Porthole Cruise News Briefs of the Week – Cruise News – Nov. 7, 2014

Porthole Cruise News Briefs of the Week

Cruise News – Nov. 7, 2014

  • American Eagle will make an early debut on the Mississippi River. American Cruise Lines says the 150-passenger riverboat is in final outfitting at Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Salisbury, Maryland, where construction is six weeks ahead of schedule. Soon to be added is the paddlewheel. The ship is slated to enter service in March 2015…
     
  • River line Avalon Waterways is going trendy with its latest choice of godmother. Christening the all-suite, 128-passenger Avalon Tapestry II in March will be Outlander series author Diana Gabaldon. A STARZ TV show based on the books, which are set in 18th-century Scotland, has a cult following…

     

  • Silversea is debuting new production shows that include musical tracks recorded exclusive for the ultra-luxury cruise line by the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, among other artists. A live Voices of Silversea ensemble accompanies the recordings in the seven shows – which include Musica Maestro, a 45-minute tribute to operatic arias and classical music, and Mind the Gap, taking on the 1960s British Invasion…

     

  • Princess Cruises is teaming with TV programmer Discovery (Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet and Science Channel) for a new series of family-friendly themed tours, science activities and other programs, which will debit on the line’s ships in early 2015. Discovery at Sea programming will be linked to shows including Mythbusters and Deadliest Catch, as well as the network’s celebrated “Shark Week.”
     

 

— Fran Golden

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