Cruise lines typically announce itineraries a few years in advance of sailing. Yet in many cases, changes to the planned route are made. Here’s why it happens. With some cruise ports tightening rules ...

Holland America Line will visit a maiden port in 2026, stopping for the first time in Odda, Norway. Before the town was added to more than a dozen itineraries, Paul Grigsby, the cruise line’s vice ...

Many travelers book cruises for the ports they visit, but itineraries aren’t written in stone. While major changes are relatively uncommon, weather, geopolitical developments and technical issues can ...

MIAMI -- The itineraries are mapped, the brochures are printed and the books are open on the cruise industrys 2005 itineraries. Cruise lines have done some itinerary tweaking: New port calls have been ...