A British woman has been rescued from the Atlantic after trying to swim to join the cruise ship Marco Polo when it left port without her. The woman, who was travelling with her husband, is believed to have been on…
A British woman has been rescued from the Atlantic after trying to swim to join the cruise ship Marco Polo when it left port without her. The woman, who was travelling with her husband, is believed to have been on…
Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV), is pleased to announce the addition of Grand Holiday from Costa Crociere to the CMV fleet, commencing ex-UK operations under the CMV livery in spring 2015. She will be re-named Magellan and at 46,052 GT…
Yesterday I found myself back onboard Cruise & Maritime Voyages, Marco Polo, and the sun was shining for her arrival in Port of Tyne. I spent 3-nights aboard this wonderful little ship in October of last year and I was…
Cruising has taken a bashing in recent weeks. The Marco Polo incident followed by norovirus outbreaks and the odd mechanical issue here and there, everything seems to come at the same time and cruising is once again thrown into the…
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…
There’s nothing quite like the feeling of being late for the ship, you return to the pier to find the gangways GONE and only two ropes left holding the ship in place. I dread to think what it must be…
Tomorrow is the BIG day. I shall drag myself out of bed in the middle of the night, board my Eavesway coach and head towards Southampton to meet Oceana and I CAN’T WAIT! I am actually quite impressed with my…
As my cruise adventures progress I am pulled between vessels, I just don’t know which one I really prefer anymore! Large, small, mid-sized – It’s all so stressful trying to decide. I’m sorry if today’s blog seems like a jumbled…
Gent or Ghent as it is also referred was my first port of call during my recent Marco Polo mini-cruise and having never been to Belgium before I was looking forward to this port the most. We left the ship…
Yesterday I returned from a 3-night mini-cruise aboard Cruise and Maritime Voyages, MS Marco Polo and I have to say I really enjoyed it. We visited Ghent (Gent) in Belgium and Amsterdam in Holland, but I will keep the ports…