Author: Spacejunkie2

  • Celebrity Cruises has announced a deployment move for the Celebrity Solstice, as the Royal Caribbean Group brand said it would cancel the ship’s 2022-2023 season in Asia. Instead, the ship will reposition to the Mexican Riviera, the company said. “We have made the difficult decision to cancel our Asia season due to the ongoing uncertainty…

  • Oceania Cruises plans to completely revamp two of its ships, Riviera and Marina, and give them a full “stem-to-stern” overhaul. The undertaking, which will be completed over the course of this year and next, is the next step in its ongoing OceaniaNEXT programme. Once completed, Oceania said it would proudly deploy a fully refreshed fleet…

  • As the Carnival Sensation is retired from service, Cruise Industry News looks at the history of this popular Fantasy-class vessel. 1990: The Fantasy entered service as the lead ship of an eight-vessel class that also includes the Sensation – a 2,040-guest vessel built by the Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Finland, at a cost of $300 million.   1993: The Sensation…