A new elevated chair lift – which will offer a round-trip transfer between the new Mahogany Bay Cruise Center in Roatan and beautiful Mahogany Beach – will debut in conjunction with the cruise facility’s grand opening next month.
Unique to the Caribbean, the “Magical Flying Beach Chair” will be the first chair lift that transports riders [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Ski-Style Chair Lift Debuts at Mahogany Beach Cruise Center in Roatan
Posted in Uncategorized on 30 October, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cruising à la Française
Posted in Costa, Louis, News, Passenger Freighters on 26 October, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is Mark Tré’s latest report on the state of cruising in France, a country where, despite having produced ships of state such as Normandie and France and cruise ships up to the size of RMS Queen Mary 2, its own residents are far behind the rest of Europe in taking up cruising. Even those [...]
Our Best World Passenger Freighter Voyage
Posted in Passenger Freighters, World on 22 October, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Passenger Freighter InformationFrom The Cruise People, Ltd. – Canada’s Original Cruise Agency
While many other products disappeared in this financial environment, Rickmers Pearl String world voyages continue to delight our clients and is rapidly becoming our best seller.Passengers appreciate the sense of mystery. The ships are partly tramp (going where the cargo goes) and also partly [...]
New St. Lawrence Cruise Ports
Posted in Canada, Costa, Cunard, Holland America, News on 21 October, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is not often that particular areas of the world come up with new cruise ports that have not already been exploited but indeed it does happen. Just as in the more temporate climes of Mexico and Roatan, new cruise ports are beginning to open up in the moderate Gulf of St Lawrence, which is [...]
RMS QUEEN MARY 2 to Become Largest Ship Ever to Visit the Clyde
Posted in Cunard, News, Northern Europe on 8 October, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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RMS Queen Mary 2, the most famous ship in service, will make her inaugural call to Greenock and the Clyde on Monday 19 October 2009 during a special ‘lap-of-honour’ to mark her fifth birthday. Queen Mary 2 will be the largest ship ever to have sailed up the Clyde – a river which has [...]
Cunard Line’s QUEEN VICTORIA Makes Inaugural Calls to Halifax and Québec
Posted in Cunard, News on 7 October, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Left photo: Halifax (source: Alan Deveau, Eastern Eyes Aerial Photography)
Right photo: Québec City (source: Québec Port Authority)
6 October 2009 – As part of her Autumn Colours voyage, which features calls through the New England and Canada coasts, Cunard’s Queen Victoria made her inaugural visits to the Canadian ports of Halifax on Friday, 2 October, [...]
PRINSENDAM Receives New Cabins
Posted in Holland America, News on 2 October, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As part of the continuing Signature of Excellence enhancement programme, Holland America Line has announced the addition of 22 new staterooms to Prinsendam. The drydock will occur in Freeport, Bahamas, from January 4 through 13, 2010.
“Prinsendam continues to be a ship with one of our most loyal followings,” said Richard D. Meadows, CTC, executive vice [...]
