Crystal River Cruises has once again won top honours in Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards. Crystal River Cruises has been earning the acclaim of the world’s most discerning travellers since the line first launched in 2016 and, in fact, was named #1 River Cruise Line in its first year of service by Travel & Leisure readers. …

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The UK government has today issued a statement advising against cruise ship travel . The UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office updated its advice on Thursday, saying: “The Foreign & Commonwealth Office advises against cruise ship travel at this time. This is due to the ongoing pandemic and is based on medical advice from Public Health …

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A-ROSA Flussschiff has restarted its river cruises in France, with the first trip on the Rhone departing on 11 July 2020. This follows the resumption of cruises on the  Douro, Rhine and Danube last month.   The first cruise departed from Lyon on the seven night ‘Rhone Route Mediteranean’ itinerary on board A-ROSA STELLA. She travelled south from Lyon …

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Celestyal Cruises, the award-winning, number one choice for travellers to the Greek Islands and the Eastern Mediterranean, is pleased to announce that it has added Costa Cruises’ Costa NeoRomantica to its fleet. Built in 1993 and extensively refurbished in 2012, the 1,800-guest ship has 789 cabins, 132 of which feature balconies, as well as a variety of dining and …

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Scottish small-ship cruising company The Majestic Line announces that they intend to start cruising again from 29th August 2020.  The company will only cruise with two of their four vessel fleet and will be operating 6 night cruises with a reduced number of guests onboard.    Working within Scottish Government guidelines and having completed the …

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P&O Cruises has announced that it plans to take delivery of Iona “before the autumn” and that following discussions with the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg Germany, Iona’s as yet unnamed sister ship will be delivered in December 2022. Iona will be the latest addition to the P&O Cruises fleet and the largest cruise ship …

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P&O Cruises has again extended its pause in operations and cancelled cruises into January 2021. In response to the UK Government’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) guidance, the cruise lines has extended its pause in operations until November 12, 2020. It has also cancelled two long itineraries due to depart in January 2021 due to …

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SeaDream Yacht Club has confirmed that it will restart cruises from November 19 starting with a 17-day transatlantic sailing from the UK to Barbados. The yacht line will be the first to return to the Caribbean with round-trip sailings from Barbados. Sailings are currently only scheduled on SeaDream I, which carries around 100 passengers, and both …

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In what has been called a “positive signal for the future”, P&O Cruises has officially welcomed its new ship Iona to its fleet. P&O Cruises took ownership of Iona on Friday at an official handover ceremony with the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany on Friday. Speaking at the event in Papenburg, P&O Cruises president, Paul …

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Unfortunately somehow COVID-19 has got on board the ship we are on. We were sailing on the SeaDream Yacht Club SeaDream 1 when all of a sudden our captain announces cases of the virus on board. We are now locked down in our staterooms. The post Update from onboard SeaDream 1 appeared first on Cruise …

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