Tweet Continue with Peter Knego on board the CARNIVAL LIBERTY following the ship’s recent “Fun Ship 2.0″ upgrading with time at sea and visits to St. Thomas, San Juan and Grand Turk. Carnival Cruise Lines Keep up to date with Peter Knego on Twitter by clicking here Monday, January 9,…
Tweet On January 24, 2012, I enjoyed the rather exclusive privilege of spending an afternoon aboard the 2010-built COSTA DELIZIOSA during the ship’s maiden Los Angeles call. This would be my first time on board a Costa Cruises ship since the Italian-based company’s purchase by Carnival in 2000. Although the…
Tweet Keep up to date with Peter Knego on Twitter by clicking here Strikes at Fincantieri’s troubled Sestri Ponente shipyard (formerly the famed Ansaldo that built LEONARDO DA VINCI, ANDREA DORIA and a galaxy of brilliant Italian liners) have delayed the completion of Oceania Cruises 1,250 passenger RIVIERA. The maiden…
Tweet Cunard Line Keep up to date with Peter Knego on Twitter by clicking here QUEEN ELIZABETH Triple Decked!, Part One of a three part top-to-bottom virtual tour Gleaned From a Cunard Line Press Release: On 4 February, Cunard Line’s QUEEN ELIZABETH will make her inaugural call to San Francisco,…
Tweet In November 2011, the CARNIVAL LIBERTY was the first ship in the Carnival fleet to receive the “Fun Ship 2.0” upgrade, launching a $500 million fleet wide enhancement project that will add dining and bar venues and a few entertainment perks. I joined the ship earlier this month for…
Tweet Japan-based Peaceboat, which has been operating the steamship OCEANIC on round the world voyages since 2008, has, according to various web sources, chartered Pullmantur’s OCEAN DREAM. The MV OCEAN DREAM was delivered in 1981 as Carnival Cruise Lines first newbuild, TROPICALE. In 2001, the ship joined the Costa fleet…
Tweet January 19, 2012 Update: The AMERICAN QUEEN safely entered drydock at Louisiana’s Bollinger Shipyard to have her undersides pressure cleaned and painted. Despite marine growth from the boat’s three year layup, her hull is in excellent condition. Special thanks to Tim Rubacky and Christopher Kyte for providing these interesting…
Tweet Continue MaritimeMatters’ top-to-bottom tour of Carnival Cruise Line’s CARNIVAL INSPIRATION with Part Two of our exclusive Double Decked! feature. Keep up to date with MaritimeMatters’ Peter Knego on Twitter by clicking here Carnival Cruises All photos by and copyright Peter Knego 2011 unless otherwise noted. PROMENADE DECK (9) The…
Tweet On December 17, 2011, the Port of Long Beach, California welcomed its latest resident cruise ship, Carnival Cruise Line’s CARNIVAL INSPIRATION, the subject of this two part, top-to-bottom Decked! feature. Keep up to date with MaritimeMatters’ Peter Knego on Twitter by clicking here Carnival Cruises All photos by and…
Tweet Keep up to date with MaritimeMatters’ Peter Knego on Twitter by clicking here Azamara Club Cruises An eight night TITANIC 100th anniversary memorial voyage will depart New York on April 10 aboard Azamara Club Cruises’ 30,277 gt MV AZAMARA JOURNEY. UK-based Miles Morgan Travel is chartering the ship for…
