Cruise news (UK-tagged)

Disney Magic Returns to Dublin
Tomorrow morning Disney Magic returns to port of Dublin. The Disney-themed cruise vessel goes all in on the cartoon effect, with a statue of Goofy...
July 12, 2017
Cruise Industry
Celebrity Cruises Switches UK Ship
Next year will see a change of cruise ships for Celebrity Cruises in the UK market, which will switch from Celebrity Eclipse in 2017 to the slightly...
July 11, 2017
Cruise Industry
Saga Pearl II Final Cruise Unveiled
The last voyage of Saga Pearl II, the smaller of the couple of ships of the based in the UK Saga Cruises, will be a 54-night cruise to...
July 10, 2017
Cruise Industry
HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier meets Cunard's Queen Elizabeth
For the first time in history Cunard Line's Queen Elizabeth met HMS Queen Elizabeth (UK's largest aircraft carrier / link to queenelizabethcruises...
July 9, 2017
Cruise Industry
Celebrity Cruises Unveils ex-Southampton Itineraries
Celebrity Silhouette will set sail out of Southampton for the first time, with itineraries including a new 12-night Scandinavia & Russia...
July 6, 2017
Cruise Industry
Dundee Cruise Port Sason Gets Underway
Capital Cruising, which runs a number of UK cruise terminals, such as Edinburgh, London and Dundee, this weekend welcomed Pacific Princess to mark...
June 27, 2017
Cruise Industry
Celebrity Eclipse Makes First Visit to Liverpool
The latest cruise ship to visit Liverpool was given a spectacular send-off today. Celebrity Cruises Eclipse was in the port city for the first...
June 14, 2017
Cruise Industry
Cruise & Maritime Voyages to Add a New Ship
CMV-Cruise & Maritime Voyages hinted the company will soon announce another new vessel to enter service just 2 years after its latest addition...
June 9, 2017
Cruise Industry
Saga Cruises Reveals New Christmas Cruises
This year Saga Cruises is offering a 9-night Scandinavian Christmas Markets cruise that gets travellers home just in time for Christmas plus 2 ...
May 3, 2017
Cruise Industry
Greenock Couple Takes Legal Action Over Cruise Illness
A Greenock couple are taking legal action after their dream holiday turned into a nightmare. Allison Baird stayed at Polis Grand Hotel in Athens...
April 17, 2017
Accidents
New Saga Sapphire Cruise Includes Tour of Meyer Werft Shipyard
Saga Sapphire passengers can take a ‘sneak peak’ at Saga Cruises new ship which is still under construction at Meyer Werft shipyard...
April 14, 2017
Cruise Industry
Body Discovered in Suitcase NOT That of Missing Cruise Mum
Authorities confirmed the body found in a suitcase in the Italian port of Rimini was not the Dublin-based mum who went missing during a...
March 28, 2017
Accidents
Cunard Reveals 2019 Winter Programme
Cunard Line unveiled its January-May 2019 program named “Oceans of Discovery.” The program will include a cruise to Alaska. From January...
March 15, 2017
Cruise Industry
Italian Police Investigating If Wife Was Murdered on a Cruise, Stuffed in a Suitcase and Thrown...
Italian police are currently investigating if an Irish father murdered his wife on a cruise, then stuffed her in a suitcase and threw it ...
March 12, 2017
Accidents
P&O Oceana ship to be homeported in Dubai 2019
P&O Cruises will boast Dubai homeport status from 2019. MS Oceana cruise liner (which has 10 passenger decks, 975 staterooms, 850 crew...
March 11, 2017
Cruise Industry