OSLO (Reuters) – Rescue services had airlifted 479 people to safety from a luxury cruise liner with engine trouble off the coast of Norway by Sunday morning and began towing the vessel to a nearby port. The Viking Sky, with 1,373 passengers and crew on board, sent out a mayday …
Europe’s drought is still wreaking havoc on the river cruise industry, although recent rains have eased conditions and a week-long wet-weather forecast is on the horizon. “We are back on track with fast-rising water levels on the Rhine,” said Rudi Schreiner, co-founder of AmaWaterways, adding that recent rains have allowed the …
Working on a cruise ship may sound like an exciting opportunity for those who like to travel, but the reality of many cruise ship jobs is far less glamorous, two lawyers who represent cruise line workers and passengers told Business Insider. The hours are long, the pay is low, and …
On our list of things you should avoid doing in your cabin or balcony, climbing onto the rail or even onto balcony furniture is up at the top. But there are several other ways you can embarrass, injure or kill yourself and perhaps others if you’re not careful. You see this headline occasionally: …
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The fee for cruise ship passengers travelling into Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska will increase next year. The permit fee for each passenger for the next decade will increase from $5 to $8.28, the Juneau Empire reported Thursday. The current permit fee has been …
Cruises have a reputation for being all about drinking and luxury, but if you want your next trip to be a cultural experience as well, here’s how. Culture lovers don’t always think of cruising when planning a vacation, according to Doug Prothero, the managing director of The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection. “Cruises …
The daily tipping added to your bill is meant to reward all crew members. But of course, passengers can reward individual workers for exceptional service too. To tip or not to tip, that is the question. Actually, it’s not really a question. Many large cruise lines, including Carnival, Royal Caribbean …
This is the inside story of how cruise ships went from pensioners’ pastime to floating cities engaged in an all-out entertainment arms race Symphony of the Seas – which, on its maiden voyage from Barcelona in March 2018 became the largest passenger ship ever built – is about five times the …
The cruise line showed up at a Virginia teenager’s door to bid on his Snapchat handle, @CarnivalCruise. Carnival Cruise Line has convinced a 15-year-old teenager in the US state of Virginia to trade his Snapchat handle for a free family cruise. Darian Lipscomb of Prospect, Virginia, was surprised to find …
A Carnival cruise devolved into near-anarchy during its 10 days in the South Pacific, with some passengers locking themselves inside their cabins, others kicked off the ship and security guards brawling with vacationers in a bare-knuckles melee. Carnival said it would investigate what happened after a video surfaced, showing the guards punching, kicking and threatening passengers during …
When completed in 2020, the Ecoship will also have a closed-loop water system. For cruise ships, it’s not easy being green. The typical vessel burns hundreds of tons of fuel oil and creates roughly 80,000 liters of sewage a day, with some ships dumping poorly treated sewage into the seas. …
Cunard is planning a fourth ship to join its fleet, according to an announcement Monday from the brand’s parent company Carnival Corp. The unnamed cruise ship will launch in 2022. It will carry 3,000 guests and will be built in Italy by Fincantieri. Once the new vessel joins Cunard’s other …