{"id":676659,"date":"2026-07-06T12:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/676659\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T12:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:32:13","slug":"cruise-ship-with-links-to-julie-andrews-visits-portland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/676659\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruise ship with links to Julie Andrews visits Portland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Crystal Serenity docked at Portland Port shortly after 5am today.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It is the penultimate stop of its 10 day journey from Lisbon to Southampton and is due to depart Portland Port at 7pm.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The 68,000-tonne vessel was christened by Dame Julie at a ceremony in Southampton in 2003 and serves as the flagship of the Crystal Cruises fleet.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The legendary entertainer&#8217;s connection to the ship runs deep, with a regal portrait of her proudly displayed in the ship&#8217;s main hall.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The ship has the capacity to carry up to 740 passengers and even includes a large fitness centre, a luxurious spa as well as two full-sized tennis courts.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Crystal Serenity spans over 13 decks and sails under the flag of the Bahamas, costing more than \u00a3262 million to build in 2003 and underwent a massive refurbishment in 2023 of more than \u00a3100 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crystal Serenity docked at Portland Port shortly after 5am today. It is the penultimate stop of its 10&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-676659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}