Cruise News Today — April 5, 2022. Carnival Cruise Line increases gratuities effective May 1, 2022. Norwegian Star enters service from Barcelona, and Norwegian Pearl kicks off Boston’s cruise season. In other Norwegian Cruise news, the April 9 sailing of Norwegian Encore has been canceled. This is the fourth sailing to be canceled after the ship struck bottom in the Dominican Republic late last month. Carnival changes protocols for unvaccinated kids under 12. Cruise line stocks for CCL, RCL, and NCLH.