Tag Archive: Cruise News
Crystal’s Crown Jewel Takes Shape
The poet Robert Browning first coined the phrase in 1855. Architect Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe (now there’s a name to conjure with) picked it up and ran with it in the 20th century, and countless others have used it to … Read more…
A Silversea Takeover? Never Fear!
It’s commonplace in many businesses that the takeover of a small, boutique company by a larger conglomerate often rings the death-knell for the original operator, and that fans of the original business end up in mourning for a ‘lost’ … Read more…
An Endeavor We Can Fully Support!
Count us in, darlings. We can certainly wait, especially given the propensity of the current summer to either bake us or drown us at equally short notice. 2020, you say? No problem, we reply. Count us in. We are, … Read more…
Seabourn Take The Expedition Route
Suddenly, it’s the hot ticket in Cruise Town. We’ve seen it develop steadily in the past 15 years, but now expedition cruising is taking off like one of Elon Musk’s Falcon Heavy rockets at the Kennedy Space Center. Originally, … Read more…
(Cruise) Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing
By Simon & Susan Veness Shakespeare said it first but William Holden and Jennifer Jones set more hearts racing with their interpretation of it, thanks to their performance in the 1955 Oscar-winning romantic blockbuster Love Is A Many Splendored Thing. … Read more…
A Caribbean Recovery
Most cruise ship visits in the Caribbean are about as routine as it gets. In the winter, this is the ‘Milk Run’ for cruise lines, the week-in, week-out routine that forms the basis of what they do. Cruising by numbers, … Read more…
A Plague On Both Your Harbours!
A Plague On Both Your Harbours! Yorkshire had the right phrase for it, several eons ago. It doesn’t hold up quite so well in this day and age, but it is still worth repeating when you read something so … Read more…
Regent Seven Seas Explorer On Sale Monday!
Regent Seven Seas Cruises newest ship, Seven Seas Explorer is due for delivery in the summer of 2016, however, the itineraries for her inaugural season are on sale from Monday, January 19th for Seven Seas Society members and general sale … Read more…
The keel has been laid for Queen Anne
Cunard has begun the construction of its fourth Queen, Queen Anne. Shipbuilders have laid the keel for Queen Anne at the Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera, Italy. Cunard executives celebrated the occasion with the traditional coin ceremony. Captain Inger Klien Thorhauge … Read more…
New Cruise Ship Facilities Coming in 2022
In the last week, several cruise lines have announced that they will be introducing all-new facilities on their up-and-coming ships. From escape rooms to go-kart racetracks, guests can look forward to action-packed adventures on their next cruise holiday. Read below … Read more…