Norwegian places big ship order; Royal Caribbean fights norovirus

Norwegian Cruise Line has formally joined the cruise ship arms plug.

Whereas Royal Caribbean has remark the well-liked with its Oasis and Icon Class ships, Carnival has no longer been a ways behind with its Excel Class offerings. MSC Cruises will be joining that plug soon when MSC World The usa joins its U.S. quickly.

It's a sport the set bigger has on occasion been better. Royal Caribbean has retired the basis of "world's best cruise ship." Traditionally, the next ship in its best class has claimed that title.

Essential person of the Seas, nonetheless, will no longer develop that claim, even though that is also no lower than the identical dimension as Icon of the Seas. Carnival and MSC appear to possess also given up on the basis of taking that crown, nonetheless the total ships being ordered by all three of these companies had been what may maybe be sensible megaships.

Now, Norwegian Cruise Line has determined to join the arms plug and remark an present for bigger ships.

Cruise News Currently's Doug Parker has the fat legend as successfully as data of an outbreak of norovirus on a Royal Caribbean ship.

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Norwegian orders 4 new cruise ships

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From Las Vegas, here's Cruise News Currently with Doug Parker.

Good morning. This is your cruise data for Thursday, February 6.

Norwegian Cruise Line has finalized an present for four huge new cruise ships, each weighing 226,000 sinful registered heaps and carrying over 8,000 company.

Built by Fincantieri, these steadily is the very best ships in Norwegian's quickly, with supply remark for 2030, 32, 34, and 2036. The deal, value over $2 billion, follows old expansions, including Norwegian Aqua, which is launching this spring.

Sister producers Oceana and Regent Seven Seas will also catch new ships.

Within the meantime, construction is underway on a new pier at Norwegian's deepest island, Great Stirrup Cay, expected to launch later this yr.

Royal Caribbean fights norovirus, provides nonsmoking casino

Royal Caribbean's Radiance of the Seas has reported an illness outbreak, delaying embarkation for its next cruise. [The] CDC has confirmed that 89 passengers and two crew members aboard the seven-night Caribbean voyage reported indicators of diarrhea and vomiting.

To forestall extra unfold, the cruise lines possess elevated sanitation measures.

This marks the cruise industry's sixth outbreak of the yr.

And Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas is adding a new nonsmoking casino as a part of its latest dry dock.

[First] reported by the Royal Caribbean weblog, the new On line casino Royale nonsmoking will substitute the underused Vintages Wine Bar on the ship's Royal Breeze.

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Royal Caribbean says the unreal gives company more choices while on board.

The transfer follows the success of nonsmoking conversions on Oasis Class ships and will extend to assorted Freedom and Voyager Class ships, allowing company to budge broke in a cleaner and more healthy atmosphere.

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Right here outside the Luxor in Las Vegas, I'm Doug Parker with Cruise News Currently.

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