As cruising expands rapidly, finding new travellers wanting new and more exciting destinations, and as the Middle East, and Arabia open up again ships are now using the improved Suez Canal to base themselves in Dubai. (see our Arabian YouTube Channel) We have ten films showing how to get around Dubai it is so popular, not just as a shopping mecca. Increased cruising traffic encourages new ports, and more places to park the cruise ships. New entertainment ideas, travel and shopping are required for the Middle East to replace falling oil revenue. In Doha, there is an old cargo port and pier which, developers are looking to open up as a supercruise terminal. Dedicated supercruise terminals are not new, even the Caribbean Islands are beginning to have ‘resort ports’, like Amber Cove. There are plans for many more.

The new concept, the Falcon of Doha is a proposition, but it is a look into the future of cruising. It is an admission that the number of new cruise ships on the seas increases each year as does their size. Carnival, the American owners of P&O have 7 new 5,200 passenger ships being built; the first the IONA joins P&O in 2020, the second join P&O in 2022 and they will dwarf the Britannia. Marella has taken the Mein Schiff 1 and 2, larger ships than they are used to. SAGA has the new ships Spirit Of Adventure and Spirit of Discovery while Azamara expands by now having four R class ships. Including the Adonia now called the Azamara Pursuit CRUISE MYSTERY NOVELS & GOOD READS

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Many cruise ships are basing themselves out of Dubai for Arabian Gulf Cruises. The Oceana spends our spring there.