The Love Boat won’t be making another run anytime soon. The 70-year-old MS Aurora — the vessel which inspired the iconic television show — has been sunk for months, prompting concerns about local drinking water in the Northern California estuary where it met its demise and leaving local officials scrambling over what to do next, … Read more
Everyone is shipping this couple. Passengers on a luxury cruise have been stranded in Belfast as their ship underwent urgent and unexpected repairs. With the Villa Vie Odyssey docked in Northern Ireland, the cruisegoers have had plenty of time to fall in love with the capital city — and each other. The Villa Vie Odyssey … Read more
An Aussie father-of-two has died while on a cruise with his family overseas. Edward Langley was on holiday with his family when the cruise stopped over in Vanuatu. Langley reportedly “unexpectedly fell on the footpath”, according to a GoFundMe page set up for his family. The fundraiser, set up by a friend of Langley’s wife, … Read more
While most athletes are having to make do with cardboard beds and non air conditioned rooms in the Paris Olympic Village, dozens of lucky competitors are enjoying life on a luxury cruise ship, 15,000km (9,300 miles) away . A number of the surfers taking part in this year’s Games are staying on the Aranui 5 … Read more
An Italian-themed Carnival Cruise ship offers the line’s discount-rated cheapest rooms — but you’ll have to sacrifice having a view. The four-year-old Firenze, anchored in Long Beach, California has 44, tiny “interior” cabins with no windows nor balcony that can cost about $90 per night, according to reports. A deal with Costco advertises trips on … Read more
A cruise ship at a port in Spain has been forced to hold all 1,500 passengers on board, after a group from Bolivia failed to obtain the correct visa documents to enter the European border-free Schengen area. According to reports, cruise ship MSC Armonia remains detained in Barcelona, with authorities scrambling to sort the situation. … Read more
They like big boats and they cannot lie. For many of the first passengers on the world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, the onboard reality of the $2 billion behemoth lived up to the over-the-top hype. During back-to-back preview sailings from the Port of Miami in late January, travel agents, special … Read more
Life’s been mostly smooth sailing for Monica Brzoska and her husband, Jorell Conley. Since selling all their worldly possessions, ditching the daily 9-to-5 grind and becoming full-time cruisers, the toughest decision the seafaring sweeties have had to face each day is whether to luxuriate around an oceanliner’s pools or its spas. “All my meals are … Read more
It’s not always smooth sailing on the high seas. According to Lucy Southerton, who has worked on a cruise ship for nearly a decade, there are some annoying things passengers do that irk crew members. In a resurfaced video posted to YouTube, the 28-year-old from Birmingham, England, revealed a list of things that irritate employees … Read more
It’s safe to say that the Mauritanian French director Med Hondo’s “West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty” is a unique film. That might be the only safe thing about it. The first African movie musical, it traces nearly four centuries of French colonialism with unsparing clarity and relentless creativity, shot entirely on a replica … Read more
High-seas hygiene is irrelevant for these filthy cruise ship passengers. A woman who works for a cruise company has revealed the disgusting thing that some guests do while on her boat. Lucy Southerton, 28, told the Daily Star that putrid passengers refuse to wear shoes and traipse barefoot around the vessel for the entire time … Read more
A heartbroken daughter was left seeing red when a cruise line sold her mother’s cabin on a 14-week trip days after she died at mid-voyage just three days before her 87th birthday. British passenger Florence Goldwater, 86, caught bacterial pneumonia just two weeks into the 100-day P&O Cruises trip, her daughter, Rebecca Williams, said according … Read more
On one of the most exclusive, invite-only cruise ships in the world, one passenger claims to be dredging up the vessel’s deepest secrets. Retired attorney Peter Antonucci, 64, was a long-time resident on the luxurious residential boat, named The World, likening the 12-deck, 644-foot ship to a fraternity house — despite condos on board starting at … Read more
Could this be the ice-cold truth? Dara Tucker, who goes by @darastarrtucker on TikTok, explained the eerie reason why cruise lines have free ice cream parties for passengers on board. In the 1 minute and 24-second clip with over 2.3 million views, the former cruise singer, who lived on a ship in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, claimed … Read more
GALVESTON, Texas – A ferocious storm that struck a cruise ship while in the Gulf of Mexico Friday left at least one cabin flooded as torrential rains poured down. Royal Caribbean’s Voyager of the Seas first encountered hail as the ship was heading back to its home port of Galveston, Texas. Video from a passenger … Read more
Similar to how saying “fire” in a movie theater is frowned upon, there’s a word that’s “not allowed” on cruise ships. TikToker Marc Sebastian has been sharing his experience on Royal Caribbean’s nine-month Ultimate World Cruise and took to the platform to share a list of things he learned about cruising during his 18 nights … Read more
This is iconic. Ahead of Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas — the world’s largest cruise ship measuring 1,198 feet and weighing 250,800 tonnes — setting sail with passengers on board, one crew member is documenting its journey across the Atlantic Ocean from Cadiz, Spain, to Miami, marking the first time it will be in the … Read more
She’s Icon-ic. The largest cruise ship in the world — Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas — has yet to welcome her first paying guests, but she’s already making waves in the Caribbean. Today, locals and visitors in Ponce, Puerto Rico, were granted a sneak peek at the 1,198 foot-long, 250.800-gigaton pleasure cruiser, which some have … Read more
She’s sailing away from her troubles. After enduring a double mastectomy, not to mention the loss of both parents to cancer in their 60s, Angela Linderman found herself thinking a lot about longevity — and how nothing is guaranteed. And so, the 38 year-old did something many people push back into their golden years — she took … Read more
From his no.1 tip for avoiding seasickness, to the ridiculously small joystick that controls the 110,000 tonne cruise ship he is in charge of (plus: where to get the best coffee on board), I recently got a chance to explore the Bridge (the control centre of the ship) of Virgin Voyages’ Resilient Lady with captain Hannu Haaponiemi, … Read more