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Subscribe to the Eat Sleep Cruise YouTube Channel if you love to travel and cruise the world! https://www.youtube.com/c/EatSleepCruise1?sub_confirmation=1 There were some much needed positive cruise news stories this week! New announcements and major milestones were reached from some cruise lines. If you missed all of the developments, we have you covered. Here is a recap of all the cruise updates for the past week with our Cruise News for August 23rd edition. If you enjoy the video, please make sure to give it a BIG THUMBS UP! Carnival Cruise Line announced the name of its second Excel-class ship this week. In a social media campaign that teased out letters of the name, we finally learned on Friday that the new ship will be Carnival Celebration. The first ship in this class, Mardi Gras, is set to embark on February 6th 2021, after two delays in construction. The new Carnival Celebration is slated for a November 2022 maiden voyage. Will you be onboard this new ship? In more happy cruise news, MSC Cruises had two major updates. MSC Grandiosa successfully completed the line's first cruise since the suspension of cruising that started back in March of this year. The seven-night Mediterranean cruise was open to guest from 26 European countries. The sailing was the first to implement the line's new health and safety protocols, which include a rapid COVID-19 test before boarding. Also, the cruise line floated out its third Seaside-class ship. The MSC Seashore will debut in the summer of 2021. The cruise line is enhancing 65% of this ship to make it distinct from the previous vessels, MSC Seaside and MSC Seaview. Updates are being made to the indoor pool, the outdoor aft pool, as well as onboard restaurants and the MSC Yacht Club. We can’t wait to try out the ship when it debuts in Miami next November. Finally, it wouldn’t be a cruise update lately if there wasn’t some potentially bad news. The rumors swirled back to life again this week that Royal Caribbean’s Empress of the Seas had been sold. A global shipping industry website broke the report, citing an unnamed source familiar with the matter. Royal Caribbean Group denies the ship has been sold. Still, we wouldn’t be surprised if these latest rumors turn out to be true. Catch Up With All of the Latest Cruise News On the Blog https://eatsleepcruise.com/2020/08/cruises-news-august-21st/ Trending Videos: What it is Like to Cruise During COVID-19: https://youtu.be/eg9sqtBfdRc 6 Reasons Cruising Won’t Resume in the U.S. in 2020: https://youtu.be/grY7mDpe5g0 15 MAJOR Changes Coming to Cruising: https://youtu.be/4J_N14-fFY4 Top 10 New Cruise Ships of 2020 https://youtu.be/2ULGCSadPac Make sure to SUBSCRIBE to our channel above to get the latest cruise tips, cruise reviews, packing guides, port guides, travel tips, and more. Join us on Social Media as we “Sea the World, One Port at a Time.” Instagram: https://instagram.com/EatSleepCruise Facebook: https://facebook.com/EatSleepCruise Twitter: https://twitter.com/EatSleepCruise Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/EatSleepCruise Promotional Video and Photos Courtesy of Royal Caribbean, Go Port Canaveral, Carnival Cruise Line, and MSC Cruises. Royalty-Free Music Courtesy: https://www.epidemicsound.com/