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American Airlines Resumes Montego Bay Flights, Maintaining Daily Kingston and Ocho Rios Service 

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American Airlines has relaunched service to Montego Bay, Jamaica, Caribbean Journal has learned.  The airline will be operating one daily roundtrip flight between Miami and Mobay, at least for the immediate future, according to AA.  That flight will depart at 1:20 local time in the afternoon and depart from Sangster International Airport at 4:29 PM […]

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Royal Caribbean Takes Delivery of World’s Largest Cruise Ship

By the Caribbean Journal staff Cruise giant Royal Caribbean International has taken delivery of the world’s largest cruise ship, the Harmony of the Seas. The company took delivery of the ship in a ceremony in Saint Nazaire, France, after 32 months of construction at the STX France shipyard. The ship is now home to 2,100 […]

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Another Carnival Ship Gets a Makeover

By the Caribbean Journal staff Another Carnival Cruise Line ship has received an extensive makeover. The Carnival Valor ship has undergone a renovation that includes the addition of several new dining and bar concepts, the company announced. The ship, which will begin a year-round program of three and four-day voyages from Port Canaveral, has added […]

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Carnival Just Took Delivery of Its Largest Ship

Carnival has a major new cruise ship. Carnival Cruise Line has officially taken delivery of what becomes the line’s newest, largest and most innovative ship, Carnival Vista. The 3,954-passenger ship will be summering in Europe until it begins operating year-round Caribbean cruise service from Miami in November 2016. The ship includes new features like a […]


Another Carnival Ship Gets a Makeover

By the Caribbean Journal staff Holland America Line will soon be debuting a new ship. The new Pinnacle-class ship, ms Koningsdam, will be christened May 20 in a ceremony in Rotterdam. The 2,650-guest ship is the first in a new class of vessel for the company. Queen Maxima of the Netherlands will be christening the […]

Royal Caribbean Is Ordering Another Quantum-Class Ship

By the Caribbean Journal staff Royal Caribbean has entered into an agreement with Meyer Werft to order a fifth Quantum-class cruise ship, the company announced. The as-yet unnamed ship is slated for delivery in the fall of 2020. “It is such a pleasure to announce the order of another Quantum-class ship as we are welcoming […]

Royal Caribbean’s Latest Ship Makeover

Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas cruise ships is returning for Western Caribbean itineraries after a month-long dry dock. The ship will be homeporting in Galveston, Texas for seven-night Western Caribbean itineraries. The ship will visit destinations including Belize City, Belize; Cozumel, Mexico; Falmouth, Jamaica; George Town, Grand Cayman; Montego Bay, Jamaica; Puerto Costa Maya, […]

Royal Caribbean Begins Construction on New Oasis-Class Ship

Above: the keel-laying ceremony in France By the Caribbean Journal staff Royal Caribbean has officially begun construction on the company’s fourth Oasis-class ship. The keel was laid on the new ship at the STX shipyard in St Nazaire, France. The ceremony saw a 1,000-ton-block lifted by crane into the building dock. The ship has yet […]

Norwegian Cruise Line Takes Delivery of Its Largest Ship

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Norwegian Cruise Line has taken delivery of the line’s largest-ever ship, the 164,000-ton Norwegian Escape, after a construction period of 17 months. The ship is the first in the company’s new Breakaway Plus Class. “We are thrilled to deliver the first in Norwegian Cruise Line’s Breakaway Plus class,” said Bernard Meyer, […]

Here’s What the Suites Will Look Like on Seabourn’s New Ship

A first look at Seabourn Encore By the Caribbean Journal staff Seabourn has unveiled the first renderings of the suites on its newest luxury cruise ship, Seabourn Encore, which is slated to launch in late 2016. The new ship will include all-suite, all-veranda accommodations, with a total of 300 suites. The majority of the suites […]

This Cruise Ship Will Have a 10-Story Waterslide

Splashaway Bay to debut on Harmony of the Seas By the Caribbean Journal staff When it debuts, Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas will become the world’s largest cruise ship. But it will also have the tallest largest slide at sea,a 100-foot plunge that will be part of the cruise line’s new Splashaway Bay aqua […]

Royal Caribbean Retaining Majesty of the Seas in Fleet, Planning Improvements

Above: Majesty of the Seas By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Royal Caribbean will be retaining its Majesty of the Seas ship in its fleet, changing course after an announcement in 2014 that it would be transferring the ship. Royal Caribbean’s Majesty of the Seas will continue to offer short cruises with new itineraries summer 2016, […]