April Fool’s Day is a fun day to spend time online. Your social media feeds come up with all kinds of crazy news stories, and sifting through to sort the fact from fools’ fiction can sometimes be tricky!
Cruise lines like to get it on the fun too, so here’s a rundown of the best April Fool’s jokes by cruise lines for 2025.
The best pranks from the cruise lines
Ambassador Cruise Line
Fancy a cup of tea? Ambassador Cruise Line has apparently completed the ultimate brew-run.
Carnival & Duolingo
Arguably the best of the day – a great video, a full landing page and even genuine special offers as part of this epic prank cruise that’s a partnership between Carnival and Duolingo. Make sure you visit Carnival.com/duolingo to learn more.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines
A cruise line takes to the skies! Fred. Olsen announced a new airline to help guests enjoy a range of fly-cruises. What’s good about this one is that a lot of people in the comments actually bought it – and the best April Fools are those with just enough credibility.
Royal Caribbean
Royal Caribbean have launched The Big Royal Road Trip – where your cruise ship on wheels will visit some of the biggest monuments in Australia!
Virgin Voyages
Fancy taking home some Branson Berry jam when you next cruise? This new collaboration could revolutionise the cruise souvenir! Or maybe not…
Margaritaville At Sea’s new itinerary is out of this world!
I bet the cruise fares for this sailing aren’t as cheap as they normally are with the cruise line…
And the best ‘other’ cruise fools
Here’s a look at the best April Fools that, while not from cruise lines themselves, are connected in some way.
Sail Away Magazine
Sail Away Magazine are reliable for a solid April Fools, and they’ve jumped on the Lego bandwagon with this year’s. I actually want it – think I can convince them to make it?
New restaurant for Allure of the Seas!
The drydock just got a whole lot better! If only, right? I bet it wouldn’t be McDonalds prices like you get on land…
Prof. Cruise is making a big change…
Oh no – bad news for Prof. Cruise fans! Or is it?
RyanSea? by Magical Traveller
This one isn’t an official RyanAir one, but it’s a fun one, suggesting that renowned ultra-budget airline was entering the cruise space, including fees for flushing toilets, luggage opening fees and more.
No more free poolside seating? Cruiseline.com & Shipmate
Sun loungers are a contentious issue on cruises, so why not just remove them and get rid of the headache?
New cruise private island – but only for Bolsover customers!
Bolsover Cruise Club has announced their private island destination, including non-stick sand, temperature-controlled seas and guaranteed sunshine 24 hours a day! Sounds alright to me!
Cruise Nation’s Godparent Announcement
Congratulations to the Cruise Nation Deal Nerd, who has apparently been named as the Godparent of upcoming cruise ship Norwegian Luna! I’m sure he’ll help guests get the best deals on this ship!
Paramount Cruises
Paramount Cruises is a travel agent, but teased going one step further and launching their own ship for 2025. They quickly clarified it was a joke though, in case anyone thought it might be real!
April Fools from prior years
There have been some great (and some not-so-great) attempts in previous years – here’s a look at the best and worst efforts!
Ambassador Cruise Line
British cruise line Ambassador was one of the first out of the gate with its April Fool’s offering, claiming to have spotted purple turtles on a British Isles cruise.
The pun comes from the Purple Turtle pub you can enjoy on your cruise – no actual purple turtles, but plenty of great drinks to enjoy!
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines
Fred. Olsen is a British cruise line that’s aimed at the more mature crowd – so it’s a little surprising to see that plans are afoot to add slides from the suites down to the Lido Bar!
This is somehow one of the most-possible, but least-believable jokes on this list!
MSC Cruises
MSC has invested in some exciting new technology for its cabins – Zero G! Now you can really relax as you float around – just be careful to keep the balcony door closed else you might float away.
Royal Caribbean
Introducing the Ship n Slide – because the slides can never be big enough on a Royal Caribbean cruise!
Porthole Cruise and Travel
This one looks a little far-fetched, but I like it…
Cobh2024
A social media agency that is responsible for promoting the Irish city of Cobh claimed that a new cruise ship would be visiting for the first time, from McCruise!
Cruiseline.com
Are you ready for Rover of the Land?
John Heald – Carnival’s Brand Ambassador
Oh FFS John…
Royal Caribbean’s ‘Most Aussie Holiday’
Carnival Unveils New Fastest Ship Ever
Virgin To Launch Direct Jet Transfers
One from 2019 – Virgin Voyages announced they were to offer direct-to-ship air transfers, with planes that could land on the ship itself.
AIDA Hires ‘Chief Officer Towels’
How’s your German? Don’t worry if you can’t understand it, as you’ll get the gist – the cruise line was supposedly hiring a new officer for towels. Dream job much?
Have I missed any? Let me know in the comments below, and tell me which is your favourite.
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Jenni Fielding is the founder of Cruise Mummy. She has worked in the cruise industry since 2015 and has taken over 30 cruises. Now, she helps over 1 million people per month to plan their perfect cruise holidays.
