I Am Going to the Ace Cruise Convention!

What is that you may ask ? Every year for the last 6 years ACE have held a Cruise Convention either in Southampton or Dover. This is a gathering of representatives of all of the major cruise lines – not only those operating out of the UK. I have only missed one year! It is a fabulous read more »

Then and Now!

I know we are on information overload at the moment with the Titanic ‘anniversary’ but this has caused a lot more people to take an interest in cruising who hadn’t before.   Due to recent events cruise it is very much at the forefront of peoples minds – these events have caused a media storm including several read more »

Visit to See MSC Lirica in Harwich

Myself and three colleagues were lucky enough last week to to go to the Port of Harwich to see the MSC Lirica – a sister ship to the Opera. It is a mid sized ship that holds just over 2000 passengers.   As many people will know there have been some vastly reduced prices on read more »

Brilliance of the Seas continued…………………..

Aida Blue QE 2 and MSC Lirica in Port Rashid Dubai By now you will have got the thread of my experience on this  Brilliance of the Seas cruise………..we couldn’t fault it! On Day 5 we were meant to be at sea - I was really looking forward to this as strange as it may seem read more »

Back to the Brilliance of the Seas!

I have now found my camera lead so have been able to retrieve my photos from my trip onboard the Royal Caribbean, Brilliance of the Seas from Dubai! As I eluded to in my previous post this cruise surpassed all of our expectations. We settled into our cabin on the first night of the cruise, very read more »

Boardwalk on Norwegian Breakaway!!

 Have you heard about the new class on ship coming to Norwegian Cruise Lines next year? Some facts for you! 144,017 tons, 4000 guests, exclusive Haven complex. The first ship is called Norwegian Breakaway and it has been revealed that it will feature an open air boardwalk  with shops, restaurants and bars!! The Waterfront and read more »

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Update on MSC Divina

You will have seen in an earlier post (I am Going on a Brand New Ship!). MSC have now released some extra detail about the ship. It is going to be their largest ship in the fleet at 139,400 gross tons with 1751 staterooms for double occupancy of 3502 passengers and it will have capacity for 4363!! Wow!! read more »

Royally Impressed!!

I have just returned from a one week cruise on Brilliance of the Seas around the United Arab Emirates. Before I write any more I first have to let you now that I will not be able to upload any of my photos and videos etc into this blog as, whilst I have been away, read more »

I’m Off On Holiday!!

I am celebrating a big birthday this year – I can hear you all saying it must be 21!! And as an early birthday present I have been treated to a weeks cruise on Royal Caribbean Brilliance of the Seas!! My last day at work is tomorrow Saturday 3rd March.We will be flying from Heathrow, overnight, read more »

Have you seen the new Celebrity Suites?

A new category of suite in a private area accessed only by keycard is being added to Celebrity Reflection, the new Celebrity ship launching in October.   This ship, the last of five new Solstice class ships, will have five signature suites, each measuring 441 square feet and sleeping up to four people, all with read more »