Dynamic Dining – A Quantum Leap With Royal Caribbean

Dynamic Dining is a new world of culinary exploration that will be found onboard Royal Caribbean’s new Quantum Class vessels. They say it is ‘dining at sea reimagined, to give you more distinct options and the flexibility to shape your own delectable journey’ via one of the 18 possible options. Sounds interesting, right? There have…

Explorer Of The Seas To Homeport In Southampton In 2015

  Royal Caribbean International’s Explorer of the Seas will sail its very first Europe season in summer 2015. The cruise line’s Adventure of the Seas, which was originally announced to homeport at Southampton, U.K., is being exchanged for Explorer of the Seas, which will take over three- to 16-night, round-trip itineraries from late-April through Sept….

Jamie’s Italian Makes A Splash At Sea With Royal Caribbean

In yet another first for Britain’s best loved chef, Jamie’s Italian and leading holiday company Royal Caribbean International today announce that it will open the first Jamie Oliver eaterie at sea.  The company’s most innovative resort ships, Quantum of the Seas and Anthem of the Seas will feature a Jamie’s Italian.  ‘Anthem of the Seas’…

Looking Back At 2013

2013 has been a pretty intense year for cruising, We have had good, bad and just about everything else in-between that you could possibly imagine, but I wanted to pick a few things from the last 12-months of cruising that really stood out to me. The good, the bad and the awesome! These are my…

Inaugural Season Itineraries For Quantum Of The Seas

Groundbreaking new ship opens for sale on 28 May 2013 with inaugural sailing taking place on 23 November 2014 Royal Caribbean International unveils Quantum of the Seas’ first 18 Caribbean sailings, ranging from seven to 12 nights, with the official inaugural sailing taking place on 23 November 2014. Bookings will open to loyalty programme members…

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…

Allure of the Seas To The Rescue

Royal Caribbean International’s mega ship Allure of the Seas has rescued a group of 58 Haitians that were found adrift in the Caribbean. It is thought that a passenger onboard Allure of the Seas, world’s joint largest cruise ship, alerted the ship’s crew to the boat. According to reports the captain then turned the ship…

A Love Affair With Royal Caribbean

They say biggest isn’t always best, but for me, when it comes to cruise ships, I think I am of the opinion that, actually, it is. In my relatively short cruising history I admit I have only cruised on one ship. It is no coincidence then that she happens to be one of the biggest,…

Only On A Cruise Ship

Have you ever noticed that some things you only ever come across or witness for that matter on a cruise ship? Only On A Cruise Ship…………………. 1: ……Do you find people engaging in a full scale shouting match over blue plastic chairs. I might also point out those in the middle nearly always tend to…

Cartagena – Day 4

Today we arrived in beautiful Cartagena on the South Eastern coast of Spain. I was quite excited about this port as out of all our destinations it was the only place I had never in fact visited before. I wasn’t sure what to expect or what the local area would be like so I was…