Carnival Cruise Lines has unveiled details of the 130,000 GT, 3,646-berth Carnival Dream, which will enter service in September 2009. The new information sheds light on the company’s largest-ever ship, an evolution of a design that traces its origins back to Carnival Destiny of 1996 and also encompasses the Triumph-, Conquest- and Splendor-class ships. Carnival’s [...]
Royal Caribbean has announced Boardwalk and Royal Promenade, two more “neighborhoods” on board its new 220,000 GT, 5,400-berth Oasis of the Seas, set to enter service in December 2009, and sister Allure of the Seas, which will debut in 2010. They join the previously announced Central Park and four other as-yet-unannounced neighborhoods, which together will [...]
Royal Caribbean has unveiled the first design innovation of its upcoming Project Genesis newbuilds: Central Park, an open-air “neighborhood” located in the center of the ship’s superstructure, landscaped with live greenery and looked down upon by balcony cabins. Central Park will be one of seven distinct “neighborhoods” aboard the two 220,000 GT, 5,400-berth ships, being [...]
This past Sunday, 25 November 2007, Cunard took delivery of the new 90,049 GT, 2,000-berth Queen Victoria at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard in Venice. This is the culmination of a process that began with the start of work on 14 April 2005 and continued with the keel laying on 19 May 2006 and float out on [...]
Seabourn Cruise Line has unveiled a new, dedicated web site for its upcoming 32,000 GT, 450-berth newbuild Seabourn Odyssey. The new site includes the ship’s full 2009 itineraries, plus details of the ship’s inaugural world cruise in 2010. There are also renderings of a number of public rooms and suites, showing off the stunningly modern [...]
