Each and every one of us has aspects of a cruise experience that we never get tired of. It could be the fact you wake up in an entirely new destination each morning or the fact you can eat around the clock and not have to cook any of it yourself. There are many reasons…
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Cruise Ship Focus: Disney Wonder
Today’s blog is all about Disney Cruise Line’s, Disney Wonder. Quite possibly one of the best family friendly cruise ships out there, so, if a family holiday is what you are looking for then check out this 83,000 GT floating dreamland. The Disney Wonder first entered service in 1999 and has proved to be a…
Grand Event Cruise – Last Day and Disembarkation
Well, today was it, our very last day onboard Ventura and boy was I feeling the cruise blues already. I have to say this had been probably the best cruise in many ways I have ever experienced. The weather had been perfect, the ports wonderful and even better where the friendships both old and new…
Grand Event Cruise – Palma de Mallorca
Another port, another glorious sunny day. Welcome to Palma, one of the most popular destinations in the Balearic Islands for British holiday makers. This was my 4th visit here by cruise ship but previously I have had many a land based holiday here and in the nearby towns of Palma Nova and Magaluf. Palma is…
Grand Event Cruise – More Relaxing Sea Days
Like the first two days we were once again back at sea for another 2 days before our next port of call which would be Corfu. This would also be the start of 4 port days in a row and soaring temperatures. The weather now was absolutely perfect. Early morning “rise and shine” in order to find yourself…
Grand Event Cruise – Malaga
Today Ventura arrived in the super hot and sunny port of Malaga. I had never previously been here so was quite looking forward to some new scenery and stretching my legs for a few hours, we did have another 2 sea days after this port so I wanted to savour my land time. We left…
Embarkation Day – The P&O Cruises Grand Event
Today started pretty early for me, 3.45am to be exact. I met my coach at 5.15am and we were on our way to Southampton. The trip down was as good as can be expected from a 7 hour journey. We made pretty good time, actually arriving early into Southampton by roughly 30 minutes or so….
Let’s Talk About Gratuities
Recently on #CruiseChat the topic of discussion was gratuities. I think this will always be a sensitive subject when it comes to cruising but it was a great opportunity to see other people’s points of view. Those who took part either work within cruise travel or they simply enjoy cruising as a form of holiday….
MSC Cruises MSC Divina Photo Competition
Did you know MSC Cruises are currently running a great photo contest via facebook? Well, if you didn’t let me tell you a little more about it and why you should enter! To mark the arrival of “The Queen Of The Mediterranean” known to you and me as MSC Divina, MSC Cruises are holding a simple…
Cruise-aholics 12 Step Programme
OK ladies and gentleman today we need to have a more serious blog discussion……if I can at all make that possible. Today we are going to discuss the Cruiseaholics 12 Step Programme. Yes, I have identified the need to cruise as an addiction and feel it is time the rest of you also recognised this…
