Passengers Share Timeless Stories at Sea
Peace Boat The latest version, the former Sun Princess, visited New York this summer. An earlier ship, the chartered Topaz, had…
CruiseNews is proud to reprint William H. Miller‘s dispatches with permission. Heard Along the Promenade Deck draws from Miller’s Scribblings, Lives of the Liners, and Millergram. Known as “Mr. Ocean Liner,” he is a leading American maritime historian and author and has written 125 books and 1,000 articles on ocean liners and cruise ships, including Doomed Ships and The Fabulous Interiors of the Great Ocean Liners. Miller created the passenger ship database for the Ellis Island Museum and taught “The Ocean Liner” at the New School in Manhattan. He has appeared in documentaries such as SS United States: Lady in Waiting and lectured aboard more than 75 cruise ships. His work has earned him numerous honors in maritime history. Many of Mr. Miller’s book titles can be seen HERE.
Peace Boat The latest version, the former Sun Princess, visited New York this summer. An earlier ship, the chartered Topaz, had…
All Aboard in Reykjavik! Silversea’s Silver Shadow is like an impeccably run club – 350 passengers looked after by 300…
Red, White and Blue! Early summer marks the anniversaries of several exciting milestones for the legendary SS United States. On…
Statues & Skyscrapers! Tuesday, June 10, New York: Beginning at 10:30, I did the narration (from the wheelhouse of Silver…
Friendly chat over drinks with Capt. Luigi Rutigliano, Master of Silver Shadow A native of Genoa, he began with Italy’s…
“As a family and as a six-year-old, my father was sent to faraway South Africa,” recalled a now long-retired Silver…
Northern Waters Two splendidly moodful photos from fellow author & shipboard lecturer David Perry, who was on an Alaska itinerary…
Broadcasting! Two dear friends and cruise experts, Tony Davis & Chris Frame, have joined forces and launched their very own…
Heard from the Promenade Deck A classic looking ocean liner, and like her near-sister Conte Biancamano, Conte Grande was refitted…
Heard Along the Promenade Deck Continuity! With great good fortune, I’ve now been lecturing on the gold-plated ships of Silversea…