A six-year old boy has drowned whilst enjoying a holiday aboard Carnival Victory. Qwentyn Hunter, of Winter Garden just outside Orlando, was around the pool area on Sunday with family members, including his brother just before the accident. Detective Javier Baez of the Miami-Dade Police Department said “the boy was apparently playing with his 10-year…
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My Three Favourite Places
I have a page on my blog titled ‘My Travels’ and it is pretty much self-explanatory. It’s a list of all the places I have been lucky enough to visit and I add more as I go along. Out of all the places I have visited so far, there are one or two that really…
It’s A P&O Cruises Thing
I look through my collection of personal photographs from cruises gone by and they show happy times with laughter, adventure, usually too much of the alcoholic stuff and the smiles of some pretty awesome crew members, and a large majority of those images are from cruises with P&O. It will come as no surprise then…
Diamonds And Cocktails In Amsterdam
Our second and final port was Amsterdam, Holland. This would be my third visit to Holland since March and I was quite looking forward to once again doing something new and exciting. We left the cruise terminal and were met by our local guides who escorted us just a few steps away from the cruise…
Gent (Ghent) Belgium
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 and were introduced to our local guide before jumping in a taxi and being whisked…
Marco Polo Mini Cruise
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 for another day, today is just about Marco Polo. We boarded the ship at roughly…
Which P&O Cruises Ship Is The Best In The Fleet
A few days ago I started a general chat with friends on Facebook about P&O Cruises ships, this then led into a debate on which ship was the best in fleet. I asked people on twitter and then I put the question to the CruiseMiss Facebook audience and the response was fantastic! I could barely…
Norwegian Getaway Will Showcase Her Latin Flare
Norwegian Getaway, Norwegian Cruise Line’s newest ship set to debut in January 2014, will feature several restaurants and bars that evoke the tropical feel of Miami and South Florida. The Tropicana Room, Flamingo Bar & Grill, Sunset Bar and Sugarcane Bar will be new and unique additions to the largest ship to homeport in Miami…
Next Stop Marco Polo
On Thursday I will be boarding Cruise and Maritime Voyages, Marco Polo for a 3-night cruise to Ghent in Belgium and Amsterdam in Holland. I am joining the ship in Tilbury so it’s going to be a very early and very long day for me. My train leaves at 7am so if someone can set…
Silversea 2015 Collection Now Available
Today Silversea announced the release of their 2015 cruise collection and what a collection it is! 2015 shall see all 8 ships within the Silversea fleet between them sail to 7 continents on 276 voyages, this will result in over 700 destinations being visited, 71 of which are new ports of call! Impressed? Me too!…
