Celebrity Cruises Takes Delivery Of Celebrity Edge

Following more than four years of planning and 23 months of construction at the skilled hands of thousands of engineers, architects, artisans, designers, contractors, shipyard employees, and the new-build and Celebrity Cruises teams, today the modern luxury cruise line officially took delivery of Celebrity Edge, representing a truly historic occasion for Celebrity Cruises and the cruise…

The Inaugural ROL Cruise Survey: My Take

ROL recently published a post on their website about a cruise survey they had been working on. They asked over 500 cruise enthusiasts 9 cruise related questions and the results are very interesting. Usually, I’m not a big fan of surveys, but I really did enjoy reading this post and seeing what is hot and…

Hurtigruten Orders New Hybrid Powered Expedition Vessel

Hurtigruten, the world’s largest expedition cruise operator, continues to push the boundaries on green travel with their announcement today on the construction of their third hybrid powered expedition cruise ship. The new ship’s design, construction, engineering and advanced technology will be based on Hurtigruten’s two next-generation ships, MS Roald Amundsen and MS Fridtjof Nansen, currently…

My Cruise Love Note

What you’re about to read is a jumbled mess of my enthusiasm for cruise. I did have an idea of what I wanted to write before I started, but then my fingers took command and I was left with this. As it is ALL about cruise, hopefully that will save the blog! Cruise is my…

10 Celebrities You Didn’t Know Were Cruise Ship Godmothers

The role of cruise ship Godmother has traditionally been served by one individual, usually a woman, but there have been a few exceptions over the years. In 2009, Oasis of the Seas was christened by 7 Godmothers, including Gloria Estefan and Jane Seymore, and in 2015, male rapper Pitbull became Godfather to Norwegian Escape. It’s…

MSC Cruises To Enter Ultra-Luxury Market With Four New Ships

MSC Cruises and Fincantieri today announce the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the construction of four ultra-luxury cruise ships for a total value in excess of EUR 2 billion. The ships, the first of which will be delivered in Spring 2023, will have a gross tonnage of approximately 64,000 GT and will…