Donna Tunney

6 days ago | cruisehive.com | Donna Tunney

New cruise itineraries, land-side cultural events, and onboard experiences will frame Princess Cruises’ 2025 Alaska season, which kicks off in just two weeks. Beginning in May, the cruise line will have a big presence of seven ships sailing in the destination, which has grown in popularity since the end of the pandemic era. Along with sea voyages from five homeports, Princess Cruises also tempts guests with stays at five wilderness lodges, all part of the line’s cruise-tour program.

1 week ago | cruisehive.com | Donna Tunney

With just over three weeks to go before departure day, guests booked to sail a Bahamas voyage aboard an MSC Cruises’ ship got the bad news: Cruise cancelled. MSC Meraviglia’s 7-night Bahamas sailing from New York’s Brooklyn Cruise Terminal on May 11, 2025 was nixed due to a mechanical problem that is impacting the ship’s cruising speed, guests learned in an April 16, 2025 notice from MSC Cruises.

1 week ago | cruisehive.com | Donna Tunney

Disney Cruise Line continues to reveal the unique experiences, including some new dining venues, that will debut aboard the line’s newest ship, Disney Destiny, when she enters service in November 2025. Now in the final stages of construction at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany, the 4,000-guest ship will sport the brand’s popular heroes and villains theme as she sails her inaugural season from Fort Lauderdale’s Port Everglades.

1 week ago | cruisehive.com | Donna Tunney

A Virgin Voyages guest charged with assaulting another passenger not only must contend with the legal ramifications of the alleged act but also with his new-found unemployment. Kenneth DeGiorgio, formerly the chief executive officer of First American Financial Corporation, has departed the company, an April 15, 2025 statement from the California-based firm says.

1 week ago | cruisehive.com | Donna Tunney

Time flies, and here it is, Alaska cruise season once again. At the busy Port of Seattle, a major homeport for voyages to The Great Land, the season officially kicks off with the arrival of Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Bliss on April 12, 2025. Adding to the celebratory atmosphere at the port is the launch this season of shore power availability at all three of the port’s cruise berths, a major environmental milestone.