Today marks the 100 day countdown to the highly-anticipated launch of Celebrity Apex. The first Celebrity Cruises ship to be launched in the UK in ten years, the stunning Celebrity Apex will make her debut sailing from Southampton, with a mini-season around Europe from 1st April 2020. I sailed on Celebrity Edge earlier this year […]
Read all about the new production show, from legendary puppet creator Jim Henson, coming to Princess Cruises ships, including Sky Princess
Norwegian Cruise Line today announced that its latest ship, Norwegian Encore, successfully completed a major construction milestone, when it emerged for the first time from the Meyer Werft ship building dock in Papenburg, Germany. Norwegian Encore will remain in the shipyard port for the final phase of construction, before her conveyance up the Ems River […]
Having seen MSC Bellissima up close and personal under construction I was so excited to be able to compare the bare bones I saw in June against the finished product, and she really did not disappoint. MSC Bellissima is the second in the Meraviglia Class of ships for MSC. I was also fortunate to spend […]
Read my blog series exploring everything about MSC Bellissima. From my visit to see her under construction in the shipyard in 2018, to her prestigious naming in Southampton, and of course my thoughts on her as a ship. Over the coming days and weeks new posts will be published here exploring everything she has to […]
I’ve been following the construction of MSC Cruises’ MSC Bellissima for a long time. I visited her in the shipyard where she, and her sisters, are under construction last year. So, I was so excited to be able to come see her during her maiden call to Southampton. During this I was lucky enough to […]
With just over one month until MSC Bellissima is named in Southampton, the world’s largest privately-owned cruise line has revealed more details about the three days of celebrations that will launch the Company’s new flagship. I’ve been closely following the construction of this ship over the past year, and even visited the shipyard last summer. […]
I recently sailed on board the newest ship in the Celebrity Cruises fleet, Celebrity Edge. This has been a long time in the making, as I booked this cruise just under 2 years ago. Ever since, I have been closely following her development on my blog (here). She’s full of new and exciting features and […]
Cruising from New York to New England and Canada wouldn’t automatically be top of my cruising list but I want to talk about why it really should be. When I think of north-east America, I conjure pictures the classic autumnal scenes with the landscapes and trees dramatically changing colour from green to a host of […]
Celebrity Edge has been delivered! Following more than four years of planning and 23 months of construction at the skilled hands of thousands of engineers, architects, artisans, designers, contractors, shipyard employees, and the new-build and Celebrity Cruises teams, today the brand officially took delivery of Celebrity Edge, representing a truly historic occasion for Celebrity and […]