Virgin Voyages
The November 6 departure will be replaced by a four-night cruise to Catalina Island and Ensenada and a three-night Ensenada sailing, rather than its original weeklong itinerary.
Virgin Voyages
Guests will fly by charter from JFK to Fort Lauderdale, transfer privately to PortMiami and sail to Key West and Virgin Voyages’ Beach Club at Bimini.
Virgin Voyages
Bookings open at noon Eastern Time on October 21, 2026, through JetBlue Vacations; the charter flights will not appear on JetBlue’s regular schedule.
Princess Cruises
MSC Cruises completed its first Seattle homeport season with the 2,550-passenger MSC Poesia, operating seven-night Alaska itineraries from Pier 91.
Virgin Voyages
Virgin will automatically refund shipbooked excursions to onboard accounts, while replacement-port tours will be available in its app once guests are onboard.
MSC Cruises
Cruise lines must report shore-power connection duration after every Seattle call and submit written explanations for nonconnections, with limited exceptions for outages or maintenance.
Norwegian Cruise Line
Lindblad Expeditions’ 100-guest National Geographic Venture, the season’s smallest visitor, made Victoria’s final call Oct. 18 before sailing to Alert Bay.
Princess Cruises
Condé Nast Traveller’s U.K. edition ranked Royal Caribbean first among megaship lines, while nearly 800,000 votes were cast across the awards’ travel categories.
News
Canada Place processed its one millionth passenger through United States Customs and Border Protection using facial biometrics; travelers may request a manual inspection instead.
Virgin Voyages
On the October 10 sailing, Santa Barbara, San Diego and Ensenada replaced the Mexican Riviera calls after disruption from Hurricanes Rachel and Simon.
Norwegian Cruise Line
About 80 percent of Vancouver’s annual cruise calls involve shore-power-equipped ships, but Canada Place can connect only two vessels at once when three or four are alongside.
Virgin Voyages
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.