Making The Most Of Your First Cruise Holiday

It’s finally happened – you’ve decided that you’ve spent enough time being herded around by Ryanair, you don’t want to spend another week in a complex full of rowdy kids and you’d like to see more than the dusty local market. So you did the right thing and booked a cruise. However, before you get…

Saga Sapphire Food Blog: Drooling Is Allowed!

During my time aboard Saga Sapphire I ate a lot of GOOD food, and I photographed nearly all of it so that I could share it with you! Everything shown today in my blog was included in the fare price – even the specialty option of East to West! So, we have food from Pole to…

Cunard Three Queens In Liverpool May 2015: Photo Blog

Thousands of people gathered on the banks of the River Mersey today to watch Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria mark the 175th anniversary of the founding of the Cunard shipping line. A digital light show takes place at Pier Head tonight – telling the story of how Cunard originally came to be…

Saga Sapphire Baltic Cruise Blog Part 3

I left you last time with the mention of another dining experience in East to West and I did end up in a food coma. I couldn’t eat another thing until lunchtime the following day! I had Calamari to start – the best calamari I have ever tasted – followed by the sizzling beef. I…

Saga Sapphire Baltic Cruise Blog Part 2

In my last blog I said goodbye on Sunday morning, so let me pick up exactly from where I left off. On Sunday afternoon we went on a galley tour and what a tour it was. Dinner prep was in full swing, the bread was being freshly baked and we even managed to have a…

Saga Sapphire Baltic Cruise Blog Part 1

Hello from Saga Sapphire! I thought now would be a good time to check in with you as I have been on the ship for a few days and we have a pretty hectic port schedule ahead of us. I boarded on Wednesday afternoon and so far, so very good – the ship is beautiful…

MV Voyager: A Perfect Example Of Small-Ship Cruising

The weather in Newcastle yesterday was thoroughly miserable, even worse at the port thanks to the wind, but my day was briefly brightened by a visit to Voyages of Discovery’s MV Voyager. She is quite a pretty little ship, even in the pouring rain she had a charm about her, and I braved the elements…

Carnival Vista Finds Her Voice In New Tour Video

Carnival Cruise Line’s newest, largest and most innovative ship, Carnival Vista finds her voice in a new tour video recently released by the cruise line. Narrated by the ship itself in a carefree wise-cracking female voice that mirrors Carnival Vista’s online social media persona, the video ranges from bird’s-eye overhead views of the vessel to…

Some Motion In The Ocean (Exactly The Kind You’re Thinking Of!)

I have posted so many images over the last several years, most of which have shown people enjoying the fun and games onboard, ships docked at beautiful sun-kissed islands, and some very colourful sunsets, but then I realised that those days when the sea has been a little lumpy and the sky a little grey have…

Is She The New National Anthem? – Anthem of the Seas Review

Anthem of the Seas – where do I even begin? I have just spent 2-nights aboard and I want to tell you everything! The rambling may kick-in, but stay with me! As soon as I boarded, I began exploring, I didn’t even take my case to my cabin – I just dragged it along behind…