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Review: The Spirit of Discovery, Saga’s new luxury boutique cruise ship

Review: The Spirit of Discovery, Saga’s new luxury boutique cruise ship

Words by Irene Caswell Having never been on a cruise, when I received an invitation to the naming day of Saga Cruises’ new boutique luxury ship The Spirit of Discovery, I was intrigued. According to the Cruise Line International Association (CLIA) UK and Irish passenger figures reached over 2m in 2018 and I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Dockside garden party HRH The Duchess of Cornwall named the ship at an elegant garden party staged dockside at Dover. A vintage sparkling wine by English vineyard Hush Heath was dashed against the ship’s side (carried out automatically...