Visiting a cruise ship is always exciting, but nothing compares to the buzz around the first sailing of a brand-new ship, especially when it’s one as impressive as Norwegian Encore! Eleven members of the Cruise118 team were lucky enough to board this sparkly new Norwegian Cruise Line ship for her two-night inaugural cruise from Bremerhaven,... Visiting a cruise ship is always exciting, but nothing compares to the buzz around the first sailing of a brand-new ship, especially when it’s one as impressive as Norwegian Encore! Eleven members of the Cruise118 team were lucky enough to board this sparkly new Norwegian Cruise Line ship for her two-night inaugural cruise from Bremerhaven,...
Visiting a ship and exploring the cruise line’s facilities allows us to offer expert advice and maintain our award-winning customer service when you’re booking a cruise. Our close relationships with the cruise lines combined with our first-hand knowledge of the ships ensures you have everything you need at your fingertips for your next sailing. One of these trips was on-board Cunard's Queen...
Visiting a ship and exploring the cruise line’s facilities allows our Cruise Concierge to offer expert advice and maintain our award-winning customer service when you’re booking a cruise. Our close relationships with the cruise lines, combined with our first-hand knowledge of the ships, ensures you have everything you need at your fingertips for your next sailing. One of these trips was aboard Princess...
Step aboard Celebrity Silhouette for unrivalled relaxation and extraordinary fine dining as she sails to the Norwegian Fjords for an eight-night sailing with our Performance Analyst, Lia George. See what she thought of her time on-board and explore the Norwegian Fjords with Celebrity Cruises. Initial impressions I was welcomed with a glass of bubbly and...
Norwegian Spirit is the oldest and smallest ship in Norwegian Cruise Line’s fleet of 17 ships. A team from Cruise118 enjoyed a tour of this ship, so read on to see what we discovered. Initial impressions Each ship in the Norwegian Cruise Line fleet is undergoing a thorough refurbishment as part of Project Edge, with...
A partnership that seems strange at first but makes perfect sense, Cirque du Soleil and MSC Cruises have worked together since 2017. The partnership has since flourished into exclusive shows, extraordinary experiences, and unbelievable acrobatics. Our expert cruise journalist, Sara Macefield, recently got the chance to experience these shows up close and chat with the...
MSC Bellissima, the new flagship for MSC Cruises, was launched at a star-studded ceremony in Southampton in March. Screen siren Sophia Loren did the honours as godmother, Holly Willoughby officiated at the ceremony and performers included opera star Andrea Bocelli and his son, Matteo, as well as cast members from the Cirque du Soleil. As...
Prior to her inaugural sailing earlier this month, MSC Bellissima hosted her naming ceremony down in Southampton. Many of our staff got to attend the glittering event, alongside celebrity guests such as Sophia Loren (godmother to the MSC Cruises' fleet), Andrea Bocelli and Holly Willoughby! See what they thought of this brand-new ship below... Initial...
Nieuw Statendam is Holland America Line’s second Pinnacle-class ship, similar to its sister, Koningsdam, but with a few modifications. Built in Venice, launched in December 2018 and named in February 2019 by godmother Oprah Winfrey, the 2,666-passenger ship is aimed, the line claims, at ‘modern explorers, food lovers and music lovers’. This sums it up...