Cruise News

Carnivals credit rating from Moodys has been downgraded.

With Carnivals 3bln bond sale starting today hoping to find buyers has proven a challenge with Carnival having to offer short term bonds at a whopping 12.5%-13% interest.

Carnival estimates a majority of their fleet will be in a prolonged ship layup going forward to refuce the monthly costs to approx. $1 million per month in overhead for maintenence per ship. This does not include any other expenses such as loan and interest payments.

Holland America is still looking for a port to accept the Zaandam and Rotterdam ships. Florida's Port Everglades is awaiting a formal proposal from HA being voting.

Holland America's President Orlando Ashford posted a blog on HA's site asking for assistance.

However Florida Governor Ronald DeSantis has already stated he does nto want the ships in Florida and will escalate tot he White House if needed. Hopefully a mutually agreed plan can be agreed to to get these guests assistance.

Viking announces they will be offering river cruises on the Mississippi river starting in August 2022. The purpose built ships are currently being built in Louisiana.

MSC has announced they are extending your Voyagers Club status until the December 31st, 2021 if it was going to expire in 2020 due to lack of travel.

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We started the popular travel site MilesGeek and are now doing a vlog and news channel about cruising! Join us here at Cruise News as we share our tips and knowledge from traveling on the top brands in cruising. Come along as we cruise through the Panama Canal, Mediterranean, Caribbean, Hawaii, Australia, and Asia. We do a transatlantic or transpacific cruise at least once a year. Cruise lines include Disney Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line, MSC Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, Holland America, Princess Cruises, and more.

Royal Caribbean extends it's Cruise with Confidence program to allow cancellation up to 48 hours prior to a cruise until September 1st, 2020.

Norwegian Cruise Line extended it's cruise suspension until May 10th for all of its brands Norwegian, Regent and Oceania.

Viking extens it's suspensions for river and ocean cruises through June 30th.

Holland America extends it's cruise suspension until May 14th.

Carnival has extended it's pause of operations until May 11th, 2020.

P&O and Cunard which are part of Carnival until May 15th,

MSC extends hiatus until May 29th.

Disney extends pause through April 28th.

Carnival announced an addtiional stock offering currently valued at 1.25 billion, as well as options privating of up to 3 billion to try and rasie additional funds.

Holland Americas Zaandam and Rotterdam have made it through the Panama Canal and are headed towards Florida looking for a port to allow them to dock.

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We started the popular travel site MilesGeek and are now doing a vlog and news channel about cruising! Join us here at Cruise News as we share our tips and knowledge from traveling on the top brands in cruising. Come along as we cruise through the Panama Canal, Mediterranean, Caribbean, Hawaii, Australia, and Asia. We do a transatlantic or transpacific cruise at least once a year. Cruise lines include Disney Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line, MSC Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, Holland America, Princess Cruises, and more.

With so many cruises being canceled lately, you might find your cruise being canceled yourself. Today we cover if you should take a direct 100% refund or the cruise lines future cruise credit offer. Some offers are as high as 125% FCC.

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We started the popular travel site MilesGeek and are now doing a vlog and news channel about cruising! Join us here at Cruise News as we share our tips and knowledge from traveling on the top brands in cruising. Come along as we cruise through the Panama Canal, Mediterranean, Caribbean, Hawaii, Australia, and Asia. We do a transatlantic or transpacific cruise at least once a year. Cruise lines include Disney Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line, MSC Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, Holland America, Princess Cruises, and more.

Over 10,000 passengers and 3,000 crew are still stuck at sea.

Holland Americas Zaandam and Rotterdam get permission to transit Panama Canal. As of Friday 4 people has died onboard the Zaandam and 138 more were sick with flu like symptoms. The Rotterdam has brought extra supplies and staff to help.

They have moved the sick passengers into a single vessel to try and gain permission to transit the canal which has strict health guidelines in place.

The Zandam cruise started on March 7th and was supposed to end on the 21st in Chile.

As well the Coral Princess, P&O's Arcadia, TUI Marella Explorer 2, Azamara Pursuit and Pacific Princess.

Norwegian Star reportedly removed passengers earlier in Chile with no travel arrangements and reneged on their promise to cover expenses home.

Reports of Oasis of the Seas crew members becoming ill have now been reported.

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Royal Caribbean has announced a global suspension for an additional 30 days until at least April 12th. We discuss this, refunds, future cruise credit options and more.

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We started the popular travel site MilesGeek and are now doing a vlog and news channel about cruising! Join us here at Cruise News as we share our tips and knowledge from traveling on the top brands in cruising. Come along as we cruise through the Panama Canal, Mediterranean, Caribbean, Hawaii, Australia, and Asia. We do a transatlantic or transpacific cruise at least once a year. Cruise lines include Disney Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line, MSC Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, Holland America, Princess Cruises, and more.

We recently crossed the Atlantic on Holland America's Zuiderdam. We dive into everything from the guest demographics, food, entertainment and more.

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We started the popular travel site MilesGeek and are now doing a vlog and news channel about cruising! Join us here at Cruise News as we share our tips and knowledge from traveling on the top brands in cruising. Come along as we cruise through the Panama Canal, Mediterranean, Caribbean, Hawaii, Australia, and Asia. We do a transatlantic or transpacific cruise at least once a year. Cruise lines include Disney Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line, MSC Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, Holland America, Princess Cruises, and more.

Often when you book a cruise you select it for the ports of call, the ship, or maybe loyalty to a particular cruise line.

One of the pros and cons of cruising is that itineraries sometimes need to change. These can be due to weather, political events, or anything in between.

Today we discuss our recent planned transatlantic cruise on the Oasis of the Seas, how the ship was damaged in the Bahamas in dry dock prior and how we rolled with the punches.

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We started the popular travel site MilesGeek and are now doing a vlog and news channel about cruising! Join us here at Cruise News as we share our tips and knowledge from traveling on the top brands in cruising. Come along as we cruise through the Panama Canal, Mediterranean, Caribbean, Hawaii, Australia, and Asia. We do a transatlantic or transpacific cruise at least once a year. Cruise lines include Disney Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line, MSC Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, Holland America, Princess Cruises, and more.

One of the biggest concerns people have when cruising, especially when crossing the Atlantic ocean is the weather.

In today's episode we cover what do with all of your sea days, and is the weather really something to stress about.

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Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) vs Disney Disney Cruise Line (DCL)

Today we cover what works for each of these lines and help you decide which might be a better fit for you.

• Wave phones vs chat app
• Rotational dining vs anytime dining
• Pricing
• Kids Clubs
• Multiple Full Production Shows
• Customer Service
• Main dining room food quality vs specialty restaurants

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We started the popular travel site MilesGeek and are now doing a vlog and news channel about cruising! Join us here at Cruise News as we share our tips and knowledge from traveling on the top brands in cruising. Come along as we cruise through the Panama Canal, Mediterranean, Caribbean, Hawaii, Australia, and Asia. We do a transatlantic or transpacific cruise at least once a year. Cruise lines include Disney Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line, MSC Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, Holland America, Princess Cruises, and more.

• When they happen every week are they worth checking out?
• Tracking your cruise price after booking
• Are free promotions really free?

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About Cruise News:
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We started the popular travel site MilesGeek and are now doing a vlog and news channel about cruising! Join us here at Cruise News as we share our tips and knowledge from traveling on the top brands in cruising. Come along as we cruise through the Panama Canal, Mediterranean, Caribbean, Hawaii, Australia, and Asia. We do a transatlantic or transpacific cruise at least once a year. Cruise lines include Disney Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line, MSC Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, Holland America, Princess Cruises, and more.