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Archive for April, 2009

 
MSC Kenya and MSC Tanzania (4 Double cabins,  swimming pool, maximum 8 passengers), 63,645 dwt tons.
Route: New York – Savannah  – Port Everglades – Freeport, Bahamas – Manzanillo, Panama – Long Beach – Tokyo – Yokohama – Kaohsiung – Hong Kong – Chiwan – Yantian – Shanghai – Ningbo – Pusan – Manzanillo – Freeport [...]

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As Golden Princess begins the most extensive makeover ever undertaken by the company, Princess Cruises is inviting cruise fans to follow the progress through Twitter updates that will showcase a daily photo journal of the ship’s transformation. A first for Princess, the online posts will chronicle the changes throughout the ship during her nearly [...]

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Christina Pirello, television personality, author and chef, is scheduled to sail as part of the guest-enrichment programme on the Aug. 8, 2009, Alaska voyage aboard Holland America Line’s ms Zuiderdam.
During her cruise, the epicurean expert will perform cooking demonstrations for passengers in the ship’s state-of-the-art show kitchen, conduct seminars and tastings, and participate in question [...]

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Cruises confirmed the sale of MSC Rhapsody to a new owner, rumoured to be an Israeli company.
The 16,852 gross registered ton MSC Rhapsody — 681 feet long, 89 feet wide with 382 cabins — was built in 1977 for the Cunard Line as Cunard Princess and has been part of the MSC Cruises’ fleet [...]

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It’s sad to find people who don’t discover passenger freighter travel until they are above the age limit. When we find a product which has no age limits, we want to get the word out as quickly as possible. This passenger freighter will also carry very young children!:
Z-0835 – East coast to Europe and Mexico [...]

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Diana and John Lang of The Cruise People, Ltd. at Juneau, Alaska
 
Every destination visited by ships has its own special character and personality. The Caribbean is all about tropical beaches and sensuous indulgence. Europe is history, sophistication and cosmopolitan charm. And, then there is Alaska.
America’s Last Frontier – the “Great Land” – is like [...]

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Fans of America’s pasttime can gain unique insights into the world of Major League Baseball on MSC Cruises’ “Baseball Greats” theme cruises.
Some of the greats of the game will be onboard, sharing their skills and their memories, during the powerful lineup of five baseball greats theme cruises scheduled for MSC Poesia as the ship sails [...]

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One of the comments from passengers in ships is about  the noise generated by the flushing of vacuum toilets.  Finnish company Evac Oy has come up with a solution to this problem with its recently launched Evac 910 vacuum toilet.
As the result of the incorporation of a new patented quick relief valve, the Evac 910 [...]

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MSC Uganda – Approximately 7 weeks round voyage. Segments depend on space availablity and limitations of cabotage (no availability for sailings between two ports in same country)..
Charleston, Savannah, Freeport, Veracruz, Altamira, Houston, New Orleans, Freeport, Port Everglades, Savannah, Charleston, Antwerp, Felixstowe, Bremerhaven, Le Havre
4 cabins double occupancy, dayroom, bedroom, shower lavatory, TV, CD/DVD-Player, radio, mini-refrigerator
Sports [...]

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