Royal Caribbean announced it will add 15 visits to St. Maarten in 2020, which will bring as many as 68,000 additional guests to the island.

The new visits will begin in May 2020 and run through December 2020 and take place on Freedom of the Seas.

Disney Cruise Line released its summer 2021 sailings, which include sailings to destinations in Greece, Alaska and the Caribbean.

These new sailings will become available to book beginning on February 28, 2020.

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Disney Cruise Line offers a lot for family to enjoy on their ships, including the shows, kids clubs, classes and slides. 

Here's a look at our favorite free things to do on Disney Cruise ships.

After you pick the perfect cruise line and ship, you will want to start thinking about how you want to spend your days in port. 

You cruise line will offer various excursions that can be pre-booked through their portal or once you board at their shore excursions desk, however, you also have the choice to book via third party. This is often much cheaper than booking similar tours through your cruise line.

The Silver Whisper cruise ship, by Silversea, became the first cruise ship to visit Antarctica as part of an around-the-world cruise.

On February 4, 2020, Silver Whisper met up with the cruise line's Silver Cloud expedition ship in Antarctica's Wilhelmina Bay.

Guests on the cruise had four days to explore the area, helped along by specialized zodiac rafts that the cruise line carries.

Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Spirit just completed a $100 million drydock, as part of the Northwegian Edge fleetwide upgrade program.

The Norwegian Spirit finishes a 43-day dry dock that added  14 new venues, additional and updated staterooms, enhanced public areas and new hull art.

Changes include:

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. announced it will move two of its cruise ships to support humanitarian efforts in Australia and California.

MSC Cruises USA has named Rubén Rodríguez as President and he will join the organization on March 18.

Mr. Rodríguez will work to grow the company's strategy in the United States region, both in terms of its commercial presence and brand awareness, and leverage long-term investments made in recent years. 

The first cruise ship for Virgin Voyages, Scarlet Lady, was delivered by shipbuilder Fincantieri today at the shipyard in Genoa Sestri Ponente.

The ship recently completed its sea trials, and was delivered to the cruise line.

Scarlet Lady is the first of four ships ordered by Virgin Voyages.

Scarlet Lady is scheduled to set sail on her inaugural maiden voyage on April 1.