Cruising The Past Cruise News

Royal Caribbean (RCL) agreed to cut short a 10-day Caribbean cruise on Sunday after close to 600 people reported illnesses aboard the vessel. Seasickness can be worse… Royal Caribbean (RCL) agreed to cut short a 10-day Caribbean cruise on Sunday after close to 600 people reported illnesses aboard the vessel. ... Read More »

Video of the MS STOCKHOLM… Cruise History: MS STOCKHOLM – Collided with the Italian Line’s Andrea Doria and, as the MV ATHENA, was attacked by pirates.  The Italian press called the Stockholm the “ship of death” (La nave della morte). The Stockholm returning to New York after her collision with ... Read More »

For over a decade, “Titanic” stood as the world’s top-grossing movie, an epic tale of love, adventure, disaster and sacrifice. When it was made, James Cameron was lauded for his attention to detail and accuracy, but modern technology and new theories are telling a different story of what really happened ... Read More »

MSC CRUISES carries on the tradition of the famous Italian Lines… wonderful videos of the early Italian Line ships…  MSC Lirica There is the Italian feeling and ocean going charm of years past. A time when the Italian Line was operating many great ships. The great thing about MSC Cruises ... Read More »

1937 CRUISE – NEW YORK TO NOVA SCOTIA ABOARD EASTERN STEAMSHIP COMPANY Home movie of a trip to Nova Scotia leaving from Pier 18 in NYC. (Some notes indicate it may be 1937.) We see Yarmouth and Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia, some large passenger ships, some of coastal Canada and ... Read More »

Three young American boys sail first class to Italy aboard the Italian Line’s SS Leonardo da Vinci in the late 1960s… They are sailing from New York to Italy and will be spending the summer visiting their grand-parents… The following video is a wonderful look at a world now “gone ... Read More »

This is a wonderful historical video of a 1954 sailing aboard the SS ALASKA on a cruise to Alaska and the Inside Passage. A retro 50s look at a style of cruising and travel now vanished. Views of the ship leaving the Port of Seattle, with streamers, confetti and visitors ... Read More »

Third rate airlines are not the answer!  It is time to look at the past and find a FIRST CLASS rail service that will compete with the shoddy and dreadful experience of flying in the USA. To economists and financial analysts whose obsession is return on investment, opinion leaders advocating ... Read More »

Cruise line history: Crystal Cruises and NYK LINES. Parent company of Crystal Cruises history in the 1920s and 1930s.  Crystal Cruises carries on a great tradition…  Japan had one of the great passenger liner fleets. NYK carries on with a wonderful first class cruise line fleet since they created Crystal Cruises.  Ad from ... Read More »

Last voyage of the legendary SS NORMANDIE – Greatest liner to ever “cross the pond” from Europe to America. Wonderful new color film of the elegant French Line steamship. Never before seen… August 28, 1939 – The last voyage aboard the SS Normandie. One of the great videos of the ... Read More »