Marco Polo Runs Aground In Norway

It seems that although superbly beautiful the Norwegian Fjords are out to get cruise ships at the moment. Cruise and Maritime Voyages, Marco Polo, is the regions latest victim. According to reports she ran aground in a remote Norwegian fjord north of the Arctic Circle last night resulting in damage to her hull. The vessel…

Norovirus Outbreak Onboard Vision Of The Seas

Royal Caribbean Vision of the Seas is the latest cruise ship to experience a norovirus outbreak.She returned to Port Everglades on Friday with over 100 suspected cases. “Vision of the Seas experienced an elevated number of persons with a gastrointestinal illness on its last sailing,” Royal Caribbean International said in a statement. 105 of the…

Seven Seas Navigator

Competition Time – Would you like to win an exclusive Regent Seven Seas post-it note set?! If so then all you have to do is answer a simple question on the CruiseMiss facebook page   When you imagine luxury cruising one of the cruise lines that should top your search criteria will be Regent Seven Seas. They offer you the…

More Cruise Options From UK Ports With Royal Caribbean International

 6 March 2013 – British guests will be spoilt for choice with the news that three recently revitalised Royal Caribbean International ships will set sail from the UK during the summer of 2014. With a host of popular itineraries the 2014 European sailings will be open for booking from 20 March 2013. The cruise line’s…

Cruise Ship Jokes And Speedos

There are some things when it comes to cruising that just make us all laugh, well most of us anyway. From the comedians jokes to our own cruising mishaps or experiences there’s always something to get you smiling at some point. Today’s blog is a bit of a mix, some classic cruise jokes and some…

Don’t Get Left Behind

I enjoy shore excursion shopping especially if it is something I really want to do and there are two or three trip options that include it. For the most part I tend to book through the cruise line for many reasons but the main one being that if anything went wrong and we were delayed…

Celebrity Cruises – Celebrity’s World Tour

World tours aren’t limited to rock stars. Celebrity Cruises has announced the start of “Celebrity’s World Tour 2014-15,” the brand’s introduction to guest-inspired, destination-rich, modern luxury holidays across all seven continents of the world. The collection of itineraries in Celebrity Cruises’ World Tour will be revealed in detail as each set opens for bookings over…

Titanic II A Legacy Or A Curse

Titanic II, Where do I start with this? I really don’t know! Part of me thinks this is a nice idea and the vessel could also act as an educational tool, a working museum almost. The other side of me wonders though if it would forever remain tainted to an extent because of the fate…

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…

Norwegian Breakaway Float-Out

There are just 64 more days to go until Norwegian Cruise Line’s, Norwegian Breakaway, officially joins the fleet and this morning her float-out took place at roughly 7am at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany. The 145,000 gt cruise ship has a length overall of 324 m, and is 39.70 n wide, taking that into…