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Carnival Sunshine Is Reborn

Carnival Cruise Line’s, Carnival Sunshine, recently returned from her first sailing since her $155 million refurbishment and although not all passenger reviews were full of sunshine (pardon the pun) the overall reaction seems to be very positive. She did however

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Posted in Carnival Cruise Lines, Cruise News

Viking River Cruises Launch Ocean Cruise Line

Viking River Cruises has announced the launch of its ocean line, marking the introduction of the travel industry’s first new cruise line in nearly a decade. At a gala launch event on Thursday in California, Torstein Hagen, CEO of Viking

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Posted in Cruise News, Viking Cruises

A Rendezvous With The Queen Mary 2

Yesterday began at 4.45am, an early start but for a good reason! My friend and I were off to Greenock in Scotland to Visit Cunard Line’s, Queen Mary 2. First of all what a beautiful scenic drive once passed Glasgow

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Posted in Cruise Ships, Cunard Cruise Line

P&O Cruises Keel Laying Ceremony

At 1300 hours (local time) today, Wednesday May 15 2013, a ceremony to mark the keel laying of the largest cruise ship ever built for the British market will take place at the Monfalcone shipyard of Fincantieri near Trieste, Italy.

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Posted in P&O Cruises, Cruise News

Quantum Of The Seas Cruise Ship Innovation

Royal Caribbean released details last month of their new ‘super’ ship Quantum of the Seas, which will arrive in the autumn of 2014 and be followed in 2015 by sister ship, Anthem of the Seas. The cruise line promised innovations

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Posted in Royal Caribbean International, Cruise News

Cruise Ship Stowaway

There are numerous creatures, great and small, that land on our cruise ships as we sail the seven seas. In my time I have come across quite a few different stowaways in all shapes and sizes and some were enough

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Posted in General Cruise Articles

Search Called Off For Missing Carnival Spirit Passengers

On Thursday morning we awoke to the news that two young people had fallen overboard from Carnival Cruise Lines, Carnival Spirit, on Wednesday evening. The couple from Barraba in north-west New South Wales, have been named as paramedic Paul Rossington,

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Posted in Carnival Cruise Lines, Cruise News

P&O Cruises Ventura Refurbishment

A multi-million pound refurbishment has been carried out to Ventura to incorporate features which have proved popular with passengers on sister ship Azura. Successful concepts from Azura, such as The Glasshouse, The Retreat, menus designed by Michelin -star chef Atul

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Posted in Cruise News, P&O Cruises

Free Runners Invade Cruise Ship

Yesterday I came across a video on the Cruise Critic website by Thomson Cruises, and what a video it was! The idea behind it is to showcase recent upgrades to the lines two flag-ships, Thomson Dream and Thomson Celebration, but

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Posted in General Cruise Articles, Thomson Cruises

Living Aboard The World

I often wonder what it must be like to live on a cruise ship. Not in the sense that you are crew and ‘live’ on board for the term of your contract or you are on a world cruise, I

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Posted in General Cruise Articles, The World
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