Here’s the latest and greatest on all things cruise compiled, compressed and cared for by yours truly.

Just in case you need a little midweek motivation, this week’s cruise wrap is BURSTING with parties, pride, awards, famils, deals and pretty pictures for you to scroll through.

Travel Weekly’s deputy editor was seen disguising herself as a cruise ship this morning with hopes someone will spend millions revamping her life. No luck so far.

An MSC Cruises crew member was called into action after an Irish passenger onboard the ship reportedly jumped into the water.

The cruise industry has been busy this week! This wrap is practically overflowing with launches, deals and all manner of cruise news.

Tired of your colleagues outsmarting you when it comes to the latest cruise brochures and deals? Get the upper hand right here.

Though that’s not to say Sydney’s overseas passenger terminal will now be equipped with a steamroller to flatten cruise ships at will.

The new-build is one step closer to launch, after suffering more delays than Sydney’s CityRail on a rainy day.

This week’s cruise wrap has left us scratching our heads and wondering whether it’s still the weekend, given the plethora of alcohol-related announcements.

Thousands of protesters have marched in Venice demanding cruise ships be kept out of the city’s lagoon.

A search has been called off for a female who went missing from a cruise ship over the weekend.

The captain of a river cruise vessel that crashed into another tourist boat in Hungary and capsized in May was involved in another accident just a month earlier, prosecutors claim.