9 new ships coming in 2019

2019 is no doubt be another exciting one for the cruise industry. According to Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), cruise passenger volume has been growing since it began tracking in 2009. In that year, just 17.8 million passengers cruised.

Nine years later, CLIA forecasted 28 million passengers to cruise in 2018. While the final numbers have not been released at time of press, it nevertheless has been a positive year-over-year growth.

This steady growth comes as no surprise, as cruisers have been consistently rewarding cruise lines with a satisfaction rate in the high 90s.

New ships in 2019

Carnival Cruises Line

• Carnival Panorama
• November 2019
• 3960 passengers

Celebrity Cruises

• Celebrity Flora
• May 2019
• 100 passengers

Costa Cruises

• Costa Smeralda
• October 2019
• 5200 passengers

Hapag-Lloyd

• HANSEATIC inspiration
• October 2019
• 230 passengers

MSC Cruises

• Grandiosa
• November 2019
• 4888 passengers

Norwegian Cruise Line

• Norwegian Encore
• November 2019
• 3998 passengers

PONANT

• Le Dumont d’Urville
• August 2019
• 184 passengers

Princess Cruises

• Sky Princess
• October 2019
• 3660 passengers

Saga Cruises

• Spirit of Discovery
• June 2019
• 999 passengers

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