Celebrity Cruises is homeporting an Edge-class cruise ship in the UK for a full season for the first time in 2024.
Celebrity to homeport Edge-class ship in UK for full season for first time
Celebrity Beyond arrives in UK ahead of maiden passenger voyageÂ
Celebrity Cruises’ new ship Celebrity Beyond has arrived in Southampton for final preparations ahead of her maiden passenger voyage, departing April 27th.
MSC Virtuosa UK cruise season extended by a month
MSC Cruises has extended MSC Virtuosa’s UK season by a month, with the addition of four itineraries visiting the Mediterranean.
Valiant Lady gets her hull livery ahead of anticipated 2022 debut
Valiant Lady has received her own unique mermaid mascot as part of the final fit and finish phase of her construction ahead of an expected debut in early 2022.
MSC Virtuosa first to suffer true COVID-19 outbreak since cruises resumed
MSC Virtuosa appears to have become the first cruise ship to suffer a major COVID-19 outbreak onboard since cruises resumed in July last year.
Royal Caribbean extends Anthem of the Seas UK cruise season
Royal Caribbean has extended Anthem of the Seas’ cruise season out of the UK through October, 2021, but itinerary unchanged despite England allowing international cruises to resume.
UK government relaxes more travel rules, along with international cruises
The UK has added more countries to its no-quarantine list for inbound tourists, while also giving the go-ahead for international cruise itineraries from UK ports.
Cruise lines in UK would prefer international cruises to ‘Freedom Day’ lifting of rules
Monday was ‘Freedom Day’ in England, the date on which most COVID-19 restrictions such as mask-wearing, social distancing and capacity limits in public venues were eased or scrapped altogether, but cruise lines […]
Virgin Voyages doubles up in UK with Scarlet and Valiant Lady after suspending US debut
Virgin Voyages has expanded Valiant Lady’s UK cruise season with three new pre-summer voyages setting sail from Portsmouth in 2022.
P&O Cruises announces restart plans and initiatives to ease boarding
P&O Cruises plans to bring Britannia and Iona back into service on September 25th, while Ventura will resume cruising on October 3rd, and Azura will restart on December 10th.
Celebrity updates COVID protocols for Caribbean, UK and Greek cruises
Celebrity Cruises, which is only sailing with vaccinated guests when it resumes cruise services in the UK, Caribbean and Greece, has relaxed several of its COVID-19 safety protocols.
Iona sails into Southampton for first time, joining other ships preparing for cruise restart
P&O Cruises newest cruise ship Iona arrived in Southampton for the first time on Sunday, joining her fleet mate Britannia, and MSC Virtuosa, which made her maiden call to the port earlier […]
CMV to be reborn as Ambassador Cruise Line in 2022 with former Satoshi crypto ship
Ambassador Cruise Line is set to be the UK’s first new cruise line in over a decade when it launches in 2022, operating the former Pacific Dawn, which was most recently intended […]
Regent Seven Seas UK cruise planned for summer 2021
Regent Seven Seas Cruises will sail from the UK in 2021, joining almost a dozen other cruise lines that have announced UK itineraries since the British government indicated cruises will be allowed […]
Marella Explorer UK cruise itineraries revealed for June, 2021
Marella Cruises has revealed its Marella Explorer UK cruise itineraries for summer 2021, after previously confirming that it would be sailing a British cruise season.
British government releases guidelines for resuming international UK cruises
Cruise lines operating from British ports may soon be able to offer international UK cruises after the government’s Travel Taskforce released a report outlining the means by which cruises to foreign ports […]
Virgin Voyages UK cruises announced for 2021 following cancellation of US season
Virgin Voyages UK cruises have finally been announced, with the world’s newest cruise line set to join eight others sailing out of the UK from the summer cruise season.
UK 2021 cruises going full steam ahead following government approvals
Just days after the British government indicated that it would once more allow cruise ships to sail from ports in England, several of the world’s largest cruise lines announced roundtrip UK 2021 […]
Celebrity Cruises confirms Celebrity Silhouette UK cruise season for 2021
Celebrity Cruises has announced a Celebrity Silhouette UK cruise season for 2021, with the ship due to begin her roundtrip cruise itineraries from Southampton on July 3rd.
Royal Caribbean to deploy Anthem of the Seas in the UK for 2021 season
Royal Caribbean has announced it will homeport Anthem of the Seas in the UK for the 2021 summer cruise season, with roundtrip itineraries from Southampton.