Just in time for the release of the new full-length film, Downton Abbey, based on the Emmy Award-winning MASTERPIECE series, Viking has announced its partnership with Focus Features, Universal Pictures and Carnival Films. The movie made its global premiere today …

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I love a good ramble in the sticks. The fauna, the birdsong, zero traffic, free blackberries. What I love most, though, is that people who’d ordinarily blank you on the street, smile and say “good morning”. And with the biggest …

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Herman Wong September 9 at 9:35 PM Hundreds of Hurricane Dorian survivors crowded into a ferry anchored in Freeport, Bahamas, on Sunday evening, after days on the sweltering islands with limited food, water and power. Just 2½ hours across the …

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Nearly as many appeared to be headed to Florida, where they found local support. Oneil Khosa, chief executive of Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line, said not one of some 1,200 passengers who arrived there on his humanitarian cruise on Saturday required …

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The Best Cruise Line for 2019 is Switzerland-based Viking Cruises which provides river and ocean cruises. The Viking Sun’s 245-day Ultimate World Cruise started at the beginning of September.  This will see its passengers experience six continents, 59 countries and …

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CLOSE The Carnival Miracle docked in Tampa a day early, cutting passengers’ vacations short due to Hurricane Dorian. Fox – 13 News, Fox – 13 News Cruise lines are scrambling to stay out of the path of Hurricane Dorian – which …

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Herring said: “The thrusters were roaring monsters that infected everything around them with rage, and the closer you were, the worse it was. “Most passenger cabins were peaceful enough because they weren’t too close, but most of the crew cabins …

Cruise secrets: Former crew member reveals horrifying truth about cruise cabins Read more »