More security for Europe’s river cruises
August 17, 2016
The recent tightening of security in many aspects of travel has had its effect on Europe’s river cruise ships, with photo ID, locked gates and
The recent tightening of security in many aspects of travel has had its effect on Europe’s river cruise ships, with photo ID, locked gates and
In two announcements today, Royal Caribbean gave passengers bad news: It’s raising gratuity fees on its ships, and cancelling a free internet plan.
Disney continues to expand its cruise fleet, adding two new ships, each one a bit bigger than the current four. No names and no itineraries set yet.
Royal Caribbean, which has recently had to cancel or shorten some cruises, is now imposing stricter rules on customers who want to cancel bookings.
Royal Caribbean is putting a 30-day cutoff on price cuts, in part to keep early-payers from being upset that others waited and paid less.
Disney Cruise Line has cancelled both Greece and Turkey from its 2016 itinerary for Disney Magic’s 12-night cruise. A spokesperson said the change was a result of monitoring conditions and activities in the region. Earlier, Costa Cruises had dropped Turkey stopovers for the last half of the 2015 season, and last month Celebrity announced it wouldn’t overnight in Istanbul in 2016. The Celebrity announcement said it was due to cruise port construction in Istanbul, but it seems likely that…
MSC Cruises is joining the parade of cruise lines with private islands that host their passengers for days on the beach, at sports and even shopping. MSC has acquired a former dredging station 20 miles south of Bimini and 65 miles east of Miami and renamed it Ocean Cay. By the end of next year, $200 million will have created 6 beaches, 2000-seat amphitheatre, sports venues, walking and nature trails, and even a “Bahamian village” with shops and restaurants. Ocean Cay will be the biggest of…
Over the past year we’ve mentioned the growing trend toward families traveling on river cruises, which has led operators to modify ships and routes, and
Cruise lines have announced some changes in plans and prices recently; two big ones are a trend to higher daily gratuity charges on board, and a move to more flexibility in choosing flights as part of cruise packages. Princess Cruises is raising daily…
CroisiEurope’s Leonardo da Vinci on the Neckar at Heidelberg Continuing problems with low water in European rivers, as described in several recent TG NewsLinks, are disrupting more cruise plans by most operators…but at least some see hope in…
The recent tightening of security in many aspects of travel has had its effect on Europe’s river cruise ships, with
In two announcements today, Royal Caribbean gave passengers bad news: It’s raising gratuity fees on its ships, and cancelling a free internet plan.
Disney continues to expand its cruise fleet, adding two new ships, each one a bit bigger than the current four. No names and no itineraries set yet.
Royal Caribbean, which has recently had to cancel or shorten some cruises, is now imposing stricter rules on customers who want to cancel bookings.
Royal Caribbean is putting a 30-day cutoff on price cuts, in part to keep early-payers from being upset that others waited and paid less.
Disney Cruise Line has cancelled both Greece and Turkey from its 2016 itinerary for Disney Magic’s 12-night cruise. A spokesperson said the change was a result of monitoring conditions and activities in the region. Earlier, Costa Cruises had dropped Turkey stopovers for the last half of the 2015 season, and last month Celebrity announced it wouldn’t overnight in Istanbul in 2016. The Celebrity announcement said it was due to cruise port construction in Istanbul, but it seems likely that…
MSC Cruises is joining the parade of cruise lines with private islands that host their passengers for days on the beach, at sports and even shopping. MSC has acquired a former dredging station 20 miles south of Bimini and 65 miles east of Miami and renamed it Ocean Cay. By the end of next year, $200 million will have created 6 beaches, 2000-seat amphitheatre, sports venues, walking and nature trails, and even a “Bahamian village” with shops and restaurants. Ocean Cay will be the biggest of…
Over the past year we’ve mentioned the growing trend toward families traveling on river cruises, which has led operators to
Cruise lines have announced some changes in plans and prices recently; two big ones are a trend to higher daily gratuity charges on board, and a move to more flexibility in choosing flights as part of cruise packages. Princess Cruises is raising daily…
CroisiEurope’s Leonardo da Vinci on the Neckar at Heidelberg Continuing problems with low water in European rivers, as described in several recent TG NewsLinks, are disrupting more cruise plans by most operators…but at least some see hope in…