With the Eastern Canadian sailing season winding down, Canadian Sailing Expeditions is offering 25% off the following voyages in Newfoundland & Nova Scotia.Newfoundland’s West coast sailing: August 10, 17 & 31Nova Scotia’s South Shore sailing: September 7
With reasonable flights from the US and convenient drives from Canada, now is the perfect time to visit the [...]
Archive for July, 2008
End of Season Sailing Sale
Posted in Canada, Canadian Sailing Expeditions, Caribbean, East Coast/Maritimes, Special Offers on 31 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Princess Cruise Specials for Ontario as of 27 Sep 08
Posted in Alaska, Asia, Caribbean, East Coast/Maritimes, Elsewhere, Mexico, Orient, South America, South Pacific on 28 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ALASKA
Sapphire Princess – August 30 – Gulf 7 Day – “Guaranteed”From: $550 Inside StandardOther dates*: August 25; September 1, 6, 8, 13 & 15RGD
Sapphire Princess – August 30 – Gulf 7 Day – “Best Available”From: $600 Inside StandardOther dates*: August 25; September 1, 6, 8, 13 & 15RBB
Golden Princess – August 30 – Inside [...]
The Middle Way – A Return to Medium-Size Ships?
Posted in Crystal, Fred. Olsen, Louis, Oceania on 25 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the head-long rush to build ships that carry 3,000, 4,000 or 5,000 people that give cruise lines the economies of scale that allow them to keep fares down, and with a proliferation of small ship deliveries, the medium-size cruise ship has been largely neglected. There will soon be fifty ships above 100,000 tons, of [...]
Freighter News
Posted in Asia, Cunard, Mediterranean, News, Passenger Freighters, TransAtlantic on 24 July, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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M.V. Hanjin Madrid is now sailing from the west coast (Prince Rupert, Vancouver, and Seattle) to the Far East. The 62-day itinerary calls at Yokohama, Shanghai, Pusan, Seattle, Portland, Vancouver, Kwangyang, Hong Kong, Yantian, and Yokohama.
This 68,800 ton vessel has 3 cabins – Owners, Double and Single – carrying a maximum of five passengers.
MCC [...]
As Europe Grows – The Future of Cruising
Posted in News on 19 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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As the European Cruise Council released its 2007 cruising statistics in Brussels recently, it is worth now having a look at the trends that are affecting Europe and also how the “Big Two,” Carnival Corporation & PLC and Royal Caribbean Cruises, are seeking their share of this growth. For [...]
Princess Cruise Specials for Ontario as of 14 July 08
Posted in Alaska, Asia, Princess, South Pacific on 14 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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ALASKASapphire Princess – August 30 – Gulf 7 Day – “Guaranteed”From: $550 Inside StandardOther dates*: August 4, 16, 23 & 25; September 1, 6, 8, 13 & 15 RGDSapphire Princess – August 30 – Gulf 7 Day – “Best Available”From: $600 Inside StandardOther dates*: August 4, [...]
And Now for Something Completely Differerent
Posted in Carnival, News on 4 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Multi-talented classical musician, singer and presenter Myleene Klass will have a spectacular bottle-breaking “assist” from Royal Navy divers when she performs her first-ever Ship’s Godmother duties next week by christening the 113,000 tonne Carnival Splendor – the biggest passenger ship to sail from Dover Cruise Port.
Petty Officer Christian Rumming, 39, assisted by a Royal [...]
