(12:16 p.m. EDT) – Crystal Cruises has been assuring consumers over the long term since last week that the monetary unrest of its parent company Genting Hong Kong will lead to the bankruptcy of the luxury cruise line.
“It’s vital to perceive that corporate doesn’t for operations,” the line said in a statement. “Whatever option our parent company chooses, it will allow Crystal to operate its business. In addition, we are committed to fulfilling our contractual obligations to consumers and travel partners by adding processing refunds.
“While we have completed our global suspension until the end of the year, we are working with the government and health
(18:30 BST) – While Fred. Olsen Cruise Line enthusiasts have won the news that the line has two new ships: Bolette and Borealis, acquired in July from Holland America Line.Cruise Critic members have released fond memories of Black Watch and Boudicca, who will leave the service.
Black Watch and Boudicca are an anomaly in the cruise chart. Built in the early 1970s for the legendary Royal Viking Line, the two sisters have been combined for much of their service careers. They are ships that have aged gracefully and continue to woo an unwavering clientele between cruise ships, nearly 50 years after their beginnings.
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(Update on 1146 BST) – Marella Cruises has further prolonged the suspension of its fleet until November 15 due to uncertainty about the resumption of overseas travel.
The cruise line also showed that Marella Discovery will no longer sail the summer season with all itineraries departing from Palma cancelled until October 31, 2020. In addition, the Electric Sunsets 90s vs 00s cruiser in Marella Explorer 2 departing Newcastle on September 5, 2020 does more, and the entire Corfu season of Marella Explorer does not either.
Marella Explorer will now resume operations in November from the Canary Islands.
Marella was hopeful that 3 ships
(Update at 1703 EDT) – Faced with declining revenue and lack of passengers due to the global COVID-10 pandemic, some cruise lines are taking an unpopular but mandatory step: promoting older vessels for scrap.
Most fashion cruises have a lifespan of 40 years or more. While it is not unusual for cruise ships built in the 1970s and 1980s to become circuit breakers, older vessels are regularly transferred first to another smaller cruise operator, a market referred to as “used tonnage”.
It’s more to see relatively young boats heading towards circuit breakers. However, this is exactly what is beginning to happen, due to the coronavirus pandemic. June 25
(17:55 BST) – Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines will take its two most venerable cruisers, Black Watch and Boudicca, out of the fleet. None of the ships will return to the line service when cruise ships resume in 2021.
The routes that will last be released on any of the ships are still open for booking and will be transferred to Bolette and Borealis, formerly Amsterdam and Rotterdam from Holland America Line, adding Fred. Olsen bought it in July.
“If you have a long-term booking on Black Watch or Boudicca, good news! Now you’ll sail aboard Bolette or Borealis,” Fred. Olsen writes in an email to reserved passengers. “Please, because now there’s so much to do. Array..
(11:15 a.m. EDT) – To make a nod to the past, Carnival Cruise Line has announced that it will call its Class Ship Excel Carnival Celebration.
The shipment, which will debut in 2022 in time for the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Carnival, will be the time to be called Celebration. The first, the Celebration of 1987, the last of the 3 Holiday Classs he sent and served in the Carnival fleet until 2008. Now sail under the so-called Grand Celebration of Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line.
Carnival Celebration announced through Carnival partners Kathie Lee Gifford, Guy Fieri and Shaquille O’Neal and other celebrities, who unpacked a box to reveal another letter of the ship’s name.