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  German and Italian Cruise Brands start limited service - sailing short cruises restricted to domestic ports and Italian and German Nationals Select cruise lines has decided to start cruising operations outside of United States waters Norwegian cruise line - Sea Goddess has started cruises for Norwegian citizens on their private yachts - only calling at ports within Norway. Carnival Owned German cruise line Aida Kreuzfarten  is planning to start operations from German ports calling at select German cities. Royal Caribbean's jointly owned German cruise operation Mein Schiff began cruising last month - sailing short cruises to to nowhere for German nationals only. As part of the cruise, the ship sailed to the shipyard where is was built allowing passengers a view of the shipyard. Later this month Carnival Cruises' Italian brand Costa Cruises - will start sailing from Italy with 2 ships. The ships will be restricted to carry only Italian citizens and call only at Italian ports....

News about cruise ships sailing the world - including ship sales, scrapping, new companies, new ships, port of call and more. There is allot happening in the cruise industry beyond the New York and New Jersey cruises scene. There are cruise lines anxious to restart service; further Center For Disease Control (CDC) Restrictions, Cruise lines scrapping ships to raise cash and prepare for re-entry into the cruise industry and more. Check out some of these stories published on our sister blog at NicksCruiseCorner.Blogspot.com covering worldwide cruise events. Here is a sampling. Revealed: P&O Cruises Oceana Has Been Sold to Greece's Ferry Operator Seajets   Saga Cruises' New Spirit of Adventure Emerges From the Indoor Dry-Dock. TUI's Mein Schiff 2 - First Large Cruise Ship To Return to Service. Carnival Cruises' Carnival Fantasy Has Just Arrived Off of Aliaga Turkey For Scrapping Royal Caribbean's Sovereign - ex Sovereign Of The Seas - Beached i...

This time of year many cruise ship invade New York as part of the repositioning from Europe to the Caribbean for the winter. The ships call at New York with the lure of cruises to New England / Canada to see the splendor or the fall foliage. Unique ships calling at the Big Apple either as a port of call or port of embarkation include: German Operator Mein Schiff / TUI's Mein Schiff 1 German Operator AIDA Cruises' AIDAluna - Windstar Cruises' Luxury Small Ship - Star Pride P&O Cruises Aurora Bring British Citizens to New York to See Fall Foliage RETURN TO NYCRUISEINFO.com   ---------------------------------------   Sister Sites => NYCruiseInfo.com Website - Cruise Schedule, Ship Reviews, Ports of Call & More. => Nick's Cruise Corner Blog - News On Cruise Ships Sailing World Wide. => NewShipNews - Information and News on Cruise Ships being built.    ...

TUI / Mein Schiff's Mein Schiff 1 - Sailing a Series of Cruises From New York to New England / Canada and Florida/Bahamas Today Mein Schiff / TUI Cruises' newest ship - the Mein Schiff 1 arrived in New York as part of her transatlantic voyage. The ship will overnight in Cape Liberty, Bayonne, NJ. providing her passenger a night onboard and access to New York City. Passengers will disembark the next day, while a new group of passenger fly-in from Germany to board the ship for the next cruise. The new passengers are then treated to a day in New York City, before departing on 9/20 (Friday). The Mein Schiff 1 will sail on a series of  New England / Canada Cruises and Cruises to Florida and the Bahamas before heading to the Caribbean. Mein Schiff caters primarily to German speaking passenger and offers an upscale experience. Mein Schiff is jointly owned by Royal Caribbean and Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. RETURN TO NYCRUISEINFO.com   -----------------------------------...

AIDA Cruises AIDAvita - One of a number of German cruise lines offering extended stays in New York on their New England, Canada Cruises. As stated in previous blog posts, as the fall approaches, many cruise lines re-locate their ships to New York to Sail on New England Canada Cruises.  These fall sailing are very popular among the German Cruise lines like AIDA and Mein Schiff (TUI Cruises) which use New York / New Jersey as a turn around port. Their cruises use New York as a embarkation and disembarkation port allowing passenger time to visit and explore the Big Apple. Usually the cruise lines add an overnight stay for their passengers in New York and the passengers can use the ship as their hotel. So for instance on a 14 day cruise, the ship arrive in New York on Day 13 allowing guests to stay onboard overnight and explore NYC. For the next cruise, the passengers will embark on day 1 but the ship will NOT leave New York until day 2. These cruises with the extended stay ...

Royal Caribbean's German Brand Mein Schiff Will Offer a Number of Sailings From Cape Liberty NJ Royal Caribbean's partnership with the City of Bayonne, New Jersey is becoming fruitful. The cruise line is featuring 3 departures per week on average during peak months. Royal Caribbean has both the Anthem of the Seas and the Adventure of the Seas sailing from the port to Bermuda, the Caribbean and/or the Bahamas and Private Island - Coco Cay, Bahamas. Celebrity Cruises has the Celebrity Summit sailing weekly to Bermuda. Royal Caribbean's German brand, Mein Schiff / TUI Cruises has the Mein Schiff 6 sailing a series of fall cruises from the port visiting New England / Canada and Coastal US and Bahamas. In between the cruises mentioned above some of the Bermuda or Florida / Bahamas cruises have been replaced with New England Canada Cruises, especially in the fall when the fall foliage is in peak season. There are endless cruise opportunities from port near you. Be...