With the peak period for cruise bookings – aka Wave Season – just getting underway, USA TODAY Cruises offers a guide to the year’s hottest new ships.
Author: Gene Sloan, USA TODAY
The hottest new cruise ships of 2019
Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line are among the big-ship lines unveiling major new vessels in 2019.
Forget dogs and cats. The most pampered pets of the moment might be our backyard chickens
The backyard chicken movement is entering a new phase: Owners pampering the birds as pets.
Autistic man who went overboard on Carnival ship may have wanted to swim, family says
Carnival says an autisticman who disappeared Sunday while on a cruise to Mexico climbed a deck railing and went overboard.
For the first time in its 46-year history, Carnival to offer cruises from San Francisco
Carnival on Tuesday announced it would offer sailingsfrom San Francisco starting in 2020 – something it has never done in its 46-year history.
One of Norwegian Cruise Line’s biggest ships to move to Florida’s Port Canaveral
Norwegian Cruise Line on Tuesday announced that one of its biggest ships, Norwegian Escape, would move to Port Canaveral, Florida.
Giant ships, new destinations: The biggest cruise stories of 2018
From the debut of the biggest cruise ship ever built to the unveiling of innovative new ship features and itineraries, it was a year of milestones in the cruise world.
Cruise ship passenger injured in ‘drunken tumble’ down hatch loses appeal for damages
A Canadian man who injured his foot in a “drunken tumble” on a Norwegian Cruise Line ship has lost an appeal for damages.
Giant new Carnival ship coming in 2020 will have a roller coaster. Really
Cruise giant Carnival plans to build a roller coaster onto a new vessel it will unveil in 2020, something that has never been attempted before.
One of the world’s biggest cruise ships, Oasis of the Seas, to make New York home
The New York City area soon will be home to one of the world’s biggest cruise ships with the arrival of Royal Caribbean’s giant Oasis of the Seas.