The origin story for Virgin Voyages can be distilled to a fairly simple one: a chance meeting in Miami, a code name borrowed from spy fiction, and a British billionaire arriving by helicopter through red smoke. Running alongside it is…
Having sailed aboard Oasis of the Seas and Harmony of the Seas from the Oasis-class, as well as Quantum of the Seas, it becomes clear that Royal Caribbean was not simply scaling ships up or down. These two classes represent…
In the mid-to-late 1980s, Cunard launched an ambitious project aimed at modernizing and revitalizing their fleet. Similar to the ill-fated Q3 saga, this project was also to replace an aging Queen. The next up in our Unbuilt Ships series: Project…
How Stanley McDonald’s bold vision transformed a single ship into one of the world’s most recognized cruise lines, shaping the modern cruise industry along the way. Few cruise lines can trace their origin and success to one person but that…
Guildford, CT based American Cruise Line (ACL) is really a fascinating line unlike no other. American Cruise Lines was founded in 1972 by Charles A. Robertson, a visionary in the small-ship cruising industry, along with his wife, who played an…