Thank you, dear YouTube viewers, for helping us reach the 10,000 subscribers milestone!  I'm hoping this is just the beginning and that there will be many more milestones to celebrate at MidShipCinema in the near future.  In the meantime, I realize it's been a while since my last post, so I wanted to give you an update on what I've been up to.  I was off on @AmbassadorCruiseLine AMBIENCE, the 1991-built former REGAL PRINCESS, for a sixteen-night cruise to Norway.  This ship is a real beauty and still sports many of her Renzo Piano-designed features.  We'll be giving you a full tour of this special ship and our visit to Trieste to see Maurizio Eliseo's "Il Cavalieri dei Mari" exhibit about the spectacular Lloyd Sabaudo CONTE Liners of the 1920s. We will take you aboard the preserved forward superstructure of the CONTE BIANCAMANO at the Museum of Science and Technology in Milan.  My friend Dan Trachtenberg and I will be continuing our "A Little Bit Of Ship Banter" podcasts, which are doing well on the Spotify and Apple Music platforms. I will also be doing in-depth tours of the tragic PRINCE GEORGE, the preserved ships HIKAWA MARU, KEEWATIN, and the DELTA KING.  And, now that we have 10K subs, I promise to deliver my fourth Alang video, "Blue Lady Blues", about the SS FRANCE/NORWAY on the scrapper's beach at some point soon.  All that and much more coming soon!  Happy and safe holidays to you and a prosperous, ship-filled New Year, to boot!  #cruiseship #oceanliner #italianliners #renzopiano #mvambience #sscontebiancamano #contebiancamanomilan #leonardodavincimuseummilan #maurizioeliseo #trieste #ssprincegeorge

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Join Peter Knego for a seven-night "Wild, Woolly and Wow with Glacier Bay" adventure from Juneau on board the replica vintage steamer WILDERNESS LEGACY. With a capacity for just 86 guests, the LEGACY visits small inlets, hamlets and bays that the big ships cannot reach, offering kayaks, skiff tours, and wilderness hikes in lieu of the big, commercial ports like Ketchikan and Skagway. And while she is not a typical cruise ship, the LEGACY has tons of charm, a great chef who prepares Epicurean food, and an extremely dedicated crew who make every moment count. On this trip, some of the highlights include an encounter with the Northern Lights, dramatic calvings at Le Conte Glacier, getting up close with a pod of orcas, and even a jellyfish. #uncruise #uncruiseadventures #quirkycruise #onassignmentwithquirkycruise #thebestalaskacruise #expeditionships #expeditioncruise #wildernesslegacy #leconteglacier #glacierbay #lamplughglacier #orcas

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The largest ship in UnCruise Adventures' fleet of expedition vessels, the 1,472 gross ton, 86 passenger WILDERNESS LEGACY is also one of the cruising world's most beautiful.  Built in 1984 as a replica Chesapeake Bay steamboat, the LEGACY has enjoyed several careers in her long life but is now enjoying her most rewarding and successful, especially with the addition of the Sea Dragon platform that is used to launch kayaks and paddleboards, as well as enabling the easy boarding of skiffs.  

This history and top-to-bottom tour covers the ship's colorful past and features all passenger spaces, most cabin categories, the bridge, and the engine room.  And for you skimmers, don't miss the surprise at the very end.  

#uncruise #uncruiseadventures #wildernesslegacy #pilgrimbelle #colonialexplorer #expeditionships #smallcruiseships #victorianempress #spiritof98 #cruisewest #quirkycruise #onassignmentwithquirkycruise

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The companion to our YouTube video, now live on our channel!

The largest ship in UnCruise Adventures' fleet of expedition vessels, the 1,472 gross ton, 86 passenger WILDERNESS LEGACY is also one of the cruising world's most beautiful.  Built in 1984 as a replica Chesapeake Bay steamboat, the LEGACY has enjoyed several careers in her long life but is now enjoying her most rewarding and successful, especially with the addition of the Sea Dragon platform that is used to launch kayaks and paddleboards, as well as enabling the easy boarding of skiffs.  

This history and top-to-bottom tour covers the ship's colorful past and features all passenger spaces, most cabin categories, the bridge, and engine room.  And for you skimmers, don't miss the surprise at the very end.  

Music licensed from Artlist includes:  "Premiere" (creative cut) and "Presto" by Adrian Berenguer; Yonatan Riklis "It's A Slippery Slope"; Ziv Moran "Lantern Light", "Good For All" and "Timeline"; Kolby Knickerbocker "Kindness Courage" and Ben Fox "Driving Solo"

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In this latest episode of "A Little Bit Of Ship Banter", ship historians Peter Knego and Dan Trachtenberg discuss Knego's latest cruise to Alaska on board UnCruises' vintage coastal steamer-inspired WILDERNESS LEGACY. Everything from the Northern Lights to calving glaciers and pods of orcas was featured. The two also discuss new and encouraging developments with the sleek, nuclear-powered SAVANNAH and her possible future as a preserved ship in her namesake city and Knego shares the story of his visit to the PRINCE GEORGE, the 1948-built Alaska liner and cruise ship that burned from stem to stern just weeks later. #cruiseship #classicships #oceanliner #nssavannah #uncruise #wildernesslegacy #princegeorge #sunkenship #fireatsea

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In this latest episode,  after Dan Trachtenberg shares some new developments on the S.S. UNITED STATES reefing project, Peter Knego recalls his 1992 visit to the former S.S. AMERICA in a Greek anchorage near the very end of the ship's long, extraordinary life.  Laid up for 13 years after two failed attempts to revive the historic liner for cruise service, the former AMERICA, then called ALFERDOSS (Arabic for "Paradise"), was scarred by neglect and the elements.  Despite the cosmetic decay, the ship was filled with original public areas, artworks, fittings and furnishings.  Her absolutely magnificent and forgotten Art Deco flourishes and spectacular marine architecture were  there to be admired one last time before ultimately getting destroyed some fifteen months later in the Canary Islands.  As we are about to lose the S.S. UNITED STATES, the loss of the AMERICA is now even more relevant.  Knego recalls the ship's illustrious career as a transatlantic liner and troopship before being sold to the Greeks to become a hugely successful migrant ship.  Then, the failed attempts at a return to cruising basically sealed her fate, leading to a long, sad layup and ultimately an even more tragic destruction.  There are many hitherto unpublished photos from Knego's archive to illustrate the story.  This is a very special episode of a podcast that we hope you will find both interesting and entertaining.

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In Episode Four of this MidShipCinema Podcast hosted by Peter Knego and Dan Trachtenberg, we have the latest on the dismembered funnels of the SS UNITED STATES, reveal a favorite new cruise and ship-oriented website, discuss the advantages of small ship cruising on the WIDERNESS LEGACY of Un-Cruise and our main topic, how Knego started going to the scrap yards of Alang, India to rescue treasures from dozens of classic cruise ships and former ocean liners.  Many never-before published photos illustrate the ships and the shipbreaking process and how the items are shipped to California to be cleaned up, sold and given a new life.  #alang #scrapships #classiccruiseships #oceanliners #maritimesalvage #cruise #ssunitedstates  #cruiseship #ssmardigras #ssempressofcanada #ssfranconia #mvkungsholm #cruisenews

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In episode three of "A Little Bit Of Ship Banter", cohosts Peter Knego and Dan Trachtenberg discuss the latest developments with the SS UNITED STATES reefing project in Mobile with the ship's funnels, masts and last remaining screw now removed.  We also look at some of the renderings for the proposed museum, which will incorporate the funnels and mast in a Florida setting not far from where the ship will be sunk.  We also chat about the QUEEN MARY, pay tribute to the late Everette Hoard, the QUEEN MARY's honorary Commodore and reflect back on the MV CARLA C, a wonderful old Costa cruise ship with French origins.  There's even a bit of Old Hollywood and James Bond thrown in for good measure.  Please grab a cuppa and join us -- you may even have a good time!  #oceanliner #ssunitedstates #thinc #carlacosta #carlacship #costaline #ssusc #barbaracarrera #bettyhutton #pattipage #charlesocurran  #queenmary #queenmarylongbeach

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Hosts Peter Knego and Dan Trachtenberg return for episode two.  We discuss the origins of the show's title -- with a major nod to the band Sparks;  provide an update on the situation with Customs and Border Patrol removing crew from cruise ships in the U.S. with no legal recourse for the accused; discuss the latest on the SS UNITED STATES reefing project; celebrate the Steamship Historical Society Of America's two ships of the year, the MV CANADIAN EMPRESS and the SS KEEWATIN; reminisce about the SS ARCADIA and those last Post War P&O ocean liners and much more.  Please join us and let us know if there are some topics you would like us to cover in future episodes.  #cruiseships #customsandborderprotection #pandocruises #pandolines #ssunitedstates #greatlakesmaritimemuseum #sskeewatin #canadianempress #stlawrencecruiselines

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Welcome to the first episode of a new podcast about all things cruise ship and ocean liner, hosted by cruise ship journalist and historian Peter Knego and ocean liner aficionado Dan Trachtenberg. We get a chance to introduce ourselves, explain how our interest in the subject grew and lament some of the ships we have lost this year. We also mention the handful of liners that have been preserved around the world and discuss a sad and disturbing new development with several Great Lakes cruise ships and the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.

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Hosts:

Peter Knego

Dan Trachtenberg