Well the hype of Norwegian Cruise Line’s Project Breakaway appears to have hit a peak today, with CruiseCritic interviewing NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan about what might and might not be carried over from Norwegian Epic. You can find the link at the bottom of this post. To create additional hype NCL was using the twitter hashtag #nclpb to keep… Read More Project Breakaway
The original Royal Princess has re-emerged as Artania for the German Market under operator Phoenix Reisen. The vessel appears to have had a significant makeover with addition balcony cabins being added. The ship was original built by Wartsila in Finland, in 1984. She carries 1,200 passengers. According to ‘P&O PRINCESS: The Cruise Ships by Roger… Read More A re-invented Princess.
On the 3rd March 2009 Royal Caribbean stock was low, in fact very low at $5 a share. This was during the construction of the worlds largest cruise ship, The Oasis of the Seas. Now, Just over two years later the stock price has soared, despite rising fuel costs and instability during the Arab Spring.… Read More The Oasis. The Royal. And The Halo.
In the growth of the Cruise Industry in the past few decades, there has been several attempts at launching a ‘Low Cost’ Cruise Line, non seem to have met any significant success. So I decided to investigate, I have chosen the little known ‘Vacation Liners’ and Stelios’ ‘EasyCruise’. In air travel the opposite is true with… Read More Why hasn’t ‘Low-Cost’ Crusing Taken Off?
This isn’t a new concept, its been around since 2009, but I think it is an interesting one, and one I would like to discuss. The design is by STX Europe and the ship is a five hulled vessel, it’s an environmentally friendly concept which reduces CO2 emissions by 50%. As a cruise ship it… Read More EOSEAS – A concept worth thinking about?
Royal Caribbean’s announcement that Voyager of the Seas will be moving it to Asia next year, instead of to the Med has been widely reported in the Cruise Press, as the vessel is by far the largest vessel to be committed to the Asian/Oceanic region. The vessel will be joining the smaller Legend of the Seas which is running its… Read More Too Many Ships?
Norwegian Epic : My Secret Love. Norwegian Epic is an interesting vessel, and I think it provides an interesting concept which other cruise lines may try to copy with upcoming vessels. Overshadowed by Royal Caribbean’s huge Oasis of the Seas & Allure of the Seas, Epic is actually an evolution in the concept of cruising. While its… Read More An Epic Idea?
P&O has ordered a new cruise ship for Britain, the largest ever ordered specifically for the UK market. Developed from american sister line Princess the as yet un-named ship is a sister ship to Royal Princess. The vessel is set to be P&O’s eigth ship in the fleet since Adonia joined last month, will carry 3110… Read More P&O for Britain
Well I’ve been busy reading. While searching eBay the other week I came across Wind Star: The Building of a Sailship by Joseph Novitski. Now I’ve read a few maritime books, my favourite being Devils on the Deep Blue Sea by Kristoffer A Garin. While I enjoy Maritime history books, there is just something about… Read More Book Review: WIND STAR : The Building of a Sailship
I’m from Liverpool, so you would expect me to say this is terrible news, wrong, I hope this withdrawal should stop the politics of the Liverpool Cruise problem and find a solution. The excellent http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/captain-greybeard/ has kindly pointed out that Fred Olsen has quit Liverpool, with Marketing Director Nigel Lingard quoted as saying ‘They still haven’t got… Read More Fred Olsen Quits Liverpool
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