Passengers Saved, Huge Wave, Oversold Sailing, and...

We’re again with the highest information tales of the week from Cruise Hive, retaining you updated on developments from the key cruise traces and ports of name.

On this week’s information recap, a few of our protection highlights embody the sinking of an tour boat within the Caribbean, Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas deploying to Texas in 2027, and MSC Cruises ordering two extra mega-ships.

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Cruise Company Saved After Tour Boat Sinks

A catamaran sail on the turquoise waters of the Caribbean Sea appears like the proper cruise tour, however for a bunch of cruisers within the Dominican Republic, it become a scary expertise they’re unlikely to quickly overlook.

It occurred on November 9, 2025 when friends crusing on TUI Cruises’ Mein Schiff 1 have been having fun with their catamaran tour in Samana Bay. The boat apparently had an inner failure or might have collided with an underwater object and brought on water.

The 40-foot vessel quickly sank, leaving some 50 friends within the sea. Fortunately, all of them have been reported to be sporting life vests and have been rescued by the Navy of the Dominican Republic.

The incident is beneath investigation. There have been no main accidents reported, and all the cruise friends have been returned to their ship. Movies and footage posted on social media present one part of the catamaran protruding of the water.

Mein Schiff 1 is crusing a 14-night voyage that didn’t initially have the Dominican Republic on its itinerary. The ship was working a revised route attributable to cancelled calls at two Jamaican ports, and the Dominican Republic name had been added instead of Ocho Rios and Montego Bay.

Large Wave Sweeps Cruise Company Off Pier

In a tragic flip of occasions in Tenerife, Canary Islands, three individuals died and 15 have been injured when a large wave swamped a pier the place vacationers, together with a bunch of cruise passengers, have been having fun with ocean views in Puerto de la Cruz.

The occasion occurred on November 8, 2025, and a minimum of one of many lifeless was a cruise passenger and a Dutch nationwide. The unidentified lady was reported to have died from a coronary heart assault after being swept into the ocean. About 10 different individuals from a cruise ship have been additionally swept off the pier and into the water.

Rescue groups efficiently pulled all the individuals from the water. The cruise passengers have been on a shore tour from a ship calling at Tenerife, however it’s unknown which cruise ship they have been crusing on.

Silversea Cruises’ Silver Daybreak and TUI Cruises’ Mein Schiff 3 have been docked in Tenerife that day. Different vacationers, together with a French group, have been swept into the water by the identical rogue wave.

The pier apparently had a warning beacon, and it’s not clear why the vacationers disregarded it. Tenerife is thought for its heavy surf and enormous swells that may unexpectedly create enormous waves.

Movie star Cruises Unwraps 2027-28 Itineraries

From Asia to South America and the Caribbean, Movie star Cruises unveiled its 2027-28 roster of cruises that sail to 131 locations in 42 nations, many with longer stays in port.

With its largest deployment thus far from Florida ports, the road will base eight ships within the Sunshine State, providing cruises to 65 locations within the Caribbean.

Amongst them are Movie star Past and Movie star Xcel crusing from Miami, and Movie star Ascent, Movie star Silhouette, and Movie star Eclipse from Fort Lauderdale. Different ships will sail from Port Canaveral and Tampa.

Itinerary highlights will function Panama Canal transits and visits to Excellent Day at CocoCay, within the Bahamas.

Movie star Equinox will discover South America with 14-night cruises that go to in style sights such because the Chilean Fjords, Tierra del Fuego Nationwide Park, and Cape Horn. Itineraries will name at ports in seven nations.

Two ships, Movie star Solstice and Movie star Millennium, will function Asia voyages to locations together with Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Longer port calls are deliberate, as are in a single day stays in key locations like Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, and Phuket.

Royal Caribbean Affords Offers on Oversold Cruise

Passengers booked on an oversold Royal Caribbean voyage through the Thanksgiving vacation have been supplied some fairly tempting deals to assist alleviate the crush of bookings.

The overtures are being made to friends booked on Attract of the Seas’ 8-night Japanese Caribbean cruise set to depart Port Everglades on November 22, 2025.

Below the primary possibility, friends who didn’t e-book an inside cabin are being requested to maneuver their reservation to an inside stateroom, and those that agree will obtain a full refund of their cruise fare. They’d sail free, principally, not counting any packages or shore excursions, in the event that they downgrade their lodging.

Below a second possibility, friends can cancel the cruise, obtain a full refund, and likewise take pleasure in a future cruise credit score that totals 50% of the cruise fare they paid. The credit score can be utilized on any Royal Caribbean cruise crusing on or earlier than November 22, 2026.

On this occasion, the cruise line will reimburse friends for non-refundable bills, like airfares and accommodations. Company desirous about choosing both provide should notify the road by November 18, 2025.

Icon of the Seas Deploys to Galveston in 2027

Because the saying goes, the whole lot is larger in Texas, and that can quickly apply to the Port of Galveston, the place the mega-ship Icon of the Seas might be based mostly beginning in August 2027.

Icon of the Seas is without doubt one of the world’s two largest cruise ships (the opposite is her sister ship Star of the Seas), at 1,198 toes lengthy and weighing 250,800 gross tons. These ships can accommodate as much as 7,600 passengers plus 2,300 crew members.

Icon of the Seas will reposition from her present homeport, Miami, and start crusing 6- to 8-night cruises to the Japanese and Western Caribbean. The ship will formally depart Miami for the Lone Star State on August 7, 2027 and sail her repositioning cruise.

The ship’s first cruise from the Texas port might be a 7-night Western Caribbean voyage. The weeklong cruises name at Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico, and Roatan, Honduras. Six-night sailings will go to those self same ports, however provide one much less day at sea. The 8-night voyages add Excellent Day at CocoCay, within the Bahamas.

Company who like to sail Icon-class ships from Florida will nonetheless have the opportunity to take action, since Star of the Seas relies at Port Canaveral, and Legend of the Seas, attributable to enter service in summer time 2026, will homeport at Port Everglades.

Royal Caribbean Particulars 2027-28 Voyages From US Ports

Royal Caribbean ships will sail from 4 US ports in 2027-28, providing voyages from 4 to 12 nights to locations within the Caribbean, Mexico, Bermuda, and Canada.

9 ships will sail from homeports in Los Angeles, Galveston, Baltimore, and Cape Liberty. Caribbean and Mexico cruises will provide friends the possibility to go to Royal Seashore Membership Paradise Island within the Bahamas, set to open in December 2025, and Royal Seashore Membership Cozumel in Mexico, slated to debut in 2026.

Maybe the largest piece of stories is that Icon of the Seas will deploy to Galveston, beginning in August 2027 (see associated transient above).

Right here’s the rundown of the deliberate deployments: 

• Liberty of the Seas, Icon of the Seas, and Symphony of the Seas from Galveston to Western Caribbean ports.
• Ovation of the Seas and Navigator of the Seas from Los Angeles to Mexico and Catalina Island.
• Oasis of the Seas, Odyssey of the Seas, and Independence of the Seas from Cape Liberty to the Bahamas, Caribbean, Canada/New England.
• Imaginative and prescient of the Seas from Baltimore to the Caribbean, Bermuda, and Canada.

MSC Cruises’ World Class Increasing to eight Ships

MSC Cruises’ World class simply retains on rising. The road introduced another ship order, this time for 2 vessels, that can broaden the category to eight ships by 2031.

The order, price about $4 billion, was confirmed by the road and the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in France, the place the World-class ships are all being constructed.

The most recent two, briefly known as World Class 7 and World Class 8, will debut in 2030 and 2031, respectively. The category is the trade’s largest when it comes to gross tonnage and passenger capability, behind Royal Caribbean’s large Icon class.

Two MSC World-class ships are already crusing — MSC World Europa, which was launched in  2022, and MSC World America, which launched in 2025. 

Two are beneath development: MSC World Asia, attributable to enter service in 2026, and MSC World Atlantic, set to debut in 2027. And two extra, World Class 5 and World Class 6, are ordered however not but beneath development. They are going to launch in 2029 and 2030, respectively.

The announcement of the most recent order coincided with development milestones for MSC World Asia, which was floated out of her bay, and MSC Atlantica, which held its keel laying ceremony.

Extra Cruise Headlines

Stick round for much more information from Cruise Hive, similar to a new gameshow launching on Royal Caribbean’s Utopia of the Seas, a third new ship being ordered for luxe line Regent Seven Seas Cruises, and Carnival Cruise Line updating its onboard party schedules.

Additionally, Royal Caribbean’s Royal Seashore Membership Paradise Island is nearing completion, and Princess Cruises’ ships will add Celebration Key as a port name in 2026.