Norwegian Cruise Line: Voyaging from Maryland’s Port of Baltimore
Today, Norwegian Cruise Line was welcomed to the Helen Bentley Port of Baltimore to begin a fall and winter sailing schedule. This is a historic event, as it is the first time the company will have two ships homeporting from Maryland. The ships will offer cruises from Baltimore to New England, Canad
Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Venezia Arrives To New York City
Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Venezia has officially arrived in New York City! This Thursday, she will sail from the Manhattan Cruise Terminal on a four-day cruise visiting Bermuda! UPCOMING EVENTS FOR CARNIVAL VENEZIA There will be a welcome ceremony aboard the ship Wednesday
Holland America Line Adds New Destinations And Longer Itineraries For 2024 – 2025 Caribbean Season
Holland America Line officially opened bookings for the brand’s 2024-2025 Caribbean season! Get ready for new destinations such as Boston and longer itineraries with up to 14 and 21 days at sea! MORE ABOUT THE CARIBBEAN SEASON The brand welcomes three new voyages that are 14 and 21 days.
CDC Adds 22 Countries to travel Warning List
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Cruising Returned to Port of Baltimore Over the Weekend
Over the weekend, Carnival Cruise Line became the first line to set sail from Port of Baltimore since the COVID-19 pandemic first began in March 2020. Carnival Pride embarked from port yesterday on a seven-day cruise to The Bahamas with calls on Nassau, Freeport and Carnival̵
Crystal Cruises Announces New Bermuda Sailings
There’s no shortage of fabulous islands in and around the Caribbean, but one that often gets overlooked sits a little bit North of your favorite Caribbean hot spots. It’s been around 500 years since the first European settlers set foot on the uninhabited island of Bermuda, but since then
Royal Caribbean Changes Plans for Bermuda Cruises
Porthole Cruise and Travel readers are no strangers to cruise cancellations these days. For the past year, you’ve read countless articles about cancelled, delayed and rescheduled cruises due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Well, for the first time, we have news of a major cruise cancellation that
Norwegian Cruise Line Introduces Norwegian Prima
The new Prima Class ships from Norwegian Cruise Line are on the way! In an announcement this morning, the cruise line released some new details about the very first ship. In an interesting change from the usual, Norwegian Prima will be slightly smaller than the previous Breakaway and Break
Choose Your Cruise – April 9, 2021
It was a wild week in the cruise industry! First we had a handful of cruise lines announcing new sailing dates from places all over the world. Then we had the CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line call the CDC “borderline ridiculous” in an interview with Porthole Cruise Magazine Founder and Edito
Bermuda Is Open for Travel – Here’s What You Need to Know
For the first time ever, a major cruise line is going to homeport in Bermuda and it’s going to be a major factor in the island’s post-COVID recovery. The island has done an incredible job limiting infections over the past year compared to some other popular cruising islands and the local
Would You Take a “Workation”?
‘Pivot’ might just be the word of the year for 2020. Countless small businesses and retailers pivoted to online sales. Grocery stores pivoted to home delivery services. Your favorite spirit-makers pivoted to producing hand sanitizer by the truckload. And now we have hospitality brands doing some
Cruise Deal of the Week – February 21, 2020
When most people thing about getting on a cruise ship, its in some tropical port like Miami or Fort Lauderdale, but there’s actually a lot of great cruises leaving from Northern ports. That makes it a lot easier for cruisers because it can sometimes eliminate a plane ride and all the costs ass
Floats My Boat: Saltwater Painter Stephen Card
Tucked away in Sandys, Bermuda, you’ll find the home and studio of maritime artist Stephen Card. It’s a yellow house with dark green shutters — “The color scheme,” Card explains, “of the old Rotterdam’s lifeboats.” And with that statement alone, you realize that for this 67-year-old
A Lifetime of Painting Cruise Ships
The Monthly Mantra Artist on Board … Artist on Board … Artist on Board … “Can we go to Cucina for dinner?” That was Bermudian maritime artist Stephen Card’s immediate reaction to me telling him I’d be visiting the island aboard Carnival Sunrise’s 4-day sailing from New Yo
The Ghosts of Bermuda
The Bermuda Triangle is a much-loved theme of science fiction tales and TV specials about unexplained phenomena. Planes that disappear off the radar never to be seen again, ships that blink out of existence and then reappear without their crew, lost submarines, and every sort of ghost ship have all
Do You Love Classic Movies? This Cruise is For You!
Who doesn’t love classic movies like Gone With the Wind, Casablanca or Singin’ in the Rain? As part of their 25th anniversary celebrations, Turner Classic Movies is setting sail once again on a themed cruise for classic movie lovers of all ages. The 5-night cruise on board Disney Magic will fe
Bermuda, Booze, Horizon: Three ingredients to a killer cocktail
The Monthly Mantra Hitting the bottle … Hitting the bottle … Hitting the bottle … People cruise for all sorts of reasons: to visit exotic ports of call, to relax poolside, to enjoy the fine dining and to meet new friends. I, meanwhile, cruised to Bermuda aboard Carnival Horizon last week to pi
Like a Local: Bermuda
Close the guidebooks and let a local from Bermuda lead the way. By David LaHuta Thanks to the upcoming arrival of the 35th America’s Cup in June 2017 — indeed the world’s most prestigious sailing regatta — Bermuda is in the midst of a tourism renaissance. New hotels are being built; existing
Beguiling Bermuda
Beguiling Bermuda One longtime cruiser reflects on past and present visits to the dazzling Atlantic island. By Judi Cuervo As the song says, “Bermuda is Another World.” And it certainly was to my friend Stacey and me when, in 1976 at 19 years of age, we arrived at this British colony aboard what
