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Viking to add 10 more river ships to its fleet of 80

Viking will add 10 Longships to its river fleet, with the new vessels sailing the Rhine, Main, Danube, and Seine Rivers.

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Dec 6 2023
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“I’m a Virgin cruise convert,” says Sir Richard Branson

Sir Richard Branson’s Resilient Lady arrived in Sydney yesterday, with the billionaire mogul heralding in the ship in a wooden speedboat.

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Dec 5 2023
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Emerald Cruises christens newest luxury yacht Emerald Sakara

Emerald Cruises’ newest, warm water luxury yacht, Emerald Sakara, has been christened with a traditional champagne bottle-breaking ceremony in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Dec 5 2023
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Celebrity Edge’s maiden voyage heads to Sydney

Celebrity Edge, a transformational Edge-Series ship, is on her way to Sydney, via in Queensland ,as part of her maiden voyage to Australia.

WORDS BY Grant Jones . Dec 5 2023
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Sir Richard Branson welcomes Resilient Lady to Australia

It's a triumphant week in cruise with Sir Richard Branson welcoming Resilient Lady into Australian waters for the first time.

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Dec 4 2023
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Investigators seek design changes after rogue wave death on Drake

A year ago on one of the world's roughest seas, an extraordinary and rare event occured: a brand new adventure ship, the Viking Octantis, was hit by a rogue wave.

WORDS BY Peter Lynch . Dec 1 2023
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Revealed: the real reason Pacific Adventure was banned from NZ

The real reason Pacific Adventure was turned away from New Zealand was it had three mussels on its hull

WORDS BY Peter Lynch . Dec 1 2023
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Passengers likely to pay for port fee hikes that drove Melbourne mutiny

Cruise lines sailing out of the Port of Melbourne, which last week drove Cunard and Princess ships to halt port stops, are considering how to cope with the rises.

WORDS BY Grant Jones . Dec 1 2023
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Norwegian Cruise Line launches Viva with Latin pop star

Norwegian Cruise Lines this week, christened Norwegian Viva where 1500 guests attended the ceremony at PortMiami.

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Nov 30 2023
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Overbooked Quantum leaves passengers stranded at quayside

Quantum of the Seas passengers were left stranded portside in Brisbane after being denied a cabin after their eight-night South Pacific cruise was overbooked.

WORDS BY Grant Jones . Nov 30 2023