Quantum Of The Seas To Sail Transatlantic From Southampton

Hot on the heels of the recent Oasis of the Seas announcement, Royal Caribbean International has announced that Quantum of the Seas will be making its inaugural 8-night westbound transatlantic voyage from Southampton on 2 November 2014, arriving in the New York area at Cape Liberty Port, New Jersey, on 10 November 2014.  Bookings for…

Royal Caribbean Signs Contract For Third Quantum-Class Cruise Ship

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, announced yesterday that it has signed a contract with the Meyer Werft shipyard to construct a third Quantum-class cruise ship for delivery in mid-2016.  The price and terms of the new ship are similar to the price and terms of the first two Quantum-class ships and the contract is subject to…

Grandeur Of The Seas Arrives In Freeport After Fire On Board

Grandeur of the Seas arrived in Freeport, The Bahamas this morning at approximately 10:15 a.m. ET.  Grandeur of the Seas was en route to CocoCay, The Bahamas, when the ship experienced a fire in the mooring area in the aft of the ship at approximately 2:50 a.m. ET. The fire was extinguished at 4:58 a.m….

Inaugural Season Itineraries For Quantum Of The Seas

Groundbreaking new ship opens for sale on 28 May 2013 with inaugural sailing taking place on 23 November 2014 Royal Caribbean International unveils Quantum of the Seas’ first 18 Caribbean sailings, ranging from seven to 12 nights, with the official inaugural sailing taking place on 23 November 2014. Bookings will open to loyalty programme members…

Brilliance Of The Seas Is Back

Royal Caribbean International’s, Brilliance of the Seas is back after her $30-million refurbishment and will now offer signature Royal Caribbean amenities that were first introduced on board the line’s Oasis-class ships. Doubling her dining options, Brilliance of the Seas now offers guests a wide variety of culinary experiences from family-style festivity at the Italian trattoria, Giovanni’s…

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 never before seen on a cruise ship and judging by what we now know I…

Oasis Europe Season – Unprecedented Demand

Following last week’s announcement that the world’s largest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas, would embark on its first ever European season and transatlantic sailing out of a UK port of call, thousands of holiday hungry Brits have pre-registered their interest to be first in the queue to make a booking when it makes its…

Bird’s Eye Cruise Ship View

We spend hours looking through pictures of cruise ships, I do anyway! Not only my own but those that have filled cruise websites on the internet. They are the usual holiday snaps are funny pictures where someone is trying to eat the ship, or something along those crazy lines. I love these types of pictures,…

Facebook Favourites

I recently mentioned on the CruiseMiss facebook page that I wanted to know what everyone’s favourite cruise ship was. I thought I may get a few people drop the odd note but instead people embraced it and went crazy with it! In all there were over 100 comments and some ships kept making an appearance…

Oasis of the Seas to Visit Southampton in 2014

The world’s largest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas, will offer cruises in Europe for the first time in autumn 2014, including making its first ever port of call into Southampton on 15 October 2014. Accommodating 6,400 guests at total capacity, Oasis of the Seas is longer than four football pitches, wider than almost six…