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Lux barge on sale

EUROPEAN Waterways has announced its Black Fri special, offering 25% off select luxury hotel barge cruises in France.

Deals of the week

VIKING’S deal of the week is a Grand European Cruise, with a saving of up to $5,600 per couple.

Disney drills back

DISNEY Cruise Line is reportedly bringing back its mandatory pre-departure in-person safety muster drills, in an effort to limit the potential spread of COVID-19.

Porthole 17 Nov 22

DOLPHINS performing for humans in South East Queensland is not unusual, although it’s rare to see it outside of Sea World!

On location inAntarctica 17 Nov 22

CW breaking news – Disney announces acquisition of the unfinished Global Dream

A buyer has finally been found for the ship, which was originally ordered by Dream Cruises….

Viking Cruises sees record bookings

VIKING Cruises has seen its best two booking months ever out of the Australasian market, with a record Sep followed by even higher results in Oct, and high levels of enquiry continuing into this month as well.

MSC’s green shoots

THE Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) team, in Doha for the naming of MSC Cruises’ MSC World Europa, was taken on a special “environmental tour” of the spectacular ship last week.

Cruise queens get together

JOURNEY Beyond’s Alicia Triggs and Justine Lally last week met up with some of their new cruising counterparts in the USA, with a get-together on board American Queen Voyages’ (AQV) American Duchess which homeports out of Memphis, Tennessee and New Orleans, Louisiana.

Bubbly Princess

PRINCESS Cruises has confirmed it will install new Silverstream Air Lubrication Systems (ALS) to reduce fuel consumption and lower emissions on the new Sky Princess as well as Enchanted Princess, with the project slated to be completed in the first half of 2023.