Tag: Cruise ships
Progreso has welcomed its first cruise in over 16 months
Although only approximately 300 passengers disembarked from the ship, local and state authorities hailed the arrival of the Breeze as a victory and sign that Yucatán’s cruising industry is finally beginning to recover.
Hope swells in Progreso as 28 new cruise arrivals announced
Carnival Cruises has announced that all of its passengers and crew will have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before ships are allowed to set sail.
Cozumel schedules 24 new cruise-ship arrivals for June and July
In 2019 almost half of the 2,608 cruise ships to dock in Mexican ports arrived in Cozumel.
Yucatán prepares to welcome its first cruise ship in over a...
To be allowed boarding, all crew members and passengers must provide negative COVID-19 test results, taken no more than 72 hours before departure.
Cruise travel expert Chillie Falls on the industry’s comeback and what...
Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the cruise industry in the Yucatán peninsula had been experiencing continuous growth for well over a decade. In 2019, ports welcomed nearly 2,000 cruise ships, making it the region’s best season to date.
Progreso’s enormous pier turns 80 years old
Progreso’s maritime pier, the longest in the world, turned 80 last weekend.
Its port quiet for over a year, Progreso will welcome Carnival...
Progreso will be a rare port of call for Carnival in July.
Disney cruise ship on its way, but not with tourists
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of cruise ships arriving in Progreso had steadily increased for over a decade. Photo: Courtesy
Carnival cruises: No more ships in Progreso until (maybe) November
Cruise ships dock at Puerto Progreso. Photo: Yucatan Ministry of Tourism
Progreso's most frequently spotted cruise line isn't...
Hundreds lose jobs at Carnival, Progreso’s main source of cruise-ship dollars
Carnival Cruise ships are docked at the Port of Tampa in Florida. AP Photo
Carnival Corp., the main...
Mexican workers, stuck on cruise ship for 30 days, finally allowed...
The Disney Fantasy docks at Cozumel in pre-pandemic days. Photo: Brownie Bites blog
Under close watch by health...
Stranded British tourists take charter plane home from Merida airport
British passengers are transferred from a cruise ship off the Yucatecan coast to a Navy dock at Yucalpetén. Photo: Facebook
British cruise ship passenger disembarks in Progreso for medical treatment
A British passenger brought ashore by Navy personnel has died in a Merida hospital. Photo: Punto Medio
An...
Report: Cruise ship with COVID-19 patients awaits entry into Progreso
Source: Cruise Mapper
A cruise ship with four ailing crew members – stricken by the coronavirus — is...
Some passengers banned from cruise ship headed to Progreso
The Yucatan-bound Carnival Fantasy is seen docked in Mobile, Ala. Photo: WKRG
Carnival Cruises on Thursday turned away...
Cruise ships will dock daily for 2 weeks in January
The Carnival Dream heads from Galveston to Progreso and other Mexican ports. Photo: Cruise Industry News
The tourist...
Cold front, sargassum drive tourists away from the beach
The relative chill that has affected Yucatan since Wednesday has affected tourist-centered businesseses on the coast.
Disney to test the waters at Progreso’s cruise ship port
Photo: Disney
By 2021, Yucatan will welcome 50 new cruise ships from around the world, including the Disney...
2 more cruise ships coming to Progreso in ’21
Carnival is planning on sending two more cruise ships — and a lot more tourists — to Progreso.
‘Enchantment’ begins docking in Progreso
The Enchantment of the Seas begins docking in Progreso. Photo: Courtesy
Progreso, Yucatan — Royal Caribbean's "Enchantment of...
More Carnival drama when cruise ship rescues sailor
A Carnival cruise ship came to the rescue of a sailor whose boat was sinking off the coast of Cozumel.
Progreso ranks 4th nationally for cruise ships
Cruise ships at Progreso. Photo: Facebook
For the third consecutive year, Puerto Progreso remains Mexico's fourth most-visited cruise-ship...
Progreso lists improvements for both tourists and foreign residents
A quiet block in Progreso is a proposed tourist zone. Photo: Google
Progreso, Yucatan — Improvements to the...
Small luxury cruise ships cancel Yucatan itinerary
Just days ahead of its first trip, Victory Cruise Lines has canceled an itinerary of small luxury ships that would have traveled to Progreso and other ports of call in Yucatan.