Dover Cruise ready to launch a huge season for its 30th anniversary
Dover will kick-start its 2026 cruise season on Wednesday (1 April), with Viking Vela visiting for the first of 115 cruise calls throughout the 30th anniversary year of cruising in the port. This season will also mark a fifth consecutive year of growth, with around 200,000 cruise guests, and 22 cruise lines sailing to and
- Published in Baltic, British isles, Northern Europe, Norway
Exclusive Sanctuary Collection to be unveiled on new ships Sun Princess and Star Princess
Princess Cruises is taking exclusivity to the next-level with the Sanctuary Collection being introduced on its new Sphere-class ship Sun Princess in October 2024. Guests reserving in the Sanctuary Collection will have exclusive access to the ship’s top deck retreat area, along with a host of additional and high-end amenities designed to enhance their voyage. These
- Published in Ocean Cruises
Sun Princess delivered but still not ready to sail
More bad news for Sun Princess as her maiden voyage has been scuppered for a second time. Originally due to sail for the first time on 8 February, delivery was delayed until the 14th and now her scheduled departure on Sunday (18 February) has been postponed while the ship remains at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard for
- Published in Ocean Cruises
Princess provides all the ingredients for a perfect culinary cruise
Princess Cruises is taking the iconic Good Food Show and hosting it onboard Sky Princess next year. The BBC show, which was live at the Birmingham NEC last week, will be onboard a 14- night sailing to Spain & Portugal in November. The Good Food Show team, alongside a line-up of well-known chefs, will transform
- Published in 2024, Europe, Ocean Cruises
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,
- Published in Ocean Cruises
Embrace the adventurous side in South America and Antarctica in 2024-25 with Princess Cruises
As a growing number of travellers contemplate the allure of Antarctica, Princess Cruises has unveiled four voyages planned for the Seventh Continent for the 2024-2025 season. Sapphire Princess will again sail guests to some of the world’s most dramatically diverse landscapes with the opportunity to get swept away by the breathtaking beauty of Antarctica, the
- Published in 2024, 2025, Antarctica, Ocean Cruises
Coral Princess makes historic call in Dover during 107-day world cruise
The Port of Dover welcomed Coral Princess for the first time yesterday before she set sail last night bound for New York and a 55-night around-the-world cruise – part of a 107-day round trip grand voyage from Auckland. Hundreds of thousands of cruise guests from across the globe travel via Dover each year and Sonia
Host of events will help guests on Sky Princess and Regal Princess to celebrate Coronation
Coronation-themed events and entertainment on two Princess Cruises ships based in the UK will help guest to celebrate the crowning of King Charles III next month. Guests on Sky Princess and Regal Princess, both sailing out of Southampton, will enjoy a host of activities designed to celebrate the event on 6 May. Live coverage of
- Published in 2023, Ocean Cruises
Fincantieri floats out Sun Princess to herald new Sphere class
The floating out of Sun Princess, the first of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) Sphere class cruise ships for Princess Cruises, took place at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone yard in Italy today. The 175,500-ton ship is the largest so far to be built in Italy, as well as the first LNG cruise ship ever built by Fincantieri
- Published in Ocean Cruises
‘Alaskan memories to last a lifetime’ with Princess Cruises in 2024
The 2024 season will mark the 55th anniversary for Princess Cruises sailing in Alaska with seven ships set to sail from four home ports – San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver, and Anchorage (Whittier). “As the leading cruise line in Alaska, we deliver unforgettable holidays,” says John Padgett, Princess Cruises’ president. “We’re celebrating our 55th anniversary, so
- Published in 2024, Alaska, Ocean Cruises


















