Be Onboard with Betsy

How I love a great story. Coming up to new year I took a call from a gentleman , him and his sister wanted to book a cruise as a surprise for their mum's special birthday. They took family photos around the world in different places,Kuwait, Bahrain, Ethiopia, Qatar and…

When people ask me what my favourite ship/ cruise line is I always answer I haven't got one 'I love them all ' if anyone probs me further I do say well actually I love Celebrity and having just spent a short cruise on the Celebrity Eclipse I definitely have…

[caption id="attachment_530" align="alignnone" width="470"] P&O have just announced an increase in the auto gratuities that they are charging on board from the 2nd of May from £5.00 to £5.50. This is not long after other cruise companies have raised theirs also . Royal Caribbean International raised its cruise gratuities to…

How bad is it all these celebrities that are dying this year so tragic and some have been so young also , I was absolutely gutted about Victoria Wood. My post is not about these though but Thomson 2017 launch today and bringing back their ship the ' Celebration '…

The Big reveal for the Qm2 Well just as the latest Cunard cruises have launched for 2017 and 2018 we have managed to get a sneaky peak at the latest refurbishment which is planned on the Queen Mary 2 which will be revealed in June. Lets have a look at…

Well before we welcome this year's new cruise ships to the seas, lets have a quick look back over how well the 2 main ships that launched last year did. The first ship to launch was P&O's Britannia that set sail last March. First impressions of the ship are lovely…

'Titanic 2 ' Yes that's right a replica of the Titanic the British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. Titanic 2 is said to be…

You can really blow my mind!! Well just back from my children's surprise Christmas present a trip to Eurodisney. It was our 4th trip and was just as amazing if not slightly better than the other times we have been.My family have never been massive big Disney fans but the…

Princess Cruises' newest ship, launching in summer 2017, will be called Majestic Princess. The 3,560-passenger vessel is the third "Royal Class" ship for the cruise line and has been designed with Chinese passengers in mind as her home port will be Shanghai .The chinese cruise market is rapidly expanding, the…

Well the world of cruising is forever changing and its getting bigger with more and more ships being added to the fleets every year . Here is a quick summary and highlights of the ships that are hitting the seas for the first time this year. Royal Caribbean are leading…