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Most expansive shopping space for Carnival Horizon
Carnival Horizon will feature the fleet’s most expansive retail space showcasing top brands like LeVian, Victoria’s Secret and, for the first time, Michael Kors, Kate Spade, Breitling and Hublot. Designed to take Carnival’s retail offerings to the next level, Carnival Horizon is distinguished … Read more…
Best onboard beds with Princess
Princess Cruises has been awarded the highest ranking for best onboard beds by the Cruise Critic website. The site made the commendation to Princess’ new ‘luxury bed’, which is being added to all staterooms across the line’s fleet. It has … Read more…
‘The World’s Most Instagrammable Ship’ – Here’s our snaps!
Royal Caribbean International has today boasted that the world’s newest and largest cruise ship, Symphony of the Seas also takes the title as the world’s most Instagrammable, just ahead of her inaugural sailing. A few agents here at Vision Cruise were invited … Read more…
Added 20 cruises from Tampa to Cuba for Carnival Paradise
Carnival Cruise Line announced it has added another 20 voyages to Cuba aboard Carnival Paradise from Tampa in 2019, complementing the 11 cruises to the island taking place aboard the vessel through next year. The new voyages aboard Carnival Paradise are in addition to the 17 recently … Read more…
Sapphire Princess heads to the UK following refit
Princess Cruises has completed an extensive two-week refit of its 2,670-guest Sapphire Princess cruise ship, which will sail out of Southampton this year and in 2019. The refurbishment was carried out in Singapore, with the vessel now including enhanced onboard … Read more…
Carnival Cruise swaps free trip for teenager’s Snapchat handle
Carnival Cruise travelled to Virginia Tuesday to offer Darian Lipscomb, 15, of Prospect, Virginia, a free trip for him and his family in exchange for his Snapchat handle appropriately named @CarnivalCruise. Lipscomb, who called himself a “Carnival Cruise superfan,” said … Read more…
Join John Cooper onboard MSC Meraviglia
As the ship came into view as I crossed the bridge in Barcelona, my first impression was how large she was. But in all fairness the check-in process was really quick and easy, and within 20 minutes of arriving at … Read more…
Caribbean series of ITV’s ‘The Cruise’ to air in April
ITV documentary The Cruise will return to screens at 8.30pm on Thursday April 5. ‘The Cruise: Sailing the Caribbean’, will follow crew and guests as they travel on the 3,600 guest Royal Princess. The documentary series, which has drawn up … Read more…
Elaine Paige named Godmother of New Seabourn Ovation
One of the world’s best-loved and most highly awarded actresses and singers, Elaine Paige, will serve as godmother to Seabourn’s elegant new all-suite ship, Seabourn Ovation. The naming ceremony will take place Friday, May 11, in the beautiful baroque harbour of Valletta, Malta … Read more…
MSC Bellissima to be christened in Southampton
MSC Cruises has announced its new ship MSC Bellissima will be christened in Southampton in March 2019 – the first time one of its 15-strong fleet has been named in the UK. It will be only the third time that … Read more…
You can book onboard the NEW Carnival Panorama!
Great news – we can now accept accept reservations for the 133,500-ton Carnival Panorama, which kicks off its year-round seven-day Mexican Riviera schedule from Long Beach, California on 14th December 2019, becoming the first new Carnival ship homeported on the West Coast in 20 years. … Read more…
Princess Cruises debuts new culinary experiences
Princess Cruises announced a new culinary shore excursion program in collaboration with the number one food lifestyle brand, Bon Appétit, offering guests the opportunity to indulge in culinary experiences inspired by their surroundings while cruising to destinations around the globe. Through this new … Read more…