In 2023 both Carnival and Royal Caribbean overhauled their main dining room menus. The two companies, however, took very different approaches. Royal Caribbean shrank its menus and gave each night a theme.

Guests will feel more comfortable being able to secure their belongings when Celebration Key opens next year, thanks to a new addition.

Cruise ships were not designed, at least until recently, for every person in the family to have a phone as well as perhaps a tablet, a Kindle, and maybe a laptop. A family of four on a cruise ship usually has more than four devices and keeping them charged is essential.

John Heald serves as the public face of Carnival Corporation's namesake cruise brand. He spends most of his days answering hundreds of questions from passengers. Heald has hundreds of thousands of people who love and praise him,