Princess Cruises has scheduled its Caribbean, Mexico and Panama Canal program for fall 2010 to spring 2011. Six Princess ships will visit more than 25 Caribbean ports on 14 itineraries to the Eastern, Western and Southern Caribbean.
The MSC Splendida will be christened in Barcelona, Spain, on July 12 in a ceremony presided over by the vessel’s godmother, Sophia Loren. Loren previously served as godmother for the MSC Lirica, MSC Opera, MSC Musica, MSC Orchestra, MSC Poesia and MSC Fantasia.
Princess Cruises is offering a variety of short cruises on the West Coast during the spring and fall seasons in 2010-11.
Royal Caribbean International announced the return of Vision of the Seas to the North and Baltic seas for a second summer season in 2010.
A Caribbean cruise spoiled by a swine flu outbreak ended amid a swarm of masked medical workers on Friday, and broader fears about the pandemic’s spread in the region prompted cancellation of a 26-nation sports festival.
A cruise ship was put in quarantine Wednesday off the coast of the Venezuelan Caribbean island of Margarita after three members of its crew were found to have symptoms of the new type of influenza A(H1N1), Venezuelan authorities confirmed.