Milenials and Cruising A Millennial ( Generation Y / what we might have called a young person in an earlier age) is defined as a person reaching young adulthood in the early 21st Century. Researchers typically use people born in the early 1980s as a starting point to early 2000s as a closing point. Today, the Milenials (Generation Y) might be described as 18-34 agers. by Kevin Griffin These researches are reflecting the mass or premium market. editing by Earl of Cruise Average Passenger Age According to CLIA , as recently as 2011, the average age of cruise passengers topped 50 and only 7% were between 25 and 29. But the average age of cruisers has now dropped quite significantly, from 56 in 2002 to 46 in 2015. Younger Milenials and especially kids are the cruisers of tomorrow. I made this experience by myself - my first contact with the vacancy at sea was with an age just under 5, those whom i met onboard with my age had been caught by the sam...
Germany’s two luxury liners, BREMEN and EUROPA , have not only played an important part in their country’s mercantile revival, but have added also an immortal chapter to the history of transatlantic travel. Copy from Shipping Wonders of the World From part 6 , published 17 March 1936 editing by Earl of Cruise ss / ts BREMEN in her early years - Source: Shipping Wonders of the World/Bundespresse Archiv The PRIDE OF A NATION - the NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD quadruple-screw turbine express liner BREMEN . The keel of this ship was laid in June 1927. Her launch took place in August, 1928. In less than a year later, the Bremen made her first voyage to America, when she crossed the Atlantic from Cherbourg to New York in four days seventeen hours forty-two minutes, thus setting up a new record and gaining the coveted “Blue Riband”. During the passage the Bremen attained an average speed of 27.83 knots. ss / ts BREMEN in her early years - Source: W ikipedia For the pop...