MSC Virtuosa

No fooling! MSC’s summer cruises around the UK on new flagship Virtuosa go on sale on 1 April

MSC Cruises has revealed details of its wide range of voyages around the British Isles this summer. The cruises go on sale on Thursday (1 April) From 20 May it will be offering a special range of short breaks and week-long cruises on the new flagship, MSC Virtuosa, for vaccinated and non-vaccinated UK holidaymakers only,

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disney magic

Now Disney joins the big parade of ships around the UK this summer

Disney is used to big parades so it is hardly surprising that it has added one of its ships to the growing number sailing around the UK this summer. Disney Magic will be running two, three and four-night sailings from London Tilbury, Newcastle, Liverpool and Southampton, exclusive to UK residents. Passengers will remain aboard the

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England's Scenic Shores Cornwall Picture courtesy of Viking Cruises

Stop dreaming, dust off those suitcases and check out SeaView’s round-up of this summer’s cruises around the British Isles

We have had to wait a a year for the pandemic gloom to lift, and at last the good news has been coming thick and fast for UK cruisers over the past couple of weeks as cruise lines roll out programmes of summer voyages around the British Isles. It means that from late May until

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Princess offers 22 summer cruises around the UK

Princess Cruises has released details of its series of short breaks and week-long cruises on Regal Princess and Sky Princess sailing from Southampton around the UK coast from late summer. Regal Princess will offer 14 UK voyages running from 31 July to 23 September. Sky Princess will offer eight UK cruises, running from August 30

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Viking Venus

Viking leads the way with UK cruising in May with three voyages on new ship Viking Venus

Viking will be leading the field when it resumes domestic operations in the UK with the first of three special sailings departs Portsmouth on 22 May on the brand new ship, Viking Venus. The England’s Scenic Shores itinerary, which will call at Liverpool, Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, Falmouth and Portland, is only available

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Bolette of Fred Olsen

Welcome back! Olsen unveils series of British Isles and scenic sailings as it prepares for July restart

Fred Olsen Cruise Lines has today unveiled a new Welcome Back programme of summer cruises, starting 5 July, to showcase the best of the British Isles. The 11-cruise programme features scenic-only cruises and those with ports of call featured aboard its smaller ships. Departures will be from Dover and Liverpool, taking in the best of

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Iona of P&O Cruises

P&O Cruises unveils summer Ultimate Escape UK holidays and Iona’s maiden cruise to namesake island

P&O Cruises has unveiled details of its summer series of UK short breaks on flagship Britannia and week-long cruises on new ship Iona. The Ultimate Escape cruises will depart from Southampton between June and September, sailing around the UK coast. P&O Cruises president Paul Ludlow said: “As we have spent the majority of the last year

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Cunard cruise liner Queen Elizabeth

Cunard joins the flotilla of ships cruising the UK this summer

Cunard has become the third line in a week to announce that it will be cruising around the UK this summer. P&O Cruises started the ball rolling, quickly followed by Princess Cruises, which means that Southampton will at least be back in business locally while the international market is waiting for the pandemic to ease.

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Britannia of P&O Cruises

P&O Cruises offers “ultimate escape” staycations around the UK this summer

With the pandemic gloom lifting, P&O Cruises is offering a series of short break and week-long UK cruises as “the ultimate escape” staycation this summer. The cruises will go on sale later this month. But the good news comes alongside the disappointment that many of current published cruises on Arcadia, Aurora, Azura and Ventura have

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Sky Princess

Princess Cruises extends Sky Princess 2021 ex-UK season

Princess Cruises has extended its 2021 Southampton season for Sky Princess, the newest and largest ship it has ever based in the UK, with fares from just £499pp for a 7-night cruise. The extension forms part of the Princess “Dream with Us” sale that runs until 1 March with reduced fares on over 950 cruises

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