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Aida Cruises AIDAluna was expected to sail from New York to New England / Canada or the Coastal US and Bahamas - until AIDA cruises decided to cancel all 2020 US based cruises. Aida Cruises, a German based cruise line owned by Carnival Corporation , has made the decision to suspend all cruises to the United States and Canada in 2020 due to travel bans and restrictions in both countries. The cruise line has traditionally sailed from New York to both New England / Canada and East Coast ports like Norfolk, Charleston SC, Port Canaveral and the Bahamas on two ships. Most of their cruises feature overnight stay in New York to offer their German Clientele time to explore New York City. The AIDA ships have limited dining room eateries and were focused more on buffets and cooking stations. Based on the new corona restrictions, the cruise line will have to re-think their dining experiences. For the summer and fall of 2020 AIDA was expecting to sail the AIDAluna and AIDAdiva from New ...

This weekend was filled with a number of interesting ship facts. Carnival Cruises' Carnival Sunrise spent most of Saturday sailing in circles off the coast of Cape May and Atlantic City NJ. The ship which was supposed to sail to Charleston, SC and Bermuda - aborted her call in Bermuda. Hurricane Humberto knocked out power to the island and created extremely rough seas causing the ship to head toward New York well ahead of her expected arrival date. Princess Cruises' Regal Princess embarked passengers on a New England Canada Cruise on Saturday after arriving in New York from a Transatlantic Cruise.  Oceania Cruises' Insignia was one of 7 Ships that Called at the Port of New York / New Jersey This Weekend. Sunday the Manhattan Cruise Terminal played host to AIDA Cruises' AIDAdiva, Oceania Cruises' Insignia and Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Epic. While Brooklyn Cruise Terminal supported Carnival Cruise's Carnival Sunrise and Cape Liberty Playe...

AIDAdiva AIDA Cruises Sails Seasonally from New York to New England Canada Hello Readers, I am trying to close some gaps on new articles that were missed and I failed to mention. This past Sunday (9/24), the Port of New York and New Jersey played host to 5 cruise ships. The attraction of fall foliage and New England / Canada cruises has ships from all over the globe congregating in New York. Many European Cruise Lines like AIDA and P&O focus on specific demographics. P&O on the British market and cruise passengers, while AIDA focuses on German cruise passengers. These ships usually spend at least overnight stay in the Big Apple to offer passengers time to explore the city. This past weekend, P&O's Aurora and AIDA's AIDAdiva were alongside as well as Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Escape, Celebrity Cruises' Celebrity Summit and Cunard's Queen Mary 2. Every one of these ships sailed from New York to New England / Canada. There was at-l...