CELEBRITY CRUISES REVIEW – The CELEBRITY ECLIPSE is a four star Las Vegas resort at sea headlined by a putting green…
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PRINCESS LINERS from Vancouver to Victoria. The Canadian Pacific “night boats”!
May 14, 2012 By 1 Comment
Canadian Pacific’s S.S. Princess Marguerite steaming to Victoria, B.C., Canada. The ship is sailing on the day run from Seattle, Washington, in the 1960s. Trial Island is seen in the background. The Canadian Pacific’s princess liners provided service between Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle. The small liners were called “night boats” and offered first class overnight accommodations between these cities on what CP called the “triangle route.” The overnight service ended in the 1950s but the seasonal day service between Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle continued into the 1970s.
The Princesses were the finest coastal liners on the Pacific coast. They broke all the intercity speed records between Vancouver, Victoria, and Seattle and established an enduring reputation for elegance and beauty that remained unmatched for over sixty years. Their names became legends along the coast and they were the best and often the only way to travel along the British Columbia Coast. The Princess Victoria, Princess Kathleen, and the lovely Princess Marguerite, the last of the coastal liners, are just a few of the beautiful steamships that operated in this service.
REVIEW – The CELEBRITY ECLIPSE is a four star Las Vegas resort at sea headlined by a putting green…
May 10, 2012 By 1 Comment
REVIEW – The CELEBRITY ECLIPSE is a four star Las Vegas resort at sea headlined by a putting green…
Dining aboard the CELEBRITY ECLIPSE…
The ship is a Las Vegas resort at sea with a putting green… Should you want an ocean-liner experience, look to Cunard, Holland-America Line or a smaller Celebrity ship. But if you want an endless list of things to do… then this is your ship.
PRESIDENT GEORGE H. W. BUSH AND MRS. BUSH CROSS THE ATLANTIC IN STYLE ABOARD THE QUEEN MARY 2 – RELIVING THE 1950s AND 1960s … When Stars and Celebrities sailed Cunard’s great liners…
May 9, 2012 By 6 Comments
PRESIDENT GEORGE H. W. BUSH AND MRS. BUSH CROSS THE ATLANTIC IN STYLE ABOARD THE QUEEN MARY 2 – RELIVING THE 1950s AND 1960s … When Stars and Celebrities sailed Cunard’s great liners…
President George H. W. Bush and wife Barbara are back home in the US after fulfilling their ambition to cross the Atlantic by sea.
Bush, who also took daughter Dorothy and grand-daughter Gigi on the trip, said of the voyage when he arrived on board: “I’ve been looking forward to this for weeks,” to which his wife responded: “You’ve been talking about nothing else for months!”
After dining in the Queens Grill and Todd English restaurants, taking advantage of the Canyon Ranch spa, and taking part in an Apple iStudy session, they will have plenty more to talk about in the months to come.
President Bush conformed: “Barbara and I have always wanted to make a crossing, and it gives us great joy to be able to do so aboard Queen Mary 2 with our family and close friends. We have enjoyed the voyage from its beginning, and our experience has been made even better by the amazing crew and staff. We will always have fond memories of our Transatlantic crossing.”
Queen Mary 2 arrives San Francisco for first time in 2007.
The Bushes boarded Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 in Southampton a week ago for the seven-night crossing. Cunard were unable to confirm their presence on the ship at the time, respecting their guests’ privacy. With the ship now docked in New York, they have issued a formal statement and pictures.
Cunard president and managing director Peter Shanks was joined by Carnival UK chief executive David Dingle, QM2′s captain Kevin Oprey and hotel manager John Duffy to welcome the Bushes to the ship’s Commodore Club.
Shanks said: “We are honored to have welcomed President Bush and his family as guests aboard Queen Mary 2. Over Cunard’s long history, a great many dignitaries have enjoyed the leisure and luxury of our Transatlantic Crossings, and we are delighted that the President now joins in that legacy.”
STARS AND CELEBS “CROSSING THE POND”… A LONG TRADITION WITH CUNARD LINE…
Cunard Lines, like many other steamship companies during the 1930s through the 1960s, had public relations staff and photographers cover sailing day of all their liners – including the RMS Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, Mauritania, Medea, Parthia and Caronia. They photographed the stars as they crossed the pond and sailed from New York. Here is a collection of photos of a few of the greatest stars and celebrities of all time sailing away on the Cunard Lines.
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Frederick Brisson, Rosalind Russell Brisson and Gregory Peck with Mrs Peck sail away on the RMS Queen Elizabeth.
Clark Gable is welcomed aboard the RMS Queen Mary.
Elizabeth Taylor sailing on the RMS Queen Mary.
Jackie Kennedy and Robert Kennedy on the RMS Queen Mary.
Judy Garland sailing from New York on the RMS Caronia.
MICKEY COHEN, LOS ANGELES AND THE GAMBLING SHIP S.S. REX…
May 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
S.S. Rex display advertisement…
The Italian ocean liner S.S. Rex.
The Los Angeles gambling ship S.S. Rex.
The other S.S. Rex – a gambling ship off Santa Monica, California in the 1930s and early 1940s.
Besides the fabulous Italian ocean liner S.S. REX launched in 1931, there was another S.S. REX. The far lesser (but profitable) SS REX was operated as a gambling ship off Los Angeles by Anthony Cornero. Gary Grant made a movie in the early 1930s based on the gambling boats.
THE GOLDEN AGE OF OCEAN LINERS
May 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Cruise and Ocean Liner History: THE GOLDEN AGE OF OCEAN LINERS
The Golden Age Of Ocean Liners – Excellent BBC Documentary…
Paul Atterbury embarks on an alluring journey into the golden age of ocean liners, finding out how these great ships made such a mark on the popular imagination and why they continue to enchant to this day.
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL… Showplace of the Nation…
April 29, 2012 By 1 Comment
New York Social History: Radio City Music Hall – Showplace of the Nation – Over 700 movies opened here from King Kong to the Sound of Music.
Click on above to hear Broadway show tunes on the greatest theatre organ in the world. Playing songs from Gypsy, Mary Poppins and South Pacific.
You Tube video of the Music Hall’s “Mighty Wurlitzer” pipe organ. It was the largest theater pipe organ built for a movie theater. “Ladies and gentlemen, the Radio City Music Hall Grand Organ . . .” This announcement has been heard by millions of theatre patrons, introducing them to the most famous theatre organ in the world.
For information on what’s playing at the Radio City Music Hall click here.
New Twists On A Titanic Style Meal…
April 27, 2012 By 1 Comment
Cruise and Liner History: New Twists On A Titanic Style Meal and the Titanic movie that never was…
From youtube: TITANIC: the sequel – The movie that was never made…
New Twists On A Titanic Style Meal
Thanks to Lisa Mogensen at Forbes…
(Left: China from the RMS Titanic) The RMS Titanic. The name evokes a bygone era of luxury, leisure, and class distinction. The beginning of luxury travel as we know it. The largest liner ever built, the Titanic also had the most advanced culinary facilities afloat with three galleys, and a staff of eighty preparing and serving 6,000 meals a day. All that ended on April 14th 1912. That day marked the last meal in the Titanic’s first class dining salon which was served to the pinnacles of high society such as John Jacob Astor, Benjamin Guggenheim, Isidor and Ida Straus and of course, the Unsinkable Molly Brown to name a few.
(Left: RMS Titanic Leaving Belfast) As the world looks back on the 100 years since the tragic sinking of the RMS Titanic TravelsinTaste thought it would be interesting to recreate the majority of the 11 course tasting experience, one of only two menus which survived the night, with a modern twist for today’s tastebuds. The dishes won’t be on the original cobalt blue and gold china by Spode, but, if you want, you can have Spode recreate pattern R4331, for a hefty price tag.
THE SS CONSTITUTION, GRACE KELLY AND I LOVE LUCY…
April 26, 2012 By 2 Comments
1955: Officers and crew assemble aboard the SS Constitution docked in Manhattan.
The SS Constitution was a passenger ship owned by American Export Lines. She was commissioned in 1951. She sailed on the New York-Genoa-Naples and Gibraltar route to Europe. The Constitution was a sister ship to the SS Independence. The ships were two of the world’s most famous, popular, and innovative ocean liners, following World War 2. They were symbols of American maritime design and construction. They were big, fast, and very comfortable.
Down Memory Lane: The Liners…
April 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Down Memory Lane: The Liners…
Wonderful VIDEO of the Trans-Atlantic liners…
The Liners in New York July 1963 (from top to bottom): SS Brasil – Moore McCormack Line; SS Hanseatic – Hamburg-Atlantik Line; RMS Queen Mary – Cunard-White Star Line; SS France – French Line; SS Olympia – Greek Line; SS Atlantic – American Export Line; SS Leonardo DaVinci – Italian Line; SS Independence – American Export Line.
