No Fly Cruise News & Blog
New Southampton cruise terminal will allow next-gen ships to ‘plug in’ while alongside
Associated British Ports is to open a new next-generation-ready, open access cruise terminal for the imminent 2021 season in popular no fly cruises port, Southampton, the NoFlyCruises team has learned. This will be the fifth dedicated cruise terminal at...
Fred. Olsen presents exciting new no fly cruises to Canada & Spitsbergen for 2022
UK based NoFlyCruises specialist Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has announced several new itineraries for its 2022 voyage programme. The two brand new cruises, which are now available to book are: ‘Canada in the Fall’ and ‘Rugged and Remote Spitsbergen’, with early...
Princess Cruises announces exciting no fly cruise firsts for 2022
As positive news grows for a return to no fly cruising from UK ports, one of the best-known names, Princess Cruises, has announced that 2022 will see its longest ever UK season. The newly announced season will include cruises on Sky Princess, which joined the...
World’s first gin distillery at sea to debut aboard P&O Cruises new ship IONA
P&O Cruises has today announced that its brand-new ship IONA will be home to the world's first gin distillery at sea and quite frankly, the entire team at NoFlyCruises thinks this is an amazing idea! Gin has grown massively in popularity over the years and there...
Are No Fly Cruises set to restart soon?
NoFlyCruises understands that cruising from UK ports could restart within just months further to more focus by the governments ‘Global Travel Taskforce’. The FCDO (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office) effectively banned cruising from UK ports and...
Windstar Cruises offering iconic Tower Bridge No Fly Cruise in 2021
The team at NoFlyCruises always gets excited when we see a roundtrip cruise from Tower Bridge. You only need to read our port guide to see just how special this port is. From the experience of tendering across the River Thames, from Millennium Pier next to the...
No Fly Cruises Investigates | Lundy Island
One of our subscribers sent us a question last week about an island in the Bristol Channel that they had once visited called Lundy. The question was whether it was a potential cruise destination, owing to it's stunning wildlife and positioning on the classical...
Fred. Olsen Introduces No Risk Deposits
Image courtesy of Fred Olsen Cruise Lines Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has introduced 'No Risk Deposits' which represent and update to their impressive 'Plain Sailing Guarantee' - very good news for no fly cruise fans. The new initiative goes further than many...
Oceania Cruises announces 4 enticing no fly cruises in their new 2022 preview
A firm NoFlyCruises favourite, luxury cruise line Oceania Cruises has released its 2022 Europe voyage preview and we are excited to see a number of enticing no fly cruises on offer. The collection, which goes on sale next week, comprises of 4 no fly cruises...
Tradewind Voyages opens for bookings with celebrity hosts
Brand new UK-based cruise line, Tradewind Voyages — operator of the world’s largest square-rigged sailing ship, Golden Horizon - has officially opened bookings today for their inaugural season. Two sailings have really caught our eye too at NoFlyCruises, The...
Hurtigruten’s NEW Expedition Cruises from Dover brochure is out now
It's here, it's brand-new and it's very exciting. What is it? it's Hurtigruten's expedition cruises brochure and it has recently dropped in the UK. It features a variety of exciting no fly cruises from Dover. We can't see the brochure as being available to order on...
CMV’s Vasco de Gama cruise ship acquired by Mystic Cruises
Cruise ships are changing hands so quickly in 2020 due to the pandemic that it's hard to keep up. The latest news is that the 1000-guest Vasco da Gama, bought in 2018 by the Cruise & Maritime Voyages company (CMV - sadly now gone) has been acquired by the...
IONA Has Officially Joined The P&O Cruises Fleet
IONA has officially joined the P&O Cruises fleet in a handover ceremony at Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany. IONA is the largest cruise ship ever to be built for the UK market. At 185,000 tonnes, 345m in length with 17 guest decks and setting new ground for guest...
Fancy a Luxury ‘No Fly’ & ‘No Cruise’ Experience?
This week, while swiping through tweets and posts about cruising and no fly cruising in particular, something really caught the editor’s eye. At NoFlyCruises we love small ships and especially one’s that have a story to tell. In a recent blog post we...
Borealis World Cruise 2022 – brand-new itinerary from Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines
We're quite excited about this at No Fly Cruises because it's a chance to really show just how far and wide you can travel on a no fly cruise holiday. Fred. Olsen Cruises Lines has announced a brand-new world cruise in 2022 aboard one of it's newest ships, Borealis,...
Cunard Launches No Fly & No Port Cruises
Cunard caught our eye this week with five brand-new 'Scenic Cruising' no fly cruises from Southampton in 2021. However, what really grabbed our attention was that these are not only Cunard no fly cruises, they are no port cruises too! As opposed to exploring on land...
Princess Cruises announces changes to its 2021 UK and Europe line-up
Princess Cruises has announced its new line-up of 2021 UK and Europe-based ships. The 2021 programme will now see three Royal-class ships based in Europe, including the newest addition to the line’s fleet – Enchanted Princess, sailing on a series of voyages to the...
A Tale of 3 Minerva’s – Swan Hellenic’s relaunch prompts a look back
The first new-build expedition ship under the new Swan Hellenic owner will be christened Minerva, and this news prompted us to step back in time and delve into the history of this nostalgic ship name and its three instances over the years, three instances with a...
Brand-new itineraries in 2021 for Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ Balmoral, including departures from Portsmouth
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has launched eight new itineraries for Balmoral, including a number of regional departures from Portsmouth. For selected Balmoral sailings of five-nights or more, guests will also enjoy a FREE drinks package, plus the cost of their tips...
Tradewind Voyages Announces Introductory No Fly Fares from £1,399pp
Suffolk based, start-up cruise line, Tradewind Voyages has announced introductory 'from' prices for their inaugural 2021 programme of UK voyages and No Fly Cruises. The fares are based on twin/double cabins and full pricing for all cabin grades will follow soon. From...
No Fly Cruises Investigates | Hjalmar Bjørge
One of our subscribers sent us a photo recently that they had snapped in Eastbourne Harbour, East Sussex, of a very interesting looking ship, identified as Hjalmar Bjørge. We'd not heard of this ship nor do you often see such vessels in Eastbourne, as the harbour is...
Top 5 Prettiest No Fly Cruise Ports
The team at No Fly Cruises has been busy researching some of the prettiest no fly cruise ports that are relatively easy to visit from the UK. These are ports that just look so good, you can't put the camera down. In fact you'll end up with so many photos of them you...
P&O Cruises cancels all cruises until early 2021
P&O Cruises today confirmed an extension to its pause in operations, with all sailings cancelled until early 2021. All Caribbean cruises are cancelled until the end of January 2021 and all cruises from and to Southampton are cancelled through February as well as...
Brand-new itineraries for Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ new ship Borealis on sale now!
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ sailings for new ship Borealis are on sale from TODAY! Her inaugural season features many brand-new itineraries that will depart from the port of Liverpool in 2021. Borealis’ first cruise will be a six-night ‘Scottish Lochs & Isles’...
MSC Magnifica offers 22 no fly sailings from Southampton in 2021 with drinks included
In their own words, 'We are back', as MSC announces a programme of no fly cruises from Southampton onboard MSC Magnifica. The newly announced departures embark mainly on Saturdays from May 2021 and will focus on popular no fly destinations in Northern Europe and the...
New Dover round-trip no fly expedition cruises announced by Hurtigruten
As it focuses on more no fly cruises from the UK, Hurtigruten has announced 3, 15-day expedition voyages from Dover. With departures in April, July and August next year, these voyages are offering exploration, wildlife and adventure in the company of experts and...
Queen Mary 2 classic World Voyage for 2022
Cunard’s 2022 classic World Voyage on the illustrious Queen Mary 2 goes on sale today. The iconic ocean liner will make calls to Greece, Dubai, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Australia and Bali, Abu Dhabi, Oman, Italy and Portugal. Sailings through the Suez...
5 awe-inspiring No Fly Cruise experiences you can see from the ship
It is true that there are many once-in-a-lifetime experiences to be had on No Fly Cruises from UK ports. That’s why at No Fly Cruises we’ve done away with the expression altogether and replaced it with ‘once-in-a-cruise-time’ as we just know that it’s a regular rather...
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Bolette inaugural cruise programme to include variety of UK sailings
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has unveiled the inaugural cruise programme for new ship Bolette which includes a variety of UK sailings. Bolette’s maiden voyage will be a seven-night ‘Scotland & Northern Ireland’ cruise, setting sail from Southampton on 5th March 2021....
AmaWaterways expands no-fly river cruise options for 2021 free return rail and private transfers
AmaWaterways has dramatically expanded its no-fly river cruise offering for 2021. Eleven additional cruise itineraries are now offered with rail connections from the UK, meaning guests who wish to travel by train can now choose from a total of 15 cruises along the...