Why build a bigger cruise ship when you can just cut one in half and add an extra 15 meters to the middle? That seems to be the thinking at cruise company Silversea, which has begun an eye-popping ...

What’s a cruise company to do when it needs a bigger ship? Apparently, just saw it in half and add an extra 49 feet. Silversea began the lengthening process of its Silver Spirit ship this month as ...

Watching a shipyard and its workers cut a ship in half, then easily “slide” a new 49-foot, multi-deck block into the gap in its mid-section, is a marvel to behold -- an incredibly precise feat of ...

Following two months in dry dock, the newly-lengthened Silver Spirit began its cruise season this May. From March 5 to May 1, Silversea Cruises halved the ship and inserted a 49-foot midsection.

Silversea Cruises said it has begun a two-month project to lengthen the Silver Spirit by cutting it down the middle to insert a 49-foot section. The new section will increase the length of the ...

Ultra-luxury travel innovator Silversea has unveiled plans for its first-ever ship lengthening. The turn-key transformation of Silver Spirit will take place early next year at the Palermo shipyard of ...

A ship’s traveler rating is provided under license by Cruiseline.com, which manages one of the largest databases of cruise reviews and ratings by travelers. A total of 40 guests have reviewed Silver ...

It's a new trend in luxury cruises -- but why? Why would anyone take a perfectly good cruise ship and cut it in half? To make it even better, that's why. The Silver Spirit, part of Silversea Cruises, ...

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