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…
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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…
Independence Of The Seas To Return To Southampton
Royal Caribbean announced today the return of Independence of the Seas, the UK’s most popular ship, to Southampton. She will be doing a selection of sailings from Southampton to Europe and the Mediterranean. Itineraries include an exciting selection of three to 14 nights sailings – including three and four night mini breaks to Paris and Bruges,…
Celebrity Chefs Hosting Cookery Lessons Aboard Britannia
Baking Queen Mary Berry will head a line up of the UK’s best loved chefs hosting cookery lessons onboard P&O Cruises new ship Britannia this year. 10 celebrity chefs will be on a number of Britannia’s sailings throughout the year during which they will run cookery classes, host exclusive chef’s table dinners, participate in Q&A…
What The Cruise Lines DON’T Tell You!
I bet you never thought I would have a blog post called ‘What the Cruise Lines Don’t Tell You’, but unfortunately, here it is! If you have cruised a few times already, then I am sure you will be able to relate, and if you have never cruised before, then I advise you to take note of…
The Telegraph Cruise Show – Liverpool 2014
Ladies and Gentlemen, it is that time again, The Telegraph Cruise Show time and it is taking place this weekend (October 11-12) at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. If you are looking for holiday ideas, then this is most certainly going to be the place to find them! Whether you’re looking to try your first…
Best Family Cruise Lines
I don’t have children, but I did take my sister on a cruise with me back in 2010. She was 12 at the time and loved every minute of it! She is 16 now but would still tell you that her cruise on Ventura was one of the best experiences of her life. She…
The Non-Cruiser’s Guide To Cruising
I came across an article last week titled A Non-cruisers Guide to Cruising and although it is quite short it is very simple and to the point. Perfect I thought considering some can last for a month and are nothing more than an information overload. When I researched information for my first cruise I was…
Homesick
Being back on dry land for a few weeks has now made me realise that booking a five week cruise probably wasn’t the brightest idea I have ever had, because now I have the worst cruise blues, ever! Actually I wouldn’t even call them cruise blues I think the more appropriate thing to say would…
A Solo Cruise Experience
On my most recent cruise I travelled alone, well, sometimes. See, I booked the cruise for myself but had arranged to meet friends onboard who were also doing the same cruise. Although I don’t feel like I can comment 100% accurately on what cruising on your own is like I feel there are some aspects…