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 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 MaritimeMatter’s three part CELEBRITY SILHOUETTE Triple Decked! top to bottom tour concludes with a look at each of the major accommodation categories, from ultra-posh Penthouse Suites to comfy Inside Staterooms. A few random bonus bits follow. All photos are by and copyright Peter Knego 2011. Please click on image…
Tweet We return to the original format for Part Two of Peter Knego’s Triple Decked! feature illustrating the public spaces on Decks 11 through 3 of Celebrity Cruises’ spectacular fourth SOLSTICE Class ship, the CELEBRITY SILHOUETTE. Deck 11 The upper level of the two deck Library is on Deck 11…
Tweet MaritimeMatters introduces its first official Gallery with part one of Peter Knego’s Triple Decked! feature illustrating Celebrity Cruises’ brilliant new MV CELEBRITY SILHOUETTE. Although this is the fourth ship in the SOLSTICE series, she is still far from being just “another mega ship”. The SILHOUETTE keeps all of the…
Tweet Time to don life vests and hop into a zodiac — and don’t forget the champagne! This Decked! feature offers a top-to-bottom look at Hapag-Lloyd Cruises recently renovated, five star, 184 passenger MV HANSEATIC — one of the world’s highest-rated expedition cruise ships. Hapag Lloyd Cruises Website Northbound HANSEATIC…
Tweet This is part two of a Double Decked! feature offering a top-to-bottom look at Oceania Cruises 66,000 gross ton, 1,250 passenger MV MARINA — one of the most highly anticipated cruise ships in recent years. Oceania Cruises MV MARINA Double Decked!, Part One MARINA Del L.A. — MV MARINA’s…
Tweet This is part one of a Double Decked! feature offering a top-to-bottom look at Oceania Cruises 66,000 gross ton, 1,250 passenger MV MARINA — one of the most highly anticipated cruise ships in recent years. Oceania Cruises MARINA Del L.A. — MV MARINA’s Maiden Visit To Los Angeles Keep…
Tweet MV WIND SPIRIT Owners: Windstar Cruises Registry: Nassau, Bahamas Builder: Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre, Le Havre, France Entered Service: 1988 Tonnage: 5,350 gross tons Length: 439 feet (including bowsprit) Beam: 52.1 feet Draft: 13.5 feet Passenger Capacity: 148 (152 maximum) Number of Crew: 98 Propulsion: 3 Wartsila diesels…