Dozens of angry passengers delayed the sailing of Costa Cruises, Costa Victoria on February 5th because a scheduled visit to Halong Bay was cancelled. Costa Victoria was unable to reach Halong Bay due to a sunken barge blocking the entrance to the port which meant passengers missed out on a 4-hour shore excursion. The ship…
P&O Cruises New-look Strictly Come Dancing Themed Cruises in 2014
P&O Cruises popular Strictly Come Dancing themed cruises, in partnership with BBC Worldwide Ltd, have just got bigger and better. New for 2014, the Strictly cruises will be packed with more stars and more sparkle than ever before. Each of this year’s four dedicated cruises will have two pairs of the programme’s professional dancers, legendary…
Allure Of The Seas To Sail From Barcelona In 2015
The world’s most innovative cruise ship, Allure of the Seas from Royal Caribbean International, will call the Mediterranean home in summer 2015. Offering a full season of seven-night cruises, Allure of the Seas will arrive in Barcelona on 3 May 2015 and will offer cruises from the Spanish port until October 2015. For the first…
Cruise Cuisine Photo Blog Part 2 The P&O Cruises Edition
I have sailed with P&O Cruises more times than any other cruise line so I thought it only right I do a P&O Cruises edition of the Cruise Cuisine photo blog. I have photographed just about every single thing I have eaten onboard and although I can’t share them all with you these are some…
Cruise Cuisine Photo Blog Part 1
We all love to cruise and we all love the food we eat while we cruise (well most of it!) so it seemed perfect to do a cruise cuisine photo blog! I have noted down as much about each dish as I can remember along with the name of the ship and in which restaurant…
Counting Down To Oriana
There are less than 4 weeks left to go before I join P&O Cruises, Oriana for a 12-night Northern Lights voyage and it’s fair to say that one is pretty excited, although I don’t think I quite anticipated at first just how cold this cruise was actually going to be. The more my friend sends…
Diver Is Killed While Working On Costa Concordia
A diver sadly died today while working on the shipwrecked Costa Concordia, reports state he gashed his leg on an underwater metal sheet while preparing the wreck for removal. Italy’s civil protection agency, which is overseeing the removal of the Concordia from Tuscany’s coast, said the diver was 30-years old and hailed from Spain. He…
Crew Members That Make A Cruise Special!
I have shared a few blogs with you about crew members and the impact they have on our cruises, but I am yet to share with you the ones that come with a REAL fun and sometimes cheeky personality…..today that changes! Meet the jokers at sea! 😉 I was in the main dining room enjoying…
Celebrity Constellation Crew Member Goes Overboard
The Miami Coast Guard is currently searching for a crew member that went overboard from Celebrity Constellation in the Caribbean Sea. Inyoman Bagiada, 45, of Indonesia is said to have fallen overboard early on Wednesday morning near the Yucatan Channel. The incident took place at roughly 2.30am in the area of the Yucatan Channel about…
It’s Cruise Rant Time!
It’s that time of blog again, cruise rant time! As much as I enjoy my time at sea there are some things that irritate me. I decided today I would share a few of those irritations along with some little tips on how I personally try to overcome them and carry on with my day!…
