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UK residents will be able to experience the magic of Disney Cruise Line close to home with brand-new Disney Magic at Sea “staycation” sailings from UK ports this summer, for a limited time. Featuring enchanted entertainment and with multiple layers of health and safety measures, the Disney Magic cruise ship plans
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Cunard is offering UK guests the opportunity to spend this summer at sea, with a series of UK voyages on board Queen Elizabeth. Voyages will be round-trip from Southampton, between July and October 2021, and comprise of British Isles scenic cruising and special Sun Voyages, sailing to wherever the sun
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Another major cruise line to announce sailings around the UK for domestic passengers is MSC Cruises. Starting from 20th May, MSC Cruises will offer a series of seven-night breaks, departing from the new cruise terminal in Southampton. Guests will not be required to have the COVID-19 vaccine prior to embarkation.
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On 22nd February, the first piece of steel was cut for the newest addition to the P&O Cruises fleet – Arvia. The 184,700-tonne sister to ship to Iona, is being built in Papenburg, Germany. She is due to join the fleet in December 2022, and will be the cruise line’s
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If you haven’t heard the news, a number of the world’s leading cruise lines are launching a series of short cruises for British passengers around the UK this summer. One of the latest to go on sale, were P&O Cruises. Bookings opened on March 22 and within hours the cruise
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On 8th March, the UK government announced that the cruise industry would be included as part of the resumption of domestic tourism and indoor hospitality, as early as 17th May 2021. This has led to a flurry of announcements from some of the world’s leading cruise lines, signalling the restart
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Princess Cruises has announced that 2022 will see its longest UK season ever and will include cruises on Sky Princess, which recently joined the fleet in October 2019 with a capacity of 3,660 guests. Sky Princess will be cruising from Southampton in the UK from March- October 2022 which is
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A new cruise terminal is set to open in the Port of Southampton next year. The £55 million terminal is part of a joint venture between Associated British Ports, MSC Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line and it could bring millions of pounds into the local economy. The project will see
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The latest addition to Saga’s ocean cruise fleet, Spirit of Adventure, has arrived in the UK. She joins her sister, Spirit of Discovery, in Tilbury, where she will lay up for the winter before welcoming her first guests for her inaugural cruise on the 5th February sailing to the Canary Islands. Saga received
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Captain Nick Nash, a 31-year veteran of Princess Cruises, has been promoted to the rank of commodore of the cruise line’s global fleet, the seventh in the cruise line’s history. The title of commodore is an honor that is bestowed upon the most senior captain of a fleet of ships,
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The newly completed Enchanted Princess was delivered to Princess Cruises today in an official handover ceremony presented via live streaming video from the Fincantieri Shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy. With the arrival of this 145,000-ton, 3,660-guest ship, Enchanted Princess expands the Princess Cruises global fleet of MedallionClass™ vessels. The ceremony was
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The latest addition to Saga’s ocean cruise fleet, Spirit of Adventure, was handed over on 30th September in Emden, Germany, by shipbuilder Meyer Werft. Spirit of Adventure is Saga’s second purpose-built boutique cruise ship, joining Spirit of Discovery which became part of the Saga Cruise fleet with much fanfare in July 2019. Spirit of Adventure has
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