Sentences with phrase «maiden voyages»

The concept definitely has room to grow, but as maiden voyages go, Colonial Marines is a clear winner.

Two major cruise liners have made their maiden voyages to Abu Dhabi boosting hopes the emirate will achieve its target of receiving 77 calls from ships in the current 2011/2012 season.

Itineraries for maiden voyages starting in April 2015 include cruising in Scandinavia and the Baltic; and the Western and Eastern Mediterranean.

Viking Star is scheduled to be delivered in early 2015, with maiden voyages beginning in April 2015.

Developed from the ground up to return the focus of cruising to the destination, Viking Ocean Cruises will begin sailing in May 2015 with its first vessel — Viking Star — embarking on maiden voyages in Scandinavia and the Baltic; and the Western and Eastern Mediterranean.

In addition to the alternating maiden voyages, Celebrity Cruises will also be offering four new Edge Preview Sailings, perfect for eager guests who simply can't wait to get a taste of luxury.

The schedule change will now allow Celebrity Cruises to offer not one, but two distinct seven - night maiden voyages on Celebrity Edge's alternating eastern and western Caribbean itineraries.

The first launch of the Falcon Heavy will be a test flight, and SpaceX is notorious for offbeat payloads on its vessels» maiden voyages.

For example, on the ninth anniversary of its maiden voyage, Virgin Blue gave away 1,000 plane tickets for $ 9 each through Twitter.

And in 2010, he launched a wheel of cheese into orbit during the maiden voyage of SpaceX's Dragon spaceship.

Built and having its maiden voyage, I'd say 15 to 20 years.

The ship plans its maiden voyage in 2018, with increased safety precautions this time around.

A LUXURY cruise vessel to be based in Darwin, the Oceanic Odyssey, will make its maiden voyage from Darwin to Bali on 3 July.

The Ghost Ship's maiden voyage was in 2011, delivering 75 minutes of frights amid three floors of a vessel said to formerly house criminals too dangerous and unstable to remain on dry land.

Did you ever hear the story of a fancy ship that ran into an iceberg on its maiden voyage and sank as a result, killing more than half of the people on board because there were not enough lifeboats?

A ship that was hailed as the unsinkable ship, «a ship that even God couldn't sink,» according to one headline, sank on its maiden voyage.

Welcome, bienvenida as they say in Spain... to our maiden voyage of «Food of the World.»

The 4,000 - passenger Norwegian Breakaway will make its debut next May with New York City serving as its home port, while the equally sized Norwegian Getaway will set sail on its maiden voyage May 2014 from Florida's PortMiami.

I think Tracy's salad will be my maiden voyage.

At stake in the Citicorp Trans - Atlantic Challenge is the world record for crossing under power (both elapsed time and average speed) that was set by the S.S. United States on its maiden voyage in 1952.

With little talent to build around, Petrino's maiden voyage in Fayetteville ended in a 5 - 7 campaign featuring three conference losses by three or fewer points.

III game and Clayton Valley Charter - Concord makes its maiden voyage to Carson for the Div.

In the process they qualified for the Champions League group stages for the second time in their history, with their only previous appearance at this stage of the competition being in 1999/00, also our maiden voyage with Europe's elite.

Although it is normal for babies to fuss the first couple times you try a new carrier, choose a time of day when baby is well rested and happy for his maiden voyage.

Finally, glue the triangle to the straw and you have a juice box boat that's ready for its maiden voyage.

Des Moines, Iowa (CNN)- Sarah Palin's maiden voyage to Iowa as a potential presidential candidate was, on its face, a fundraiser for the state Republican Party - and an early chance for the former Alaska governor to get some face time with the caucus - goers who will play a major role in determining the party's nominee in 2012.

Chris Migliaccio, 23 - year - old Republican from Queens, may not succeed in his maiden voyage into electoral politics (a long - shot bid for the State Assembly), but he has stumbled into his very first political mini-imbroglio.

A luxury cruise ship on its maiden voyage from Montreal stopped at the town's docks.

The urgency of the matter facing affected states may be best reflected Monday when New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D)-- a potential 2016 Democratic presidential candidate — makes his maiden voyage as governor to Washington.

Although Bill Barrett admits that the 2011 Gardiner Town Supervisor contest is his «maiden voyage» as a potential public official, he characterizes himself as «a normal guy» who can bring «leadership and commonsense solutions to Town Hall.»

It recognizes July 1, 2013 as 100 years since the wagon's maiden voyage.

But it kicked off on Sunday with a «maiden voyage,» according to Mr. Schneiderman, ferrying some of the officials responsible, along with the public, from the Riverhead stop to the County Center.

This eclipse is this instrument's maiden voyage; it was designed in the 1990s but completed only a few months ago.

17th - century Swedish Warship Stockholm Harbor In 1628 the ornate Swedish warship Vasa sank less than a mile into its maiden voyage.

Scientists presented the first data from NUI's maiden voyage here today at the American Geophysical Union's fall meeting.

April 10 The Titanic sets off on its maiden voyage from Southampton in England to New York City.

The test run marked the first time a new spacecraft had embarked on its maiden voyage with a crew on board.

Once World War II broke out, the British government fitted Whittle's jet engine to a war plane, whose maiden voyage was in 1941.

It is undergoing tests at the European Space Research and Technology Center in Noordwijk, a seaside resort town in the Netherlands, and its maiden voyage is expected to take place next year.

The ship could accommodate 2,567 passengers, although on its maiden voyage, it was not fully booked because not every experienced — or wary — traveler cared to face the North Atlantic in April.

One of the last photos taken before the ship's maiden voyage shows a pattern that suggests the rivets were rusting faster than the hull plates, says Baboian.

The maiden voyage of the 11 - ounce laser plane lasted just 15 minutes; moreover, its test flight was conducted indoors to avoid problems created by wind or bad weather.

Finally on November 28 the crew lined up to cheer as the still - doorless Impact was taken on its maiden voyage around the AeroVironment parking lot.

Rodent Research - 1 is the maiden voyage of the new Rodent Research hardware system that provides the capability to conduct repeated long - duration biological research studies onboard the space station.

The research missions include a microbiology study of yeast, a fruit fly study designed and built by students, a plant biology investigation and the maiden voyage of NASA's new rodent research system.

When juvenile Spheniscus demersus penguins off the Western Cape of South Africa leave the nest for their maiden voyage at sea, they head for prime penguin hunting grounds.

Welcoming Boaty McBoatface back from its first mission, Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson, said: «Fresh from its maiden voyage, Boaty is already delivering new insight into some of the coldest ocean waters on earth, giving scientists a greater understanding of changes in the Antarctic region and shaping a global effort to tackle climate change.

The immense underwater feature served as an ideal initial target to calibrate onboard tools and technologies being used on the ships maiden voyage.

With the possible exception of Columbia and the very first space shuttle mission, few orbiters had as dramatic and exciting a maiden voyage as Endeavour.

The date of the first SLS flight is yet to be determined as the agency discusses the possibility of including a crew on that maiden voyage.