Crystal Cruises has released the survey results of its Top 10 rated Crystal Adventures shore excursions in the Caribbean. Based on surveys of guests on the luxury line’s 2006 and early 2007 Caribbean and Panama Canal cruises, more than half of the excursions on the list were rated a perfect 10.

Cruise ships have been banned from anchoring at a secondary dock facility in Grand Cayman because, according to a government official, their anchor chains have damaged coral reefs along the sea floor.

With two major additions to its growing modern fleet and an expanded variety of itineraries, 2008-09 will be a landmark year for MSC Cruises. MSC Cruises will add two new ships to its fleet in 2008, including the newest in its “Musica” class of Panamax vessels and its largest ship ever.

Cruise liner Royal Caribbean returned to Colombia on April 18, carrying 2,500 passengers on board, after six years of absence. The cruise company said the Cartagena port visit is the first of 36 that Royal Caribbean will be making between April 2007 and May 2008.

Royal Caribbean International has added a feature to its agents-only Web site, CruisingPower.com that enables agents to promote themselves on the line’s consumer Web site, RoyalCaribbean.com.

At 160,000 gross registered tons, Royal Caribbean’s third and final Freedom-class ship, Independence of the Seas, will make history in November 2008 as the world’s largest cruise ship yet to make a transatlantic passenger voyage.