Rock the Ship – Theme cruises keep the good times rolling.
Monday Mantra Theme Cruise… Dream Cruise… Theme Cruise… Dream Cruise… Theme Cruise… Dream Cruise… Rock the Ship Theme cruises keep the good times rolling. “Woooooooooooohoooooooooooooo!” That’s the sort of the sound I’d make when, as a teenager, I’d open the latest edition of T
Outlander Author Names Avalon Tapestry II | Cruise News – Mar. 27, 2015
Outlander Author Names Avalon Tapestry II Cruise News – Mar. 27, 2015 On a rainy day in Les Andelys, in the Normandy region of France, Avalon Waterways made a splash not only with its new, 128-passenger Avalon Tapestry II, the line’s second ship on the Seine, but also by having an impressive
Viking Launches a Dozen Ships | Cruise News – Mar. 27, 2015
Viking Launches a Dozen Ships Cruise News – Mar. 27, 2015 Viking River Cruises launched 12 new river ships in ceremonies in Amsterdam and Rostock, Germany — not topping its Guinness World Record of 16 ships christened in one day from last year, but also not showing any plans to slow growth. For
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Mar. 20, 2015
Porthole Cruise News Briefs Mar. 20, 2015 Uniworld launches its Super Ship S.S. Maria Theresa later this month. Early photos show over-the-top décor for the “floating palace on water.” Empress Maria Theresa herself appears in a 10-foot-high painting in the grand lobby. Carniva
Cruise Deal of the Week – Mar. 13, 2015
Cruise Deal of the Week – Mar. 13, 2015 [sf_iconbox image=”ss-star” character=”” type=”left-icon-alt” title=”Porthole’s Featured Cruise Deal of the Week!” animation=”fade-in” animation_delay=”100″] DEAL: Avalon Waterways jus
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Mar. 13, 2015
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Mar. 13, 2015 Her Majesty, the Queen, wore a peach suit and matching hat for the naming ceremony of P&O Cruises’ newest ship, Britannia, the largest ship ever built for the British market. Queen Elizabeth II was accompanied by Prince Philip at the dockside cerem
Cruising through the locks on the Danube River aboard Viking River Cruises
Have a look at what it’s like to cruise through a set of locks along the Danube River. This video was taken aboard Viking Hlin during a Budapest to Nuremberg itinerary.
SOLD! Crystal Cruises – Cruise News – Mar. 6, 2015
SOLD! Crystal Cruises Cruise News – Mar. 6, 2015 In the second major consolidation involving a luxury line in recent months, Crystal Cruises has entered into an agreement to be acquired for $550 million cash by Genting Hong Kong. The seller is Japanese company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NY
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Mar. 6, 2015
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Mar. 6, 2015 The new 604-passenger Seabourn Encore, to be delivered in December 2016, sold out its debut voyage in two days. The ultra-luxury ship will be named at a gala ceremony in Singapore on January 7, 2017; debut on voyages exploring Arabia, India, and Southeast
A&K River Cruising
Private Party Abercrombie Connections takes cruisers on intimate journeys in the cities it visits. By Chris Owen European river cruising continues to be a hot travel trend, experiencing unprecedented growth year over year. River cruise lines are building new ships at a frantic pace, trying to keep u
Viking River Cruises Heads to the Mississippi – Cruise News – Feb. 27, 2015
Viking River Cruises Heads to the Mississippi Cruise News – Feb. 27, 2015 Viking River Cruises Chairman Torsten Hagen has been hinting for some time at plans to cruise the Mississippi River. Now comes word via Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal that the world’s largest river cruise operator wil
Meet the New World’s Largest Cruise Ship – Cruise News – Feb. 27, 2015
Meet the New World’s Largest Cruise Ship Cruise News – Feb. 27, 2015 The largest cruise ship in the world will debut in April 2016 as Harmony of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International officials announced. The 5,479-passenger, 227,000-ton ship, like its slightly smaller sister ships Oasis of the
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Feb. 27, 2015
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Feb. 20, 2015 Cunard will celebrate the fifth anniversary of Queen Elizabeth with a special black-tie Big Band Ball on October 3. The evening will begin with a commemorative menu at a black-tie gala dinner. Then there will be tributes to swing and jazz, performed by a
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Feb. 20, 2015
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Feb. 20, 2015 Princess Cruises debuted a new cocktail created by Ted Lange, who played red-jacketed bartender Isaac on The Love Boat. Guests can now order up “The Isaac,” which is made with white rum and red pomegranate syrup, two pineapple leaves (a tribu
Cruise Deals of the Week – Feb. 6, 2015
Cruise Deals of the Week – Feb. 6, 2015 [sf_iconbox image=”ss-star” character=”” type=”left-icon-alt” title=”Porthole’s Featured Cruise Deals of the Week!” animation=”fade-in” animation_delay=”100″] DEAL 1: Norwegian Cruise
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Feb. 6, 2015
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Feb. 6, 2015 Viking Cruises has launched a new sponsorship deal with PBS (after the line’s success with sponsoring MASTERPIECE with Downton Abbey). The line is now also sponsor for The Great British Baking Show, featuring Mary Berry, godmother of the Longship Vi
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Jan. 23, 2015
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Jan. 23, 2015 Regent Seven Seas Cruises’ Seven Seas Explorer reached a construction milestone this week. The keel was laid at the Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa for the “most luxurious ship ever built,” with its $5,000-per-person, per-night Regent Sui
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Jan. 16, 2015
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Jan. 16, 2015 Kathie Lee Gifford is once again affiliated with Carnival Cruise Line, but this time not as a spokesperson, but as a purveyor. Her California-estate-grown GIFFT wine is now available fleetwide on Carnival ships. Gifford surprised guests aboard Car
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Jan. 9, 2015
Cruise News – Jan. 9, 2015 Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Jan. 9, 2015 When Uniworld’s S.S. Maria Theresa debuts in late March, the river ship will have a royal sendoff. The ship’s godmother will be Princess Anita von Hohenberg, a direct descendent of Maria Theresa of the power
