CRUISE WEEKLY NEWS
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Ho ho ho from CW
Tuesday | Dec 23 2025TODAY will be the last issue of Cruise Weekly for the year, as the team breaks for the Christmas holidays.
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New Crown emerges
Tuesday | Dec 23 2025PRINCESS Cruises’ Crown Princess has returned from her dry dock, with new features such as O’Malley’s Irish Pub, a redesigned casino, and other fresh enhancements.
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Carnival caps off record fiscal year
Monday | Dec 22 2025CARNIVAL Corporation has achieved a record full year adjusted net income, with the company’s strong fiscal results for the year enabling it to reinstate its dividend.
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NCL unveils northern summer 27/28
Monday | Dec 22 2025NORWEGIAN Cruise Line (NCL) has unveiled its highly anticipated 2027/28 northern hemisphere winter deployment, with an additional 320 voyages launched to the West Indies, the Caribbean, and the Mexican Riviera.
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Discovery discovers Journey
Monday | Dec 22 2025CELESTYAL Cruises’ Celestyal Discovery and Celestyal Journey have met in the Arabian Gulf for the first time ever, celebrating the line’s inaguraul dual-ship season in the region.
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New age at Aurora
Monday | Dec 22 2025AURORA Expeditions has named Madeline Georgiadis as its new Global PR & Communications Coordinator.
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Freedom cancels
Monday | Dec 22 2025ROYAL Caribbean has cancelled multiple sailings on Freedom of the Seas due to the ship’s redeployment, with thousands on board at least 18 cruises thought to be affected, according to the unofficial Royal Caribbean Blog.
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Viking’s new space
Monday | Dec 22 2025VIKING and Highclere Castle in England have announced the construction of a new contemporary events space, ‘The Viking Pavilion at Highclere Castle’.
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Porthole 22 Dec 25
Monday | Dec 22 2025A 20-million-year-old fossil of a whale’s backbone washed up on the shores of Victoria over the weekend.
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Norwegian Spirit is “curated for adults”
Friday | Dec 19 2025NORWEGIAN Cruise Line is this season positioning its Australian-based ship Norwegian Spirit as “premium cruising, curated for adults”, as the brand witnesses a more mature market seeking out its local voyages.
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