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« Previous EntriesHolland America Line’s MS NIEUW AMSTERDAM carries on liner and cruise history of the famed cruise line.
Friday, July 30th, 2010Holland America Line’s MS NIEUW AMSTERDAM carries on liner and cruise history of the famed cruise line.
Launched from Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard in Venice on July 4, 2010, the 86,000-ton Nieuw Amsterdam celebrates the glamour and history of New York City, formerly called Nieuw Amsterdam, with its inspired interior design and art collection.
Holland [...]
THE FIRST CRUISE SHIP WAS A “PRINCESS”: – The Prinzessin Victoria Luise was the world’s first cruise ship.
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010THE FIRST CRUISE SHIP WAS A “PRINCESS”: – The Prinzessin Victoria Luise was the world’s first cruise ship.
The Prinzessin Victoria Luise was the world’s first cruise ship.
Cruise Ship History and Cruising The Past – The Prinzessin Victoria Luise was the world’s first cruise ship. Built for the Hamburg America Line, she was launched [...]
HISTORY OF THE CUNARD LINE
Friday, May 28th, 2010Social History: History of The Cunard Line
Cunard Line was the only company to continue regular transatlantic ocean crossings by liners after the 1970s. The French Line, Italian Line, the United States Line had gone out of business. Swedish America Line, Holland America Line along with Home Lines continued but only operating cruise ships. Liner service [...]
GREAT VIDEO BY CRUISE ENTERTAINERS – WHAT YOU DON’T SEE!
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010Instead of those boring shows presented by the cruise lines – the ship’s should rely on their entertainers. This is a great video of cast members doing their own show instead of the slop created by dreary “stars” like Barry Manilow.
All those cruise lines advertise what great times the passengers are having. They’re [...]
SS PASTEUR 1939 Cie de Navigation Sud Atlantique – A career cut short by WW 2.
Monday, April 12th, 2010Great youtube video: The “TSS Pasteur” was a special case in ocean liner history. The great liner was never officially in service. It arrived just in time for World War II and saw little passenger service. The Pasteur was one of the least-documented great liners of its era, yet its interiors were truly magnificent. This [...]
“CATCHER IN THE RYE” AUTHOR J. D. SALINGER, DEAD AT 91, SERVED AS CRUISE DIRECTOR ABOARD SWEDISH AMERICA LINE’S MS KUNGSHOLM.
Thursday, January 28th, 2010MS KUNGSHOLM on Carribean Cruise – by 1941, with the war in Europe, most liners were not crossing the Atlantic.
For the following informain we wish to thank Lars Hemingstam and his excellent website on the Swedish American Line – click here to visit.
“The young man—his name was Ray Kinsella, and he was a [...]
January 2010 – Website Of The Month – THE WARD LINE
Thursday, January 28th, 2010January 2010 – Cruising The Past Website Of The Month – THE WARD LINE
We applaud Michael Andelson’s THE WARD LINE terrific website!
The Ward Line is best remembered for the ill-fated Morro Castle of 1930.
Andelson’s site not only explores the Morro Castle disaster but gives you a unique history of The Ward Line.
Footage from the fire [...]
2010 CRUISE SHIP REVIEWS – The 2010 cruise ships giving a feeling of the great First Class liners of the past.
Monday, January 4th, 20102010 CRUISE SHIP REVIEWS – We look at the best of the 2010 luxury, deluxe and premium class cruise lines and cruise ships. Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Oceania and Holland America Line top the list. They give a feeling of the great First Class liners of the past.
1953 Time Remembered of First Class [...]
The SS OLLANTA – 12,500 Feet Above Sea Level – Ernesto “Che” Guevara crossed Lake Titicaca on his revolutionary journey.
Monday, November 16th, 2009CRUISE HISTORY: High in the Andes mountain range, a huge lake straddles the borders between Bolivia and Peru.
Lake Titicaca is one of the largest lakes in South America being more than 115 miles in length and over fifty miles across at its widest point.
Although over 12,500 feet above sea level and at least 200 miles [...]
Crystal Cruises carries on the tradition of the great luxury cruise ships such as the SS Rotterdam, RMS Caronia and MS Kungsholm.
Saturday, October 17th, 2009Crystal Symphony
Crystal Cruises carries on the tradition of the great luxury cruise ships such as the SS Rotterdam, RMS Caronia and MS Kungsholm.
Famous cruise ships of the last century : RMS CARONIA, MS KUNGSHOLM and the SS ROTTERDAM.
Crystal Cruises carries on the tradition of the great luxury cruise ships such as the SS Rotterdam, RMS [...]