Cruise Ships

If you have ever missed the boat - got back to the pier and found your cruise ship has left without you - you'll know why the guys in this video are in such a hurry. Not sure how many other ships would allow them to clamber aboard from jetskis though. And just as a matter of interest, are those wave runners now adrift in the Caribbean? Leaving those details said, it's a great way to publicise Thomson Dream's 2014-2015 sailings from Montego Bay. And of course, these are not regular passengers, they are members of 3RUN, the free running [...]

Fresh from a two-day guest appearance in the UK and a starring role as a floating hotel at Super Bowl XLVIII, Norwegian Getaway took centre stage for a christening ceremony in her homeport of Miami. The ship's outdoor theatre and nightclub, Spice H2O, was transformed into the Magic City Lounge for the occasion, with the Miami skyline in the background. The Miami Dolphins' cheerleaders were joint godmothers - following the example set when the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes christened sister ship Norwegian Breakaway in New York last year. They were preceded onto the stage by the cast of the [...]

It was back in October that luxury cruise line Seabourn announced it would be building a new ship. Today the contract was signed for its construction by Fincantieri in Italy. Based on the design of Seabourn Odyssey, Sojourn and Quest, the new vessel will have an extra deck and will carry an extra 150 passengers - a 30 per cent increase. Gross tonnage will be 40,350 - 26 per cent more than its sisters. The new capacity will almost replace that lost with the sale of Seabourn's smallest ships to Windstar. Pride leaves the fleet in April, while Legend and [...]

It's a significant anniversary this week for Cunard flagship Queen Mary 2, celebrating her 10th birthday. There won't be much of a party when the ship returns to Southampton on Friday - that's being saved until May. But it would be unfair to let the event go unmarked, so here's a compelling collection of facts, figures and statistics. Since her spectacular naming by Her Majesty The Queen on January 8, 2004, Queen Mary 2 has undertaken a total of 419 voyages including more than 200 Transatlantic crossings. Cunard maintain she is the world's largest, longest, tallest, widest and most expensive [...]

Brighter, lighter and whiter - that's what the design for Britannia is looking like in this latest video peep inside the planning process, released today by P&O Cruises. A world away from the traditional look of some of the company's older ships and much different from the Royal Princess which shares the same hull design, it is more like the modern elegance to which Celebrity's Solstice-class ships have staked their claim. It's fascinating to see what hotel design specialists Richmond are bringing to the ship, from the soaring spaces of the central atrium, to the more intimate cabin bathrooms. Perhaps [...]