No Fly Cruise News & Features
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines unveils brand new sailings aboard new ships Bolette and Borealis in 2022
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has today unveiled 16 brand new sailings aboard new ships Bolette and Borealis departing in early 2022. The new cruises include a 34-night sailing to the Caribbean and a 15-night Mediterranean discovery, as well as sailings closer to...
Celebrity Cruises reveals onboard experience ahead of new UK Staycation cruises
Ahead of Celebrity Silhouette’s long-awaited return to UK shores this summer, Celebrity Cruises today revealed how a combination of vaccination, testing and an innovative app will keep crew and guests safe at sea. In addition, the Celebrity Cruises app enables guests...
P&O Cruises Iona arrives in Southampton ahead of tonight’s official naming ceremony.
Britain’s largest and most environmentally-friendly cruise ship, P&O Cruises Iona, arrived into her home port of Southampton this morning ahead of tonight’s official naming ceremony. Iona is powered by liquefied natural gas, ground-breaking for the UK...
Disney Magic calls at Southampton ahead of “Disney Magic at Sea” sailings this summer
Disney Magic called at Southampton on Sunday as the cruise ship prepares for “Disney Magic at Sea” UK staycation sailings this summer, for UK residents. Southampton is one of the four home ports, alongside Liverpool, Newcastle and London Tilbury, where “Disney...
Supercruises.com, the UK’s first All-Online cruise booking website.
We all need something to look forward to and booking your next cruise could be just that. Whether it’s something you do often, or it’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience, having your dream cruise booked is certainly the light at the end of the tunnel. ...
Domestic Cruising Resumption Timeline
Over the last several weeks there has been so much news about NoFlyCruises that we struggled to keep up. Our hope had been to share every detail with you, but one pair of hands just wasn’t enough. We decided not to be too hard on ourselves, after all, it was...
P&O Cruises Iona naming ceremony to be hosted by Jo Whiley in Southampton on May 16
Alex James’ Britpop cider will take centre stage when Iona, Britain’s largest and most-environmentally friendly cruise ship is officially named on May 16 in Southampton. The glittering ceremony will culminate in the smashing of a Nebuchadnezzar of Britpop,...
ABP announces the name of Southampton’s newest cruise terminal
ABP has announced its fifth world-class, open access cruise terminal is to be named Horizon Cruise Terminal. With nearly 4,000 name suggestions from across the world entered into a competition, Horizon Cruise Terminal was put forward by Anna Chojnacka Liberska...
MSC Cruises announces roll-out of fleet-wide covid-19 vaccination programme for crew
MSC Cruises announced today that it has started a fleet-wide COVID-19 vaccination programme for all its crew members. This becomes an additional core element of the Company’s industry-leading health & safety protocol that has already supported MSC Cruises...
“Disney Magic at sea” staycations now open for bookings to UK residents
“Disney Magic at Sea” staycation sailings, aboard the Disney Magic this summer, are now open for booking to UK residents. The NoFlyCruises team is quite excited about the fact Disney Magic will be operating 28 short cruises from UK ports this summer. Why?...
European Waterways luxury barge staycations for summer 2021
At NoFlyCruises we like to offer a bit of everything if it involves a ship and water, that's why we're excited to share with you some news from European Waterways and more details on their Caledonian Canal, Loch Ness and River Thames summer holidays. For those...
Dame Irene Hays to be Godmother to P&O Cruises new ship Iona
P&O Cruises new ship Iona will be officially named in a contemporary ceremony featuring a special one-off performance from Gary Barlow broadcast to a virtual audience. Dame Irene Hays, DBE, DL, owner and chair of Hays Travel Group, will be godmother to the...
Princess Cruises’ Summer Seacations
Sponsored Post in association with Princess CruisesPrincess Cruises Summer Seacations Countdown We’ve just passed the 100-day countdown until UK guests can set sail with Princess Cruises once again. Over the past several months, restrictions have meant that many of us...
No-Fly Cruises leading UK cruising out of lockdown
Today, the Department for Transport of the UK Government has updated their cruise advice with a domestic cruising page on their website. The page confirms that domestic cruises in the UK will have the green light to operate with certain restrictions on...
Hurtigruten Expeditions announces additional British Isles departures from Dover this summer
Hurtigruten Expeditions has increased its adventurous Dover 2021 summer sailing programme with the addition of two more sailings to its popular British Isles itinerary - British Isles – Picturesque Ports, Isolated Islands and Wonderful Wildlife. The two, 15-day...
Port of Tyne UK Staycation boom as cruise season nears
UK cruise staycations are happening, and the team at NoFlyCruises couldn’t be more excited. Yes, of course, we want you all (and us) to explore shores further afield, but how nice is it going to be to explore things a little closer to home? Can you honestly...
New website enticing visitors to the Highland’s most unique no-fly cruise experience
The team at NoFlyCruises reported last year about a cool and authentic new product berthed on the Caledonian Canal, in the Scottish Highlands. Highland Lassie is a uniquely converted fishing boat constructed using windblown oak that follows the line of the...
MSC announces no-fly cruises this summer for inaugural of MSC Virtuosa
MSC Cruises has revealed further information in relation to their planned programme of no-fly cruises this summer. Commencing 20 May, MSC Virtuosa – MSC's newly delivered flagship, will be deployed to the UK for her inaugural season and replace MSC Magnifica to...
Cunard unveils Summer at Sea luxury UK cruises
So, it looks like every cruise line wants a piece of the NoFlyCruises action on sailings around the British Isles this summer, as Cunard is the latest line to announce its presence. Cunard is offering UK guests the opportunity to spend this summer at...
The cruise ‘staycation’, yes, we saw it coming!
We remarked on a cruise-staycation concept back in August 2020, but we could not have imagined that it would be playing such an important part in the global relaunch of cruising. Back in August 2020, the team at NoFlyCruises talked about the cruise ‘staycation’...
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines British Isles and scenic sailing no-fly cruises are unveiled
The NoFlyCruises news just keeps on rolling in and we couldn't be happier to see and hear so many positive comments around the restart of domestic cruising. Today, it's Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines turn, as the line unveils a brand-new ‘Welcome Back’ programme of cruises...
P&O Cruises offers Ultimate Escape UK Cruises
Things are really starting to gear up for NoFlyCruises around the UK, with P&O Cruises being the latest cruise line to announce a series of short breaks and week-long cruises this summer. These sailings, aboard Britannia and Iona, will all depart from...
Viking to restart cruises in May with three no-fly sailings
Viking has announced that it plans to restart limited operations in May 2021 with three special no-fly cruises sailing along the coast of England and only available to UK residents. The eight-day itinerary—England’s Scenic Shores—will sail roundtrip from...
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines unveils NEW 2022/23 cruise season
We're excited at NoFlyCruises to share with you some news from Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines, as the line unveils a brand-new programme of cruising for 2022/23, with 126 new voyages taking in 82 countries, with NEW regional departures from Belfast and London...
No-fly cruises to mark the opening up of UK cruising?
Has a government minister just announced the return of cruising from 17 May? We think so. According to various reports, minister for maritime, Robert Courts, has announced that an All Party Parliamentary Maritime and Group (APPMPG) meeting on 8 March has...
Hurtigruten add taster and Iceland no-fly cruises to 2022 programme
Norwegian expedition cruise line, Hurtigruten, has today announced additional no-fly cruises to sail in 2022. The two voyages, departing from Portsmouth and Liverpool will make a total of thirty no-fly cruises from the expedition line in 2022. A significant...
Princess Cruises to offer series of short, no-fly coastal cruises this summer
Princess Cruises has become the cruise latest line to revise their 2021 Summer season to focus on a series of shorter, no-fly cruises from the UK. Regal Princess and Sky Princess will offer short breaks and week-long no-fly sailings from Southampton. The...
P&O Cruises to offer “the ultimate escape” no-fly cruise-staycation this summer
P&O Cruises has announced that it will now offer a series of short break and week-long no-fly cruises this summer, being promoted as “the ultimate escape” staycation. The cruises will go on sale later this month. The major UK-based cruise line has taken...
Tradewind Voyages announce 8 brand-new no-fly cruises in 2021
Suffolk based, start-up cruise line, Tradewind Voyages has announced 8, brand-new, no-fly cruises that will all depart from UK ports in July and August this year. All operated on their sole ship, the new-build Golden Horizon. The original cruises, including the...
No-Fly Cruise Infographic for 2022 Sailings
At NoFlyCruises HQ, the team are rather partial to a cruise infographic or two. And although we don't see as many cruise infographics as we would like, they are still a great way to get information across, and ensure more people get to see it. With that in...