Counting Down To My Queen Victoria Mini-Cruise

On Friday, I am joining Cunard’s Queen Victoria for a 3 night mini-cruise to Belgium, this will be my first sailing with Cunard and I am pretty excited to be honest – I’ve been building up to this for quite some time. Our itinerary is simple: a day at sea and then a day in…

175 Years Of Cunard

It’s book review time, again! I have had a copy of “175 Years of Cunard” sitting on my desk for a few weeks, just waiting to be picked up and read and last weekend, I finally got that chance! I am sailing with Cunard – aboard Queen Victoria – for the very first time on November 13…

Queen Mary 2 – A Photographic Journey

I must admit that I don’t read very often, I usually keep my designated reading time for sea days as I am just too busy when on dry land to try and keep up to speed with a book. I have been reading one now since last August! Occasionally, however, I come across one that…

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 Thrill Of Embarkation Day

I love embarkation day and not for the obvious reason! For me it’s about other people’s excitement as well as my own! Have you ever sat on deck at sailaway and overheard a couple of first time cruisers talking about how amazing the ship is? How big she is? That they still can’t believe they…

Vote In The Cruise International Awards 2014

I need to start today’s blog by saying a massive THANK YOU to everyone that nominated me in the Cruise Awards 2014, thanks to you I have made the shortlist! 🙂 I suppose this is the part where I ask you to do it all again! I would be thrilled if you could click on…

Queen Mary And Her Ghosts!

The Queen Mary has become infamous for her ghost sightings and general spooky goings on and I wanted to shed more light on that today! I did briefly cover some sightings and stories in a blog last year titled Haunted Cruise Ships, but I thought it only right that she now have her own piece!…

Ships That Make You Go Oooh!

Ships that make you go oooh! There are a fair few of them in the world. You see one and your eyes are completely hooked by it. Today’s blog is all about how they look, it has nothing to do with innovative features or facilities we are going on hull value alone on this one!…