The Costa Concordia was successfully refloated recently and I wanted to share with you a timelapse video of that process, you can view it below. I also wanted to share with you some interior images of the vessel as she is now. I think you will agree that the image of the piano is incredible,…
Tag: transportation
Norwegian Cruise Line Orders Two New Ships
Norwegian Cruise Line announced today that it has reached an agreement with MEYER WERFT GMBH of Germany to build two new Breakaway-Plus class cruise ships for delivery in the second quarter 2018 and the fourth quarter 2019. Each ship will be 164,600 gross tonnes and include 4,200 passenger berths. “Norwegian Breakaway and Norwegian Getaway have…
P&O Cruises Britannia To Host First British Cookery School At Sea
When the doors of the country’s newest cookery school, The Cookery Club, open next March on Britannia, Britain’s largest cruise ship, it will offer the most comprehensive schedule of classes for all ages and abilities as it travels the world. Run in consultation with James Martin and featuring the other P&O Cruises Food Heroes…
Copenhagen with Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines
This wonderful cruise is sadly coming to an end, we are making our Kiel Canal transit today, at sea tomorrow and we then arrive into Dover on Thursday morning. I really am sad to be thinking about getting off. I feel like I have been on Braemar for a lot longer than two weeks and…
St Petersburg and Tallinn With Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines
As I type I am sitting on the open deck enjoying a gorgeous day at sea. The weather today has been absolutely perfect and many passengers are taking the opportunity to relax in the fresh air, read, chat or just watch the world go by. Its days like today that money can’t buy! Since my…
Kiel, Travemunde and Stockholm with Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines
Hello from the sunny and warm Baltic Sea! As you have gathered we have a sea day today before our call in St Petersburg, Russia, tomorrow and the weather at present is absolutely perfect! Warm and sunny and the open decks are alive with people enjoying the summer weather. Since my last check-in with you…
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Braemar – My First Impressions
I boarded Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, Braemar in Dover yesterday and as I have now been aboard for 24-hours I thought it would be a good time to do a first impressions blog – So here goes! Braemar is one of the smallest ships I have cruised on, but she certainly has a big heart…
Viking Star Float Out
Viking Cruises inaugural Ocean ship, the 930-passenger Viking Star, has touched water for the first time with her float out. The traditional ceremony, which marks the first new cruise line in nearly a decade, took place at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard outside Venice. With a total of three sister ships now under construction, Viking Star, debuts in…
Best Family Cruise Lines
I don’t have children, but I did take my sister on a cruise with me back in 2010. She was 12 at the time and loved every minute of it! She is 16 now but would still tell you that her cruise on Ventura was one of the best experiences of her life. She…
Mexican Passenger Goes Overboard From MSC Divina Following World Cup Match
The Brazilian navy is searching for a Mexican football fan who fell from MSC Divina when she was sailing off the northeastern city where Mexico played Brazil in the World Cup, local officials said on Thursday. The man who has been named as Jorge Alberto Lopez, fell on Wednesday evening from the MSC Divina, about…
CruiseMiss.com 