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Costa Caps Missed-Port Credit at Two Guests Per Cabin
Costa Favolosa will arrive in Trondheim at 9 p.m. October 13 and remain until 11 p.m. the next day, turning a nine-hour call into a 26-hour overnight stay.
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Mein Schiff 3 Tests Mass-Casualty Response in Bremerhaven Drill
The scenario unfolded while passengers remained aboard and normal shipboard operations continued, after guests were informed in advance of the exercise.
Virgin Voyages
Vancouver Plans Shore-Power Expansion After Record Cruise Season
The expansion is expected to enable about 90 additional ship connections a year and cut an estimated 3,300 tonnes of greenhouse-gas emissions each cruise season.
Norwegian Cruise Line
BofA Cuts Norwegian and Viking Price Targets Despite Strong Demand
For Viking, BofA sees cost pressure from low water levels on the Danube and Rhine, where conditions have persisted into early fourth-quarter operations.
Norwegian Cruise Line
Victoria Welcomes Its One-Millionth Cruise Passenger of 2026
Geri and Gary Skardina arrived aboard Norwegian Encore between calls at Vancouver and Astoria, Oregon; the couple had previously visited Victoria eight times.
Royal Caribbean
Beekeepers Remove Bee Swarm From Utopia of the Seas Pool Deck
Video showed a person in protective beekeeping equipment collecting the insects with a vacuum-type apparatus beneath an umbrella near Deck 15's waterslide exits.
Disney Cruise Line
Oriental Land Names Disney Imagination for Tokyo Debut in 2029
Ariel and Sebastian will appear on the stern, with Ariel using her dinglehopper to paint the ship’s name. Meyer Werft began hull construction in Germany in October 2026.
Princess Cruises
Princess Cruises Discusses Melbourne Homeport for 2028-29
Crown Princess opened Victoria’s 2026-27 cruise season at Station Pier on October 12, arriving with 3,000 visitors and 1,200 crew. The terminal has 63 ships scheduled.
Norwegian Cruise Line
Norwegian Extends $750 Million Notes Maturity to 2031
NCL Corporation’s proposed $750 million senior-notes offering would extend the maturity of its 6.125% notes from 2028 to 2031.
Norwegian Cruise Line
Bar Harbor Cites Golden Anchor Over Scenic Eclipse Landing
Because Scenic Eclipse is registered in Malta, town-owned Ells Pier is not an option: it lacks Customs and Border Protection facilities and accepts only United States-flagged cruise ships.
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Cunard Extends Le Gavroche at Sea Residencies on Queen Anne
At Sir Samuels, the Le Gavroche tasting menu will be limited to 50 diners each evening and cost 250 dollars per person, with gala menus elsewhere aboard.
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Queen Victoria Begins Refit Ahead of 2026-27 UK Season
Before the seasonal program, Queen Victoria will spend 19 days in drydock, adding eight Britannia staterooms and refurbishing the Grand Lobby and Queens Room.