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Norwegian Encore and other cruise ships docked at the Port of Miami in March last year.

Cruise line wins right to demand 'vaccine passport' from passengers

Florida governor's effort to ban "vaccine passports" dealt a blow as judge rules in cruise line's favour.

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Viking Mars preparing for float out in Italy.

New Viking cruise ship hits the water for the first time

Viking Cruises' newest ocean ship Viking Mars has just floated out from shipyards at Ancona in Italy.

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The ship will feature several adults-only zones and experiences.

Disney unveils adults-only features for new cruise ship

About a year before the inaugural sailing of the Disney Wish, Disney Cruise Lines continues to unveil experiences that make the fifth ship in the line stand out from the rest.

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Cruise ships weighing more than 25,000 tonnes or more than 180 metres in length will be banned from sailing into Venice.

Cruise ships banned from sailing into Venice

Declaring Venice's waterways a "national monument," Italy is banning mammoth cruise liners from sailing into the lagoon city, which risked being declared an imperiled world heritage site by the United Nations later this month.

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Royal Caribbean employee volunteers walk on the deck of the Freedom of the Seas cruise ship before sailing.

On cruises that allow them, the unvaccinated are second-class citizens

Cruisers are typically free to hang out where they want, do what they want to do, and make friends. But unvaccinated cruisers on Freedom will find much of that restricted.

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Cruising restarts in US with 99 per cent of passengers vaccinated

The first cruise ship to leave a US port since the coronavirus pandemic brought the industry to a 15-month standstill sailed away on Saturday with nearly all vaccinated passengers on board.

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Cruise passengers test positive to COVID-19 in Mediterranean

Two passengers tested positive for the coronavirus during routine checks aboard a Mediterranean cruise this week, MSC Cruises said.

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Norwegian Jade. NCL hasn't sailed for more than a year and has lost $US50 billion in market capitalisation.

Sneak peek behind the scenes of cruise line's efforts to restart sailing

One cruise company is ready to give future passengers a rare close up.

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The Wish Tower Suite is situated in the forward funnel of the Disney Wish (artist’s rendering).

The penthouse being built into a cruise ship funnel

Disney has unveiled photos and plans for its newest cruise ship, the Disney Wish, and it's a unique penthouse built into the forward funnel that is grabbing all the headlines.