Disney Returning to Hawaii, West Coast and Galveston in 2015Disney Cruise Line has announced that it will return to the West Coast with departures from San Diego, in addition to Hawaii and Galveston in 2015.

The cruise line said it will explore the Hawaiian Islands with two special 10-night cruises in September between Vancouver and Honolulu aboard the Disney Wonder.

The Wonder will sail six cruises from San Diego: five-night sailings departing Oct. 4, 11 and 18, calling at Cabo San Lucas and Ensenada; a three-night cruise on Oct. 1 to Ensenada, and two-night weekend getaways departing Oct. 9 and 16.

Disney is also returning to Galveston, with the Wonder sailing a series of seven-day cruises from Galveston with November and December departures, in addition to a six-night sailing. The seven-day cruises will call at Key West, Nassau and Castaway Cay.

Costa Crociere S.p.A. has brought new business to Genoa, its home city. From April 29 through May 17, the Grand Celebration (47,263 gross tons and 1896 total guests), a ship operating for Iberocruceros, the Spanish brand owned of Costa Group, will be docked in Genoa for planned maintenance.

Costa Cruises is investing a total of 4.5 million euro for these works, that are being performed by San Giorgio del Porto shipyard in Genoa, one of the international leaders for ship repairs and refitting. There are also significant benefits in terms of employment: maintenance works  involve about 400 people, mainly from the contracted suppliers commissioned both locally and beyond.

The servicing on the Grand Celebration involves both the hull & engine section and the hotel Section. As far as concerns the former, the biggest jobs are the cleaning and repainting of the hull; the scheduled operations for hotel department include the replacement of the carpet, curtains, upholstery, furniture, decorations and other items and material subject to wear and tear in the public areas and cabins.

After the dry dock, the Grand Celebration will depart from Valencia on May 18 on a positioning cruise to Venice. During summer 2014 the ship will be deployed in Eastern Mediterranean, offering 7-day cruises from Venice and Istanbul.