It’s moments like these we wish we were cruise ships so our boss would chuck millions of dollars at us to make us more palatable to modern audiences.

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As you can imagine, the response to this announcement has almost been stronger than our commitment to three coffees before midday (that’s pretty damn strong!).

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NCL’s Eamonn Ferrin is keen as beans for what 2022 holds for the cruise industry, and that’s not just because he gets to meet Katy Perry later this year.

In case you haven’t heard, Norwegian Spirit is coming Down Under for the first time in December, following the most extensive – and expensive – makeover in NCL’s history.

Still grappling to get your head around NFTs? Us too, but that hasn’t stopped us half-arsing our way through this report.

At Travel Weekly we’re invoking our ‘journalist bill of rights,’ but that just means asking companies for more spring rolls at events.

This week we caught up with NCL’s senior manager of sales who’s keen to get her youngest overseas for the first time this year with trips to Fiji and Hawaii already booked. Can we come too?

In light of the news, Perry will be re-recording her hit “California Girls” and changing the lyrics to be about Reykjavík, Iceland, where the ship will set sail on its inaugural voyage… We’re not sure how it will go.

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