Cruises and cruising
Posted in Celebrity, Cunard, Dress Code, Oceania, Regent Seven Seas on Nov 10th, 2015
Celebrity Cruises are to change their dress code. Here’s what they say in the FAQ section on their website:- For sailings departing December 4, 2015, and beyond, Formal Night gets a modern luxury reboot. Say goodbye to Formal Night, and hello to Evening Chic. It’s your time to shine—your way. Get glamorous. Get chic. Be sophisticated. […]
Posted in NCL, Oceania, Regent Seven Seas on Jan 9th, 2015
Some while ago I did a post about the takeover of Prestige Cruising, whose brands are the decidedly upmarket lines Oceania and Regent Seven Seas, by NCL. At that time I said that there was some concern among regular customers of Oceania and Regent Seven Seas that NCL would either ‘dumb them down’ or reduce […]
Posted in Carnival Corp, Oceania on Nov 27th, 2014
Unlikely you might think, and on the face of it, so would I – but there has been a recent surprising development. NCL has bought Ocean Princess, one of the ‘R’ ships, from Carnival Corp. It will go with the three NCL already own via their newly-acquired subsidiary, Oceania Cruises. So what’s that […]
Posted in NCL, Oceania, Regent Seven Seas on Sep 3rd, 2014
The big new in the last couple of days is the takeover by NCL of Regent Seven Seas and Oceania. Well, actually, I think NCL are buying the company that owns both of those lines, Prestige Cruises. And it gets even more complicated than that: the previous majority shareholder in Prestige Cruises was a private […]