Royal Caribbean just made it official that the 1991 built, 73,941grt ship will be leaving their fleet. She will be joining the Spanish brand Pullmantur, joining her sister, the Sovereign. Transfer date will be April 1, 2013, meaning her last Royal Caribbean voyage will be on March 29, 2013. The 2,744 pax ship will increase [...]
Royal Caribbean recently announced their commitment to order a second Sunshine Class vessel from Germany’s Meyer Werft. The new unnamed vessel will be delivered Spring of 2015. Fellow blogger Mikey of Mikey’s Cruise Blog, has what could be a top-down render of the new class.
Carnival Cruise Lines announced that march 2013, they will reposition the Carnival Miracle to the West Coast while the Carnival Splendor goes the other way to New York. Now the Miracle is a panamax ship but the Splendor is a post-panamax ship (i.e. too big for the canal.) Therefore the 113,323grt Splendor will sail 3 [...]
Royal Caribbean announced that the 1997-built, 78,491 grt Rhapsody of the Seas will undergo an extensive drydock in Singapore in March. The multimillion dollar drydocking is part of the larger $300m Royal Advantage initiative. She is scheduled to receive an Asian, Italian and Steakhouse restaurants. The Park Café deli will be added. Rooms will be [...]
This is officially awesome! Starting today, the 42nd St. S train will be branded for the entire month of February. The train runs a shuttle service between Times Square and Grand Central under 42nd St. photos via tnooz.com
Adam Goldstein hits the nail on the head about why he blogs.
A recent maritime certification compliance with SOLAS is an increase in stability requirements. As vessels superstructures get taller they need a stable base (hull). A popular enhancement done in drydocking a modern cruise ship is the addition of balconies. This can sometimes be done by extending the stern superstructure of a vessel as was done [...]
Everyone’s freaking out in the media right now about Royal Caribbean adding a second Starbucks @ Sea to their fleet. Now maybe I just don’t get it since I am ethically against Starbucks to begin with, but is it really that big of a deal or is it just a slow news week?
Two weeks ago, we reported on Royal Caribbean’s Q3 earnings. The results were kind of melancholy. Not good, not bad, just ‘eh.’ Afterwards, UBS analyst Robin Farley interpreted the situation as ‘not terrible, not great, but perhaps a situation that seems to be fluctuating rapidly.’ Also stating that this is ‘the most uncertain we’ve ever [...]
Some Highlights with the full results below: Net Income grew 14% to $399 million. Net Yields increased 5.3% Revenues improved to $2.3 billion strong demand for its Caribbean and Alaska products increases in excess of 15% in ticket yields and Alaska Bunker pricing for the third quarter was consistent with earlier calculations at $608 [...]
