Cruising The Past Cruise News

Even on the 4th of July. Look hard for it today on any cruise-ship. Here is a wonderful video aboard July 1954 sailing of the SS Alaska. Caviar was served. 1954 ALASKA CRUISE – a retro 50s look at a style of cruising and travel now vanished. Video Includes: Views ... Read More »

Great Lakes steamers on Independence Day…  4th of July – 1901 – Detroit, Michigan – Excursion steamers Tashmoo and Idlewild at wharves… The Tashmoo was the first ship constructed in 1900 and was launched on December 31, 1899. It was built by the Detroit Shipbuilding Company in Wyandotte, Michigan for ... Read More »

They were called the Big White Steamers. SS Catalina and SS Avalon docked in Avalon, after completing the 2-hour voyage from Los Angeles (San Pedro), during the late 1940s.  These day tourist steamships operated together by William Wrigley Company from 1920 into the early 1950s — except for World War ... Read More »

One of the first all gay cruises was operated by RSVP cruises aboard the SS BERMUDA STAR. This is a retro look at gay life in the 1980s aboard the first gay cruises.  Operated by gay pioneer RSVP the passengers dubbed the ship Bermuda Star Cruise Line ship the SS BRENDA STARR. ... Read More »

The SS United States is sending out what may be its final distress call.  Colin Farrell is seen aboard the famous ship.   Left) Colin Farrell heads down rusting First Class promenade of the SS UNITED STATES; (Right) The First Class promenade deck during the heyday of trans-Atlantic travel aboard ... Read More »

Crony capitalism on Supreme Court rules that the public has no right to use America’s airwaves. They are to remain government and 1%  regulated with more damage to freedom of speech issues.  In a decision with implications for the television industry, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Aereo, a ... Read More »

In the 1950s… an APL ships sails from San Francisco for an Around The World Cruise…  First Class lounges during the 1930s…  In the 1930s… a thrilling, luxurious trip Around the World was available on a regular basis aboard the Dollar Steamship Lines.  In 1935, these great liners were sailing ... Read More »

The Argentine passengers liners were called the MV EVITA and the MV EVA PERON. They were similar in design to the MV JUAN PERON.   Three views of the MV EVA PERON (later renamed the MV URUGUAY). Cia Argentina de Nav Dodero’s EVA PERON was launched in 1949. Named in ... Read More »

From  the 1890s until the late 1960s, The Grace Line was a major devision of W.R. Grace Inc.   Their first class liners operated from New York to the Caribbean, South America, Mexico and the West Coast of the USA.  They were one of the last American flag liners or ... Read More »

Crystal Cruises Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of NYK Line,  currently has two large, luxury-class cruise ships, Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity. These ships are highly regarded around the world, and the company has won the prestigious Travel & Leisure magazine’s World’s Best Large-Ship Cruise Line award for 16 consecutive ... Read More »