MSC Splendida Cancels Tunis and Marseille Stops Over 50-Knot Winds
Winter gales are increasingly reshaping Mediterranean cruise plans, pushing lines to favor sheltered harbors and bake more flexibility into itineraries as weather risks rise.
Winter gales are increasingly reshaping Mediterranean cruise plans, pushing lines to favor sheltered harbors and bake more flexibility into itineraries as weather risks rise.
By anchoring holiday sailings around Ocean Cay, MSC underscores how cruise lines are betting on private destinations to manage capacity and keep more spending onshore.
Cruise lines are turning ships into floating galleries as they compete on cultural authenticity. For Caribbean and Central American artists, it opens a rare global stage.
As cruise lines lean on charters and private islands to tailor experiences, Bare Necessities shows how mainstream ships can welcome niche communities while keeping clear boundaries.
With family cruising getting more competitive, Disney is betting franchise-led days at sea and new regional deployments will keep its ships differentiated and in demand.
Disney’s flagship family ship heading to Europe signals how fiercely cruise lines are chasing Mediterranean demand, with Disney pushing beyond its Florida base to win new fans.
As cruise lines digitize everything from check-in to onboard spending, even planned updates can ripple into ports and ships, testing how resilient these systems really are.
The milestone underscores how China’s push to boost services spending is reshaping cruising at home, with Adora banking on higher service standards to rival global brands.
As larger ships anchor Australia’s cruise season, even routine technical issues can ripple through tight itineraries, testing repair capacity and traveler trust.
Repeat refit work in Falmouth shows how cruise maintenance contracts are becoming a steady source of skilled jobs and apprenticeships for the South West shipyard economy.
The boarding underscores how crew welfare is becoming a pressure point for cruise lines as unions push regulators to test foreign-flagged ships against global labour rules.
The episode underscores how tightly modern cruising depends on always-on digital systems, where a single outage can snarl port turnarounds and even onboard purchases.