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Viking adds Portugal’s Duoro for 2013

Porto at dusk

Viking River Cruises has announced a brand new route for 2013 – Portugal’s Duoro River – following customer demand. Named River of Gold for the striking quality of its light, the Duoro winds its way through the heart of Portugal, through steeply terraced vineyards, rolling landscapes and pretty towns with castles, baroque mansions and historic monasteries, into Spain. The itinerary will include stops at Porto, the medieval Spanish city … [Read more...]

Carnival Breeze: Countdown to launch!

Carnival Breeze

Carnival Breeze is one of the most exciting launches of 2012, and you could WIN a cruise … [Read more...]

Carnival announces biggest ever European programme

Carnival Legend

Carnival Cruise Lines has announced its widest range of European itineraries ever next year. The 2,680-passenger Carnival Legend (pictured above) will offer the line’s first Norwegian fjords itinerary and its first extended programme from the UK, as well as cruises to the Baltic, Mediterranean and British Isles, beginning in spring 2013. Carnival Legend’s schedule will encompass 12-day voyages to Norway/Western Europe, the British Isles … [Read more...]

Carnival launches summer offers for Breeze

Carnival Breeze

Carnival has a 12-night family cruise on offer from £1,179 on board its new “fun ship” – Carnival Breeze! This 12-night Mediterranean fly/cruise onboard the Carnival Breeze starts from just £1,179 per person (for a family of four) with reduced deposits from £266 per person. This holiday departs from London on 21 July 2012, and includes scheduled flights between London and Barcelona and a 12-night cruise, full board basis per person … [Read more...]

Titanic tributes

Titanic departing Southampton docks

The 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic is fast approaching and there are several memorial events taking place. HMS Titanic crashed into an iceberg on the evening of April 14 1912 and sank the next day, taking 1,500 passengers and crew with it. A hundred years on, two Titanic memorial cruises have been scheduled to enable descendants of Titanic passengers, enthusiasts and cruise passengers to be at the site where the Titanic sank on … [Read more...]

Win a Cruise on the NEW Carnival Breeze

breezethub

It’s less than four months until the launch of Carnival’s latest fun ship – Carnival Breeze – and we are giving one lucky reader the chance join her inaugural cruise – and write about it! The spectacular vessel, a sister to Magic and the third in the line’s Dream class of ships, sets sail on June 3, 2012, from Venice to Barcelona. And we at Cruise International have teamed up with Carnival to fly a reader and a friend to Venice for the … [Read more...]

Fred.Olsen adds Belfast in 2013

Boudicca

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has announced a new UK port of call next year – Belfast, with 800-guest Boudicca making two turn-around visits in October 2013. Boudicca will be offering a 12-night Iberian and 2-night mini cruise to Liverpool from Belfast in October 2013. Matt Grimes, Director of Planning for Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, said: “The addition of this new regional departure port means that Fred. Olsen is able to operate a vessel within … [Read more...]

Oceania Riviera Review

Oceania Riviera Review

After the success of their first new-build ship, 2011’s highly popular Marina, Oceania is aiming for perfection with the launch of her twin sister, Riviera … [Read more...]

Disney Fantasy Review: EXCLUSIVE

The Disney Fantasy float out at Pappenburg, Germany, on January 7, 2012

Apart from the giant figure of Dumbo at the stern and the statue of seasoned traveller Mademoiselle Minnie Mouse greeting passengers in the grand lobby, you might expect Disney Fantasy to be an identical twin to last year's debutante, Disney Dream. But you would be wrong, writes John Honeywell … [Read more...]

West End hits on the high seas

The-Phantom-of-the-Opera

"Now and Forever — The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber" will be the entertainment highlight on board Oceania Cruises’ new 1,250-guest Riviera, which debuts in May. A 10-member cast of singers and dancers will perform music from many of Webber's best-known shows, including CATS, The Phantom of the Opera and its sequel Love Never Dies, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Jesus Christ Superstar. Riviera will also feature three additional … [Read more...]