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Windstar Cruises is to join the growing number of small ship luxury lines sailing in Australia in 2020/21, using the newly renovated Star Breeze. The all-suite 312 guest ship will sail a series of “immersive” itineraries to Australia and New Zealand. “In our concerted and ongoing effort to be the small ship leader in destination … Read more
Police are considering charges of negligence after an 18-month old toddler slipped from her grandfather’s arms and plunged to her death from the 11th floor of a Royal Caribbean ship. Chloe Wiegand fell 45 metres from a window on Freedom of the Seas onto a concrete pier in San Juan on Sunday afternoon while the vessel … Read more
Footage has emerged of a Costa Cruises ship narrowly missing a yacht and some smaller boats while it was manoeuvring into Venice’s Giudecca Canal. In a YouTube video uploaded on Jul 7, the Costa Deliziosa is battered by rain and hail, while sounding its emergency horn as tug boats work quickly to straighten out the … Read more
Once copious amount of food, booze and cocktails would be enough to entice a newbie to take a holiday on a cruise ship. Today, lines are going out of their way to sign up celebrity chefs, television stars and famous singers to front their specialty restaurants and cabaret shows. Here’s a Who’s Who of cruise … Read more
Celebrity Flora, the newest ship from the company best known for its premium megaliners, has begun her inaugural sailings around the Galapagos. Known for its abundant wildlife and rugged terrain, Galapagos is a naturalists dream. Small wonder, then, that Celebrity Flora is as environmentally friendly as she can be. But that doesn’t mean she can’t … Read more
Kiwi cruise numbers are growing – and so are visiting ships. The coming wave season promises another record number of vessel visits to the land of the long white cloud. In many parts of Europe, this could be a recipe for disaster. But thanks to the co-operative efforts of cruise lines and local communities, it’s … Read more
Princess Cruises is set to make next year’s wave season its own, with a record number of ships and itineraries and 25 per cent more beds than any other line. “No other line has had six ships in Australia over the summer. I think having six ships sailing from six different home ports helps confirm … Read more
Princess Cruises has revealed that it will be adding the small boutique Pacific Princess to its already extensive list of ships, homeporting in Australia for the 2020-21 season. This momentous arrival coincides with the celebration of the 45th anniversary of the line’s first roundtrip cruise from Australia, a voyage on the original Pacific Princes which starred in the … Read more
With the historic order:Â “We could shut down the engines and run only on battery power…” Captain Kai Albrigsten sailed the MS Roald Amundsen into marine history yesterday, stopping his main engines so she could glide silently on electric propulsion through the seas off northern Norway. It’s a world first for cruise operator Hurtigruten – … Read more
She's the most specious ship yet from luxury line Oceania Cruises. James Sitters tells Rose Kelly and Peter Lynch what's on board the new class of ship, including restaurants, spas and suites.
