Maybe there aren’t strange things happening at Cunard, but what’s been happening is “unusual” for sure. A few weeks ago, Cunard floated the idea of changing the registration for one or all of its ships. This was to allow the fancy cruise line to sell “weddings on board” — which isn’t allowed on a British [...]
As custodian of the most regal of all ships in the cruising community for 50 years or more, Cunard has always more or less played by its own rules. It is, after all, British and nobody tells the Brits they have to fall in line by doing this or doing that. So when Cunard announced [...]
We’d love to go on a Cunard cruise. We think. For all its ups and downs, Cunard is the grandfather of cruise lines. Cunard is the company that had the ships that made all of us think we’d never be able to afford cruising. Cunard and its Queens — Mary 2, Victoria and Elizabeth — [...]
The Right Price…………………….$799 Ship: Celebrity Eclipse, 13 nights, Transatlantic (Miami to Southampton) Departure: April 16 Ports: Ponta Delgada, Azores; Lisbon, Portugal; Vigo, Spain; Cherbourg, France Bonus: Arrive in England the day of the Royal Wedding Contact: Celebrity Cruises * * * Norwegian announced its latest shuffling of ships, the result of which puts two Jewel-class [...]
As a city, New York is unique. Now there’s a news bulletin for you. As a cruise port, New York is unique — not just because we “heart” New York…not just because Holland America named a ship after it (Nieuw Amsterdam)…not just because Cunard has twice sent its three Queens there for a royal rendezvous [...]
There are all kinds of metaphors that can be applied to the meeting of “three queens.” Good poker hand, for one. Inclusive modernization of a Christmas carol (We Three ‘Kings’) for another. Let your imagination — or CNN queen of quirkiness Jeanne Moos — run with any more creative concoctions. For we who spend a [...]
The right price………………………………………$1,409 January 17, 2012: 12 nights Ship: Celebrity Silhouette Departure: Bayonne, New Jersey return Bonus: Balconies just $1,658 Contact: Celebrity Cruises * * * All of us who love cruising often wonder about how the “regular” ships from the big cruise lines compare to the luxury ships, when all the costs are added [...]
It was the year that… • Oasis of the Seas was replaced as the “biggest ship in the world” by Allure of the Seas, which won the competition by one-fifth of an inch, or five millimeters — the fact is the two Royal Caribbean siblings are identical in size when it comes to the number [...]
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For the only other real “royal wedding” in our lifetime, Mother and Daughter were up before dawn, Eastern time, to watch stodgy Prince Charles marry pretty Princess Diana. That was 1981. Mother and Daughter were so enamored with the event that they took pictures. Remember now, it was on television…and they took pictures. In case [...]
Could there have been a better script written for the arrival of Cunard’s new ship, the simply-named Queen Elizabeth? The Queen herself will preside over the naming ceremony next month in Southampton, England’s cruising hub. People more knowledgeable than we are believed all along that this was an inevitable match for the “naming ceremony” so [...]
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