http://www.cruiseshipforum.com/cruise News about cruises and cruising Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:39:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mechanical difficulties are causing grief for thousands of Carnival Legend passengers, after the problems caused the 2,124 passenger vessel to arrive late and therefore depart late on this week’s voyage. The Carnival Legend is the same ship that collided with a Royal Caribbean ship a few months ago, but ... http://www.cruiseshipforum.com/cruise/cruise-news/mechanical-problems-cause-carnival-cruise-headaches.html Tourism companies in the U.S. could be losing over a Billion dollars a year due to U.S. laws that ban travel to Cuba. Officials from Cuba say that includes $600 million for airlines, $300 million for travel agents, and $200 million in travel-related exports. Currently, Cuba welcomes about 2 million foreign visitors ... http://www.cruiseshipforum.com/cruise/cruise-news/cuban-travel-ban-costs-u-s-business-over-1b-annually.html Cruise ship operators are continuing to reduce their Alaskan itineraries this week; Holland America and Princess Cruises are the two latest in a string of cancellations to the unique U.S. state. According to the Anchorage Daily News, the two operators are among six cruise lines that plan to either cancel or ... http://www.cruiseshipforum.com/cruise/cruise-news/alaska-loses-two-more-cruise-ships-for-2011.html A Russian Icebreaker was expected to return to port on Monday, but after getting frozen in place by ice in the Antarctic, that return will be delayed. The Kapitan Khlebinov set out on November 3rd with 80 British tourists who expected to view the emperor penguins in Antarctica and head back ... http://www.cruiseshipforum.com/cruise/cruise-news/antarctic-cruisers-frozen-in-place.html The Wall Street Journal likens the World Travel Awards to the Oscars of the global travel and tourism industry, and earlier this week, the group named Jamaica as the world’s leading cruise destination for the fourth consecutive year. The island nation also received its fifth win for the Caribbean’s leading cruise ... http://www.cruiseshipforum.com/cruise/cruise-news/jamaica-remains-world%e2%80%99s-leading-cruise-destination.html Determining the appropriate tip or gratuity for service providers on board cruise ships can be both confusing and controversial. Due to the influx in cruise passengers unwilling to pay recommended gratuities, some cruise lines like Royal Caribbean are considering making tips mandatory. “It is an issue,” Royal Caribbean’s UK managing ... http://www.cruiseshipforum.com/cruise/cruise-news/could-cruise-ship-tips-soon-be-mandatory.html The Carnival Triumph is in New Orleans this week, but isn’t just stopping by. The Triumph will now call the Crescent City its home port, making it the largest ship to be based in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Carnival is replacing the Fantasy, which will be moving ... http://www.cruiseshipforum.com/cruise/cruise-news/new-orleans-welcomes-largest-cruise-ship-since-katrina.html The Oasis of the Seas is currently making its way across the Atlantic ocean on its way to Port Everglades, Florida which will be the world’s largest cruise ship’s home port. Many may think with the title of World’s Largest that the Oasis would also have the largest environmental ... http://www.cruiseshipforum.com/cruise/cruise-news/oasis-cruise-ship-environmental-impact.html At nearly 20 stories high, five times the size of the Titanic, and 40% larger than the cruise industry’s next biggest ship, navigating Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas isn’t easy. The captain of the world’s largest cruise ship tested his luck last night by passing under a bridge ... http://www.cruiseshipforum.com/cruise/cruise-news/world%e2%80%99s-largest-cruise-ship-misses-bridge-by-2-feet.html The newest ship in the Disney cruise fleet wont set sail until January of 2011, but we're getting a sneak peek of some of the features aboard The Disney Dream. Check out the video below to see the Dream's water slide (it's so big that Disney actually calls it ... http://www.cruiseshipforum.com/cruise/cruise-news/video-released-of-new-disney-cruise-ship.html