Posted in Canada, Canadian Sailing Expeditions, Great Lakes, Incentive Cruises, News, Postioning Voyages, River Cruises America, tagged The Cruise People, windjammer, Caledonia, sailing cruise, Toronto cruise ship, lake Ontario cruise, incentive travel, group travel, tall ships, Great Lakes Cruises on 27 April, 2008 | 1 Comment »
April 27th, 2008
The Canadian sailing vessel Caledonia Of Canadian Sailing Expeditions will be cruising Lake Ontario in June of 2009.
Plans call for a number of three-night sailings from Toronto to Niagara-on-the-Lake and Kingston, returning to Toronto. These sailings will be unique in that nothing similar has been offered for over half a century.
Positioning voyages [...]
Posted in Louis, Mediterranean, News, Norwegian Cruise Lines on 23 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Louis plc announced it has reached an agreement with Star Cruises for the purchase of two of its cruise ships, Norwegian Dream and Norwegian Majesty for a total amount of $US380 million.According the agreement, the two cruise ships will be chartered back to Star Cruises until November 2008 for Norwegian Dream and December 2009 for [...]
Posted in Antarctica, Expedition Voyages, Special Offers on 22 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
PS89-01 BOOKING OFFER – Now 25% Off Select Cabins
Flickr Tags: anarctic special sale
(Offer expires: July 30, 2008)
The Great Antarctic Expedition
PS89 – 01 (Nov. 4 – 22, 2008) 19 days/ 18 nights
Often described as a grand expedition, in addition to the Antarctic Peninsula, in this programme the ship first sails to the Falklands and South [...]
Posted in Amadeus, European River on 17 April, 2008 | 3 Comments »
From the tulip fields of the Netherlands to the Christmas markets of Germany, Amadeus Waterways is offering a wealth of opportunities to experience the waterways of Europe in 2009.
The newly-released 2009 Amadeus Waterways Europe and Russia Brochure highlights the line’s diverse array of cruise holidays, some offered for the first time. Passengers will also have [...]
Posted in Northern Europe, Norwegian Coastal Voyages (Hurtigruten), Ship Reviews on 10 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
LiveJournal Tags: hurtigruten,midnatsol,gordon turner
Copyright- Gordon Turner
It was a spring afternoon and, unexpectedly, the sun shone in Bergen, Norway’s rainiest city,
Not that it mattered much to me that day, because I was about to leave in a few hours and would be gone for 12 days.
I was waiting to board the ship Midnatsol on a journey [...]
Posted in Cunard, News on 9 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cunard Line is honoured to announce that Her Majesty The Queen will make a farewell visit to Queen Elizabeth 2 in Southampton on Monday 2 June 2008.
Queen Elizabeth 2, for 35 years the flagship of the Cunard fleet, was launched by Her Majesty at Clydebank on 20 September 1967 – forty years ago [...]
Posted in News, Passenger Freighters, TransAtlantic on 4 April, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Cruise People, Ltd. is thrilled to be able to offer a new passenger freighter programme sailing from Montreal to Liverpool and Antwerp starting June, 2008.
CMA-CGM Caribbean
Ports – Countries / Duration in days
Montreal, Canada 0 – 2
Liverpool, England 10
Antwerp, Belgium 12
Montreal, Canada [...]
Posted in News, Princess, Theme Cruises/Voyages on 4 April, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In an industry exclusive event, Princess ships will become the first cruise vessels ever to broadcast a live performance from the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The special The Met: Live on the High Seas presentation of Puccini’s La Bohème will be held on Saturday, April 5 as part of the Met’s series of eight [...]
Posted in Canadian Sailing Expeditions, Caribbean, East Coast/Maritimes, Expedition Voyages, News on 3 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Canadian Sailing Expeditions Inc. entered its sailing expedition cruise vessel Caledonia into the fast growing small ship cruise sector. The Canadian built, flagged, and crewed 245′ Caledonia has now entered passenger service calling on the French Caribbean and Dominica. Her arrival in the Caribbean makes CSE the only Canadian cruise line that trades internationally. Built [...]
Posted in News, P&O on 1 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ventura, the largest superliner built exclusively for British holidaymakers has set sail for her homeport, Southampton, after being officially ‘handed over’ to P&O Cruises by the Fincantieri shipyard, Monfalcone, Italy.
Speaking at the handover ceremony, P&O Cruises managing director, Nigel Esdale, said: “This is a very exciting day for us as we prepare to cast the [...]
