Royal Caribbean
Legend of the Seas Heads to Cadiz Drydock Before Maiden Voyage
Legend’s Central Park is planned with more than thirty thousand five hundred real plants, with Navantia workers set to prepare its gardens in Dique 4.
Mediterranean
Holland America Line
Holland America Opens Rotterdam’s 2027 Mediterranean Program
The schedule includes overnight stays in Istanbul and Haifa, plus scenic cruising through the Strait of Messina and past Stromboli on the final Athens departure.
News
Fred. Olsen Names Paolo Togonon Captain of Bolette
Togonon joined Fred. Olsen in 2011 after starting at sea as a deck cadet in 2004, later serving on Black Watch and Braemar before becoming staff captain.
Royal Caribbean
Harmony of the Seas Returns to Europe After Five-Year Absence
During the Navantia refit, Royal Caribbean added The Lime & Coconut and Playmakers Sports Bar & Arcade while increasing the cabin count by roughly one hundred staterooms.
News
Celestyal Adds Agios Nikolaos as Regular Crete Call
Celestyal Journey’s May 12 inaugural call brought about one thousand one hundred passengers and crew from thirty-two countries; Agios Nikolaos replaces Heraklion on the route.
News
Aman at Sea Eyes First Madeira Call in 2028
APRAM said the interest emerged during June 9-12 MedCruise meetings in Palermo, where Madeira also discussed shore-excursion options with existing callers.
News
Fred. Olsen Adds Four First-Time Ports to 2027 Winter Program
The launch set’s longest itinerary is Bolette’s thirty-three-night Caribbean Christmas Island Hopping cruise from Southampton, calling at Barbados, Tortola and Madeira.
Royal Caribbean
Engine-Room Work Starts on Royal Caribbean’s Sixth Icon-Class Ship
The prefabricated module contains the ship’s main engines, liquefied natural gas tanks and auxiliary machinery before tugboats move it from Gdynia to Turku.
Holland America Line
Holland America to Position Oosterdam off Spain for 2026 Eclipse
Adam Burgasser, a University of California San Diego professor who joined Koningsdam for the 2024 eclipse, will sail on Oosterdam for question-and-answer sessions and live commentary.
News
Regent Seven Seas Sets First Elemis Wellness Voyage for 2027
The Elemis sailing departs August 21, 2027, from Trieste to Barcelona, with BeMoved classes, mindfulness enrichment and Blue Zone-inspired culinary menus.
Celebrity Cruises
Celebrity Cruises Deploys Eight Ships in Europe for Summer 2026
Celebrity Xcel, which entered service in late 2025, is sailing its first Mediterranean and Atlantic summer with seven- to eleven-night cruises from Barcelona and Piraeus.
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MV Gemini Arrested in Greece Over Miray Cruises Debts
Bureau Veritas lists Gemini’s certificates as suspended as of May because a survey was overdue, while Equasis identifies its Cameroon registry as a false flag.