of year-round service from New York City.
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Alaska's Gateway Port Breaks Every Record It Has — and the 2026 Season Hasn't Even Started
Seattle opened its record 2026 Alaska cruise season on April 17 with 330 ship calls, 2.1 million expected passengers, and two new cruise lines at the port.
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Carnival Just Quietly Pulled Its Ship From This Port — And Won't Be Back for 6 Months
Carnival Spirit has left Mobile, Alabama for a six-month Alaska season after a mechanical delay forced it to cut Cartagena from the itinerary.
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One of Alaska's Most Iconic Cruise Stops Is Off-Limits This Season — Here's Why
A 2025 glacier landslide and tsunami made Tracy Arm Fjord too dangerous for ships. Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Holland America are skipping it in 2026.
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Princess Cruises Commits $2 Billion to Three Massive Ships That Won't Sail Until 2035
Princess Cruises ordered three 183,000-ton, LNG-powered Voyager Class ships from Fincantieri, each holding 4,700 guests, with the first arriving in 2035.
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Holland America Is Spending $500 Million to Gut and Rebuild Six Ships — and It Starts in 2027
Holland America's Evolution is the biggest fleet update in its 153-year history: six ships, $500 million, starting with Oosterdam in fall 2027.
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The Cruise Ship of the Future Has No Funnel — and Could Cut Emissions by 95%
Meyer Werft unveiled Project Vision: a battery-electric cruise ship concept with no funnel, 1,856 passengers, and a promised 95% cut in greenhouse emissions.
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After 27 Years in the Caribbean, Norwegian Sky Crosses the Atlantic for One Final Summer
After 27 years, Norwegian Sky has left the Caribbean for a farewell season in Europe before starting a new life with India's Cordelia Cruises in 2026.
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River Cruising Just Recruited the Mind Behind W Hotels, St. Regis, and EDITION
AmaWaterways has hired Toni Stoeckl — who shaped W Hotels, EDITION, and St. Regis — as Chief Creative and Marketing Officer to redefine river cruising's brand.
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Acapulco Is Making a Comeback — and the World's Biggest Cruise Port Operator Just Bet 24 Years on It
Global Ports Holding has secured a 24-year concession to run Acapulco's cruise port, signaling serious confidence in the Mexican Pacific destination's recovery.
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Four Cruise Lines Have Now Abandoned the Arabian Gulf for Next Winter — and the Dominos Are Still Falling
MSC became the fourth major cruise line to cancel its 2026-27 Arabian Gulf season, redeploying MSC World Europa to the Caribbean as the Gulf market collapses.
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