A busy day at the Cruise Ship Terminal in San Diego, as two scheduled cruise ships from Princes Cruises,Grand Princess and Crown Princess, are in port. Unfortunately, Crown Princess has been hit by a norovirus outbreak that has sickened dozens of passengers and crew. They were on a cruise of the California coast, out of… Read more
The Love Boat has ended her long career and has been retired to a breakers yard in Turkey. That show put me off cruises throughout my youth and through the years when I could actually afford to book a cruise package. Perhaps I never paid attention before but Pacific Princess was so small compared to today’s… Read more
Cruise Ship Will Emulate White Star Liner An Australian company named Blue Star Line has announced a plan to launch a replica Olympic Class ocean liner and name her Titanic 2. Now, I’m not one to dwell on The Titanic. I admire the Olympic Class to be certain and I have a fascination with shipwrecks… Read more
The Final Glory Of The Italian Line Ocean Liners Italian Style 1965-1975 The Italian Line was responsible for commissioning two of the last purpose built ocean liners. SS Michelangelo and SS Raffaello were designed with the modern flair of the Nineteen Sixties and sailed between Genoa, Italy and New York. But the era also saw… Read more
The picture is the bridge of the R.M.S. Queen Mary, taken during my visit in 2010. Notice the funnel and hose arrangements to communicate with stations within the ship. I’m reliably informed that they were very effective. I’ve been neglecting this web site, I know. I really do intend to keep it up-to-date and… Read more
The local TV news reported that Disney Wonder was in port yesterday. so I had to go down to Harbor Drive to take a look. Very crowded and I had to park about a mile away but the ship was definitely a wonder to behold. she is one of four cruise ships of the current… Read more
The retired Queen doesn’t need much of an introduction. These are some of the photographs I took on my last visit. I’ll post more pictures from this trip as I get the time. Thanks for having a look. :-)… Read more
The SS United States has been laid up in Philadelphia for many years now. She has not sailed under her own power since 1969. Her final voyage returned from Europe bound for New York, collecting my parents, our 1963 Rambler and myself in Southampton U.K. along the way and then never setting out to sea… Read more
The “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibit” has been at The Natural History Museum in Balboa Park in San Diego for most of the year and is closing this weekend. It is one of eight exhibitions posted throughout the United Stated (with one additional in Bangkok Thailand). Operated by RMS Titanic Inc., which owns the rights to… Read more
Image credit to: Travis6406 (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons Maritime Matters reports about one of the last “traditional liners” still in service heading off to retirement. via SAGA RUBY To Be Retired | MaritimeMatters… Read more