Category: Cruise Deals

Royal Caribbean Group has reached 30 years of its Save the Waves initiative this month, as its first environmental initiative and the foundation for the cruise company’s decarbonization strategy, Destination Net Zero.

Since 1992, Save the Waves has helped the company achieve critical milestones over the past three decades, as the group became the first cruise company to be ISO 14001 for Environmental Management Certified.

30 Years of Save the Waves

Royal Caribbean Group is celebrating 30 years of its first environmental initiative, Save the Waves, during the month of November 2022. The program has assisted the company in achieving waste management and reduction over the past three decades, such as installing advanced wastewater purification systems across 88% of its fleet that treats wastewater.

Save the Waves has created several frameworks for the group that owns three successful cruise brands, Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea Cruises, and has

Carnival Celebration, Carnival Cruise Line’s newest Excel-class cruise ship, is in the United States. The ship sailed on a 14-day transatlantic cruise from the United Kingdom to her new home port, PortMiami. 

The 180,800 gross-tons cruise ship is the sister ship to Mardi Gras, Carnival’s hugely successful first LNG-powered vessel. We look at what you can expect from the most anticipated cruise ship of 2022. 

Carnival Celebration is in Miami

After much anticipation, the moment is finally here. Carnival Celebration is in PortMiami, ready for her inaugural season sailing from the world’s biggest cruise port. The vessel actually arrived much earlier than expected in the very early hours of Sunday morning, while still dark, due to a guest needing some medical attention ashore.

The 180,800 gross-tons, 5,374-passenger made her way into PortMiami, where she docked at her new home, the 471,000-square-foot Terminal F. The terminal, upgraded recently at

Carnival Cruise Line has contacted guests booked for two different sailings aboard Carnival Horizon that their itineraries are changing. One of the cruises sets sail next month, but the other isn’t even next year – it’s 18 months away.

Carnival Horizon Itinerary Changes

In an email sent on Friday, November 18, 2022, Carnival Cruise Line has notified guests on two separate sailings of the Vista-class Carnival Horizon that their itineraries are changing.

“We continue to refine operational plans for your cruise and have made some itinerary changes to the sailings listed below,” the email read.

December 2022

The December 18, 2022 sailing, a 6-night Western Caribbean sailing, was initially to have visited Ocho Rios, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel. Now, the ship will visit Montego Bay instead of Ocho Rios in Jamaica, though the other ports of call remain the same.

In Montego Bay,

In an abundance of caution in response to recent cases reported onboard cruise ships, Carnival Cruise Line has reintroduced mandatory mask wearing policies for the cruise line’s sailings in Australia.

Masks will now be required in all indoor public spaces or in any crowded venue, indoors or outdoors, regardless of vaccination status. It must be noted that at this time, this policy only impacts Carnival cruises in Australia, and masks are not required on any Carnival ships in other regions.

Masks Now Required Onboard

Carnival Cruise Line updated its Have Fun. Be Safe protocols for Australia sailings on November 17, 2022, reintroducing mandatory mask wearing.

The policy now reads, “out of an abundance of caution, for the time being, masks are required in public indoor spaces.”

Those indoor spaces include all lounges, corridors, elevators, theaters, casinos, and other spaces, unless guests are eating or drinking. Guests do not need to

The Black Friday Sale for Princess Cruises has officially arrived, offering deep incentives such as booking by November 30 for $1 deposits and 60 sailings under $60 per day for its guests.

This promotion will be valid from November 22 through November 30, enticing cruisers to take advantage of deep savings, including 100’s more sailings under $100 per day, per guest.

Black Friday Savings Options

Available to guests from November 22 to November 30, the Carnival-owned Princess Cruises will offer deep savings options for those looking to book a cruise in 2022 and 2023 during its Black Friday Sale, with options to visit worldwide destinations at a discounted fare.

Those looking forward to this promotion can book by November 30, 2022, to take advantage of its “per guest” perks, such as 60 sailings under $60 per day and 100’s more sailings under $100 per day.

The cruise line will also

Royal Caribbean International and PortMiami have reached one of the largest ever agreements for the port, with port commissioners approving a lease agreement that will extend for 50 years and net approximately $2.8 billion for the local economy.

The agreement was reached Tuesday, November 15, 2022, and includes new port development projects with an exclusive new terminal, thousands of additional jobs, increased passenger counts, improved port staffing, and more.

New Terminal Agreement Reached

According to Florida Politics, the new agreement between Royal Caribbean and PortMiami is one of the largest ever development and lease agreements for the port, with an estimated value to the county of $2.8 billion over the course of the agreement, a term of 50 years.

This equates to net revenues that will average $56 million per year, though revenues will be lower in the initial years as the port development is completed, and will increase