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MSC Magnifica Day 2 Hamburg

Posted on April 19, 2013 by CruiseMiss — Leave a comment ↓

Yesterday I enjoyed the hospitality of Hamburg, Germany as MSC Cruises, MSC Magnifica sailed us into our next port of call. We didn’t arrive until 10.30am so it was the perfect excuse to have a short lie in and not…

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Amsterdam And The Anne Frank House

Posted on April 17, 2013 by CruiseMiss — 1 Comment ↓

Yesterday I spent the day in Amsterdam, my first visit here and aside from the hustle bustle of the main part of the city I did enjoy my visit. The main reason I have always wanted to visit Amsterdam is…

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Port Planning With A Difference

Posted on April 10, 2013 by CruiseMiss — 2 Comments ↓

In the past I would rarely plan much for port days, aside from booking the odd one or two shore excursions I would never do too much in the way of planning for days where I had opted to just…

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Come And Visit Port Of Tyne

Posted on March 12, 2013 by CruiseMiss — 1 Comment ↓

Voted as the UK’s best port of call by CruiseCritic in 2011 it’s not difficult to see why Newcastle Upon Tyne is an ever growing destination choice for cruise passengers. Northumberland, which borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham to…

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Don’t Get Left Behind

Posted on March 4, 2013 by CruiseMiss — 2 Comments ↓

I enjoy shore excursion shopping especially if it is something I really want to do and there are two or three trip options that include it. For the most part I tend to book through the cruise line for many…

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Caribbean Cruise St Maarten/ Sint Maarten

Posted on February 19, 2013 by CruiseMiss — 2 Comments ↓

St Maarten sadly was our last Caribbean port of call but it ended with some fabulous weather! Our plan here had been to visit Maho Beach (also known as Airplane Beach) but our previous evening had actually gone on until…

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Caribbean Cruise Tortola

Posted on February 18, 2013 by CruiseMiss — Leave a comment ↓

What a really pretty place this is, that was my reaction to Tortola. The sky was a little overcast but it still was very humid and you could just see the sun trying to escape through the clouds. Today we…

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Caribbean Cruise Jamaica

Posted on February 17, 2013 by CruiseMiss — 2 Comments ↓

In the words of Damian Marley, welcome to Jamrock! And what a warm welcome it was! When I first booked the cruise and told people our ports of call I kept hearing the same things over and over again about…

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Caribbean Cruise Cozumel

Posted on February 16, 2013 by CruiseMiss — 4 Comments ↓

Ahhh Cozumel! The day that we had planned as a beach day and what happened, the Carnival Legend pulled up next door and it started raining! OK I can’t blame the Legend as it only rained briefly and it was…

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Caribbean Cruise Roatan

Posted on February 15, 2013 by CruiseMiss — 3 Comments ↓

Roatan was the island I had been looking forward to the most so obviously it would rain torrentially for most of the day wouldn’t it but, that did not stop us enjoying our day. Before we left the UK I…

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