The south coast seaside resort of Lyme Regis, in Dorset, is playing host to a cruise liner for the first time today (May 20). Silversea’s expedition ship Silver Explorer is calling there as part of a leisurely cruise from Portsmouth to Greenock via some of the least-known spots along the English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish [...]
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I am amazed by this real-life Robinson Crusoe story. News agencies are reporting that a Panamanian fisherman called Adrian Vasquez, who spent 28 days adrift in the Pacific after his 10-foot boat’s engine broke down, could have been rescued when a cruise liner sailed past him near the Galapagos Islands. He shouted and waved a [...]
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Luxury cruise expert Scott Anderson reports from the decks of a brand new ship: Here I am on board Oceania Cruises’ new luxury cruise ship, “MS Riviera”. I am on board for a few days, prior to the naming ceremony. Riviera looks the same as her older sibling, “MS Marina”, but there are over 700 [...]
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Most people usually choose to cruise to the sunshine in mid-winter. The adventurous, however, may prefer to head north early next year in search of one of Mother Nature’s most wonderful sights: the aurora borealis, or “Northern Lights”. Imagine a giant laser show in the sky, with pulsating coloured lights from horizon to horizon; imagine [...]
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If you are slimming, or trying to slim, a cruise may not seem like the ideal holiday for you. Recent research has shown that passengers put on an average of one pound per day on a two-week cruise, so that’s a whole stone more you by the end of your holiday. No wonder some gentlemen [...]
Happy in Havana
What a shame that American cruise ships continue with their spiteful boycotting of Havana as a cruise port of call. Not only is the Cuban capital a wonderful, friendly city, which seems to be full of music, but the harbour is one of the world’s most beautiful in which to arrive. OK, its not quite [...]
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Where is the next big cruise destination? That is a problem exercising the minds of cruising companies all over the world, but it is one particularly relevant for cruise lines operating out of the UK. Every cruise lover will already have done both the Eastern and the Western Mediterranean, the Baltic is crammed with ships [...]
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Cruise ships seem to have spent half the winter hitting rocks, getting stranded in mid-ocean, putting out fires on board, or suffering almost any other kind of disaster that you can think of. But British travel agents report that cruise bookings are booming. Why? Because cruising holidays have always been one of the best-value holidays [...]
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The compulsory tipping row rumbles on. According to “Cruise Bulletin” (www.cruise.co.uk) P&O Cruises’ managing director, Carol Marlow, has weighed in to the controversy by declaring that adding a percentage to a passenger’s final bill is “fairer” than leaving it to the customer to decide who to tip and by how much. Under the new system [...]
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When is a fly-cruise not a fly-cruise? Now, it seems. At a time when many cruise lines are offering big fare discounts, £1 cabin upgrades, double cabin upgrades, high on-board spending credits, and any other incentive they can think of to fill empty cabins during the coming season, the up-market Oceania Cruises have come up [...]
