Fort Lauderdale – October 31, 2026 -- Royal Princess has left a two-week Singapore drydock with an Irish pub, 20 new cabins, a premium all-inclusive Sanctuary Collection and a redesigned casino, ahead of a summer season sailing from Sydney.

Fort Lauderdale – October 21, 2026 -- Braid 1.9.5, a free local AI workspace for macOS, Windows and Linux, now works with vLLM, LM Studio and other OpenAI-compatible local inference servers in addition to Ollama.

Fort Lauderdale – October 15, 2026 -- Adults shopping for autoflower cannabis seeds online now have an updated 2026 buyer's guide from Homegrown Cannabis Co. It covers genetics, seed selection, supplier transparency and what to review before choosing a seed company.

Seattle – October 15, 2026 -- Holland America Line is offering up to 50% off cruise fares on select 2026 holiday sailings, which include Thanksgiving dinner, Brunch with Santa and a Christmas Eve Feast of the Seven Fishes at sea. The celebrations run across Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and New Year's voyages.

Fort Lauderdale – October 15, 2026 -- Cruise travelers who want a resort day ashore can choose from more than 100 resort partners across 30+ cruise ports through Resort for a Day, which just won a 2026 Travel Weekly Gold Magellan Award.

The company took gold in the Tour Operators – Overall | Service category. Its entry, titled "Service Built on Trust, Transparency and Reliability," focused on making resort day passes easier to book for cruise passengers planning their time ashore.

Fort Lauderdale – October 13, 2026 -- Princess Cruises has put its 2028–2029 Americas season on sale, with more than 250 departures ranging from four-day West Coast getaways to a new 64-day Circle South America voyage. An Early Booking Bonus is available through February 16, 2027.

Fort Lauderdale – October 12, 2026 -- Buying crypto with cash just got cheaper for Americans near one of 400-plus new machines: Lowest Fee Bitcoin ATMs has launched with a flat 5% fee on every purchase, compared with the 12% to 15% typical at Bitcoin ATMs and 20% or more at some of the largest national operators.

The machines sit in convenience stores, gas stations and shopping centers in Florida, California, Arizona, Texas and other states. They sell Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and the dollar-pegged stablecoins Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC) for cash.

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – October 07, 2026 -- Atlas Ocean Voyages has announced its 2028/29 Antarctica season, adding 25 yacht-style expeditions that sail from October 2028 through March 2029.

Celebration, Fla. – October 07, 2026 -- Disney Cruise Line will launch its newest ship, the Disney Believe, on December 18, 2027, sailing from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. General bookings open October 19, 2026.

The ship will offer four- and five-night sailings to the Caribbean and The Bahamas, with stops at Disney Castaway Cay and Disney Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point. It is the fourth vessel in the Wish class, joining the Disney Wish, Disney Treasure and Disney Destiny, as the fleet grows to 13 ships by late 2030.

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – October 07, 2026 -- The 6th Annual Pumpkins & Palm Trees Fall Festival returns to Las Olas Oceanside Park on Saturday, October 24, 2026, with free admission and an expanded lineup of carnival rides, a student pie-baking contest and a musical trick-or-treat trail.

Presented by the City of Fort Lauderdale Beach Business Improvement District (BBID), the family event runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Las Olas Oceanside Park, 3000 E. Las Olas Blvd., with the Oceanside Community MKT open separately from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.