Cruises

The Disney Dream will officially set sail for the first time since its COVID-19-induced hiatus beginning on August 9.

The Norwegian Jade will sail to Greece between August and November and then it will be repositioned to start sailing through South Africa and Namibia from December to January 2022. The ship will return to Greece from February 2022 to April 2022.

Regent Seven Seas Cruises says it only took three hours for them to fully book their luxury world cruise set to sail in 2024, despite ticket prices starting at $73,499.

Viking’s newest cruise ship just touched the sea for the very first time.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings is suing Florida's surgeon general over the state's vaccine passport ban, arguing that they should be able to verify passengers' vaccination status when they set sail from Miami on August 15.

A federal judge denied the CDC's request to keep COVID-19 restrictions on cruises in place in Florida past July 18, writing that the agency “can show no factor that outweighs the need to conclude an unwarranted and unprecedented exercise of governmental power.”

Regent Seven Seas Cruises is prepping for a world voyage it plans to take in 2024.

The court battle between the CDC and Florida over the cruise industry continued Tuesday as the agency filed to appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, nearly three weeks after a lower court judge ruled that the federal government's restrictions on the industry were excessive.

Royal Caribbean sent its Explorer of the Seas cruise ship to provide a place to stay for hundreds of out-of-state responders working at the Surfside condo collapse.

“We are delaying our simulation cruise due to a small number of inconsistent COVID-19 test results, which are considered positive by the CDC," A Disney Cruise Line spokesperson told FOX Business. "The rigorous health and safety protocols we have in place helped us identify the situation, though the test results were ultimately negative.”

Carnival Corporation CEO Arnold Donald says customers are cruising back to the company's ships with demand exceeding supply as they set sail from the U.S. again for the first time after a hiatus brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

Royal Caribbean announced that unvaccinated passengers from Florida will have to pay testing fees and undergo other restrictions after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that banned businesses from using vaccine passports in the state.

Proof of COVID-19 vaccination is no longer a requirement for passengers who board a vessel from Celebrity Cruises in Florida.

Royal Caribbean clarified its vaccine policy ahead of the cruise line's return to U.S. ports next month, saying Monday that all passengers 16 and older must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, except for on ships setting sail from Florida.

Two passengers aboard the Celebrity Millennium cruise ship – which carried only vaccinated crew and passengers as the industry aims to rebound from the coronavirus pandemic lockdown – tested positive for COVID-19 at the end of the cruise, the company said Thursday.

Royal Caribbean International plans to set sail from Texas and Florida next month for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic sidelined the entire cruise industry more than a year ago, the company announced Friday.

Carnival Cruise Line – the latest fleet to receive CDC approval to begin hitting U.S. waters again– will first focus on Port of Galveston in Texas as well as Port Miami and Port Canaveral in Florida for "its return to guest operations this summer," Carnival announced Friday.

One of the world’s most prominent cruise companies said vaccinations will be a must for passengers

Congress has voted to let large cruise ships sail directly from Washington state to Alaska without stopping in Canada, a step that could clear the way for cruises later this year.

Royal Caribbean's Celebrity Cruises is amping up its fleet with its largest ship to date