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Carnival Miracle

Nine Dover cruises feature in Carnival Miracle’s summer 2025 European season

Carnival Miracle will sail 16 European cruises in summer 2025, with nine of them setting sail from Dover. The first departs Lisbon for Dover with visits to La Coruna and Bibao, Spain, as well as Le Verdon (Bordeaux) and Le Havre. Civitavecchiamakes up Carnival’s trio of European home port. From Dover, nine 12- and 15-day

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Claire Sweeney Good Ship Murder

Claire Sweeney takes to the waves again in new Channel 5 Series The Good Ship Murder

Claire Sweeney, who stars in Channel 5’s new four-part drama The Good Ship Murder which is set on board MSC Virtuosa, is no stranger to the sea. The former Brookside actress, pictured,  in fact began her her professional career 30 years ago singing in production shows for P&O Cruises. In Good Ship Murder, which premiered

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P&O Cruises Rio de Janeiro

Big cities such as Los Angeles and Melbourne are back in P&O Cruises winter 2025/26 collection

P&O Cruises new collection of holidays for winter 2025/26 will include the return of a dozen ports of call after a five-year absence alongside introductory offers such as a 10% saving and 10% deposit. Iconic names back on the agenda include Los Angeles, Melbourne and Bali, as well as awe-inspiring Bodø in Norway and Dunedin

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Celebrity Ascent brother captains

OK, who’s driving? Celebrity Ascent completes sea trials with brother captains at the helm

Dimitrios and Tasos Kafetzi, pictured, made maritime history as the first brothers to jointly captain a cruise ship at sea when they successfully put Celebrity Cruises’ newest ship Celebrity Ascent through her paces. During the traditional shipbuilding process known as sea trials, they coaxed the ship through a series of functional and operational tests, which

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Celestyal Olympia

Celestyal Cruises suspends all calls to Israel until December

Celestyal Cruises has suspended all calls to Israel on their Three Continents cruise until the end of November, and will be monitoring the situation for any itineraries departing after this date. Following the recent events in Israel, Celestyal maintains constant communication with the Israeli authorities with their top priority being the health, safety, and comfort

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Princess rolls out new vegan dishes

Princess Cruises conjures up vegan feast as demand for plant-based cuisine surges

Ahoy there you plant-based cruisers. Princess Cruises has conjured up a series of creatively crafted vegan menus in response to a surging demand for plant-based cuisine. The menus, available in the main dining rooms, offer an array of starters, salads, soups, pastas and main dishes, all naturally prepared without the use of any animal products,

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Norwegian Prima studio lounge

Norwegian Cruise Line to double number of solo staterooms to 1,000

Good news for single sailors as Norwegian Cruise Line prepares to roll out nearly 1,000 dedicated solo staterooms across its 19-ship fleet. Beginning this week and on a rolling basis, the company will for the first time ever be offering three new solo stateroom categories – Solo Inside, Solo Oceanview and Solo Balcony – for

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QM2 in New York

Around the world on 180 voyages in Cunard’s 2025 cruise programme

Cunard is offering travellers the choice of 180 voyages from April 2025 to January 2026 spanning 91 destinations across 24 countries. Voyages will be available to book from 1pm BST on 4 October exclusively for Cunard World Club Members, with bookings available to all from 1pm on 5 October. The programme features sailings between April

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Utopia of the Seas float-out

Utopia of the Seas gets her first taste of water … all 46 million gallons of it

Royal Caribbean’s new Utopia of the Seas was given her first taste of water this week … 46 million gallons of it to be exact. The game-changing ship is now one step closer to its debut in Florida in July next year following her float-out at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in France. It has

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Azura of P&O Cruises

P&O Cruises and Cunard boost Wi-Fi connectivity

P&O Cruises and Cunard are improving Wi-Fi connectivity and bandwidth across the fleet with the roll out of SpaceX’s Starlink. Starlink will provide guests with greater capacity across P&O Cruises and Cunard ships, allowing for sharing photos and videos, streaming films and enjoying other content on board at even faster speeds. The roll-out of Starlink

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