Sports Legends join Princess

The ‘Sports Stars’ cruise will take place on a seven-night Spain and France voyage departing August 5, 2022. It will be hosted by Olympian Gail Emms MBE, who will run a series of Q&A sessions with sport names spanning rugby, cricket and the Olympics.

The impressive achievements of the guest speakers include:

ECO shore excursions for MSC as ‘bubble’ pops

As MSC announces the end of the ‘bubbled’ shore excursions that they pioneered as party of their Back to Cruise initiative in 2020 they reveal a move into more environmentally friendly and introduces eco conscious shorex for Summer 22 . MSC ECO shore excursion experiences are aimed at minimising the environmental impact of cruisers on the ports they visit.

Saga announce their river cruises will go all-inclusive in 2023

In a move that brings the river cruise experience more inline with their ocean offering, Saga today announced major new benefits for their two new ships Spirit of the Danube and Spirit of the Rhine, for the 2023 season. 

Ambassador delays inaugural cruise

The maiden Ambassador voyage to Hamburg, originally planned for 6th April 2022, has now been re-scheduled to depart on 20th April. The two subsequent sailings to the Norwegian Fjords have also been cancelled.

Platinum Jubilee Celebrations for Princess

There are some special sailings and events planned for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations for Princess Cruises ships based in Southampton this summer. On cruises between 2-5 June 2022 a special series of activities to celebrate the milestone will take place onboard the line’s four UK homeport ships

Dame Jenni Murray will name Saga ships

The two newest additions to Saga’s River Cruise fleet, sister ships Spirit of the Danube and Spirit of the Rhine, will be officially named by Godmother Dame Jenni Murray in a special ceremony held at Arnhem, in the Netherlands

Princess Cruises announce new routes today!

Exciting News! Princess Cruises announced new routes today! They have put together itineraries for their first-ever summer season sailing to Mexico, Hawaii and the California Coast. The itineraries sail roundtrip from the Port of Los Angeles. The new programme included cruises sailing from June 25, 2022 on the 2,760-guest MedallionClass Sapphire Princess. Sixteen new cruisesContinue reading “Princess Cruises announce new routes today!”

P&O Cruises lay keel for new eco-ship Arvia 

Keel laying is a traditional ship-building ceremony which always includes laying some coins on the keel block to bring good luck to the ship and its crew during construction and in the ships future at sea. The team building PO Cruises 184,000 tonnes ship Arvia, celebrated the milestone using specially selected coins from Barbados which were placed under the block before the block was then lowered onto the coins. This keel laying block weighs 570 tons, is 11.3 metres long, 42.10 metres wide and 11.81 metres high and had to be lifted by a 800 ton crane.