Couple retires to live on cruise ships because it's roughly half the cost of a nursing home

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/cruise-retirement-instead-of-nursing-home-ex1

"The next deadly climate disaster could wipe out glacier-chasing cruise ships" #climatecrisis #alaska #cruiseships
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/22/climate/glacier-cruises-tsunami-landslide-risk-vis

Many cruise ships make their tours in glacier regions - with an increasing trend

But these trips can have fatal consequences - the culprit is massive calving caused by global warming

The next deadly climate disaster could wipe out glacier-chasing cruise ships

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/22/climate/glacier-cruises-tsunami-landslide-risk-vis

#glaciers #cruiseships #climatechange #geology #climate

Puke-causing germs like #norovirus have a hell of a time aboard #cruiseships now, with their confined spaces & shared food. There have already been more #cruiseship outbreaks off US waters this year than in nearly two decades: gizmodo.com/2025-has-bee... #holidays #vacation #cruises #health #illness

2025 Has Been a Nightmare Year...

Hurtigruten plans climate neutral cruise using cooking oil

Cruise passengers will be able to sail around Norway on a ship solely powered by cooking oil later this month. Hurtigruten has announced that it will sail a climate-neutral biofuel cruise using hydro-treated vegetable oil (HVO). The…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Cooking #climateneutral #cruiseline #Cruiseships #Hurtigruten #VegetableOil
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2314829/hurtigruten-plans-climate-neutral-cruise-using-cooking-oil/

Up Saigon river….

https://khunkai.org/2024/02/23/up-saigon-river/

#Cruise #CruiseIndustry #Cruiseships #HoChiMinhCity #Holidayphotos #Maritime #Saigon #Saigonriver #Seabourn #CruiseLine #tourism #Travel

N.B. club owner says noise by-laws hampering business, while cruise ships can blare
A Saint John, N.B. business owner wants the city's bylaws updated to help keep the local entertainment scene alive.
#business #noise #law #SaintJohn #Canada #CruiseShips
https://globalnews.ca/news/11433206/cruise-ship-noise-saint-john/

On a brisk February morning, Matthew Creswell observed engineers wrestling thick power cables at a Miami cruise ship terminal.

This event, where a cruise ship plugs into the electrical grid, is far less ordinary than it sounds.

#ShorePower #CruiseShips

Cruise lifeboat video tour is easing people's fears of getting stranded out at sea

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/modern-cruise-ship-lifeboat-tour

The NZ Cruise Association is having a conference and from their perspective, the news is gloomy. They served 330,000 passengers in 2023/24, but that dropped to 215,000 in 2025/26.

The industry would like the government to loosen rules on biofouling -- keeping hulls free of unwanted organisms. We have to hope Luxon's coalition aren't *that* stupid.

On the other hand, those of us who look forward to the phasing out of the world's most carbon-heavy mode of tourism -- floating petri dishes burning dirty, heavy oil -- have quiet cause to celebrate.

It's an RNZ story but the ODT version has a nice photo by Gerard O’Brien.

https://www.odt.co.nz/business/job-losses-inevitable-cruise-industry-slump-rnz

#CruiseShips #NZ

Woman who lives on a cruise ship shares the hardest part about her otherwise dream life

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/hardest-part-of-living-on-a-cruise-ship-ex1

Man lives on a cruise ship 300 days a year for the same cost as renting in Florida

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/living-on-a-cruise-ship-cheaper-than-florida-ex1

https://www.alojapan.com/1318363/anti-tourism-protests-are-not-new-they-happened-in-ancient-rome-19th-century-england-and-after-world-war-ii/ Anti-tourism protests are not new. They happened in ancient Rome, 19th-century England and after World War II #AncientRome #CruiseShips #europe #Hawaii #JapanTourism #MassTourism #PeacefulProtests #tourism #TourismBoard This hot European summer, anti-tourism protests have made headlines, from Barcelona to Venice, Mallorca and the Canary Islands. The unrest is not confined to Europe, though. In Mexico City on Friday, peaceful protests against

Cannes to ban mega cruise ships in the latest move against overtourism.

The French Riviera hotspot will limit cruise ship access starting January 2026, capping vessel size and daily disembarkations to curb crowding and pollution.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250630-cannes-to-ban-mega-cruise-ships-in-the-latest-move-against-overtourism?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Cannes #CruiseShips #Tourists #Overtourism #Cruise #Ships #France #FrenchRiviera

Cruise ships return to Maine, so might Norovirus. #maine #cruiseships #cartoon

Whats worse than polluting? Polluting and pretending its clean. Today dozens of billboards around #barcelona where hacked with ads that told the truth: that #naturalgas, #aviation and #cruiseships will NEVER be sustainable. Whoever tells you they are - is lying. #banfossilads

Silversea Cruises’ immersive culinary program on Awaji Island, which includes a culinary workshop and a multicourse meal, is an extra reason to get out of the luxurious confines of your cabin. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/06/01/food-drink/silversea-cruise-awaji-island-culinary-immersion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #chefs #seafood #cruiseships #shoyu

#Economics etc of #CruiseShips

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the ins and outs of high density living at sea

https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/how-ships-escaped-the-great-stagnation?publication_id=90387&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=1g2w5q&utm_medium=email