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MS Vesteralen Returns to Bergen-Kirkenes Service After Refit
The full coastal roundtrip covers about 2,500 nautical miles over twelve days and calls at 34 ports, including longer visits in Trondheim and Tromsø.
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Margaritaville at Sea Welcomes Its One Millionth Guest
At PortMiami, a Miami-Dade County committee advanced a five-year preferential berthing agreement covering about one hundred seventy Beachcomber visits at Terminal C.
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Marella Discovery 2 Goes Adults-Only With Four New Venues
Marella Discovery 2’s children’s spaces will be converted into four adult venues, including a speakeasy and escape room, though final designs have not been released.
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Mitsui Ocean Sakura Enters Nagasaki Yard for Japan Debut
Mitsui Ocean Sakura reached Yokohama on May 30 after its final Seabourn sailing, with 29 cruises planned through late December from eight Japanese ports.
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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.
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Carnival Plans 155 Halloween Cruises Across Entire Fleet in 2026
Carnival Conquest leads the schedule with nine three- and four-night Bahamas sailings from Miami, while Carnival Luminosa opens with a nineteen-night San Francisco-to-Tokyo voyage.
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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.
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Mitsui Plans 47-Day South Pacific Cruise on Fuji for 2027
Fuji is Mitsui's only active ship after Nippon Maru's May 2026 retirement, while sister ship Sakura is due to debut from Yokohama in September 2026.
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Carnival Legend Opens 2026 Europe Season From Dover
The Dover program includes a June Iceland cruise with four Icelandic calls and an eleven-night Western Europe itinerary tied to total solar eclipse viewing.
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Seabourn Quest Returns From Drydock After Major Interior Renovation
The Club received a speakeasy-style redesign with a new bar and lighting, while more than twenty thousand square meters of removed carpet were kept out of landfill.
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Margaritaville Taps MJM Marine and Mivan for Beachcomber Refit
Costa Fortuna is due to enter a twelve-week drydock in late September 2026, and Margaritaville has not yet named the yard for the work.
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Cunard Plans 30 New Cabins for Queen Mary 2 in 2027 Refit
Deck 13, now used as a sun deck, carries most of the planned added inventory, while the ship is currently timed to return to service on May 9, 2027.