MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company – will have their second summer sailing out of Southampton in 2014, and have appointed Giles Hawke as their UK and Ireland Managing Director. Giles was previously responsible for Sales and Customer Service for Carnival UK – which is Cunard and P&O, so has loads of experience in the UK […]
Read MoreThis week saw the announcement from P&O and Cunard of a new pricing structure for cruises departing from April 2014. This will , apparently, be a 2 tier fare structure comprising of the Cunard Fare and the P&O Cruises Select Price, and will be available all the time for Spring 2014 cruises, including World Cruise […]
Read MoreP&O are building a new ship, not just any ship of course, the largest and most innovative ever built for the British market, she will carry around 5000 passengers and will arrive in the spring of 2015 Do they really need a new ship? Well a couple of their ships are getting a little long […]
Read MoreIts back to work and winter for me this week after a lovely week in the sunshine in the South of France. My friend has a small apartment in the middle of Cannes, within walking distance of the town centre, admittedly it is at the top of a steep hill but that’s good exercise after […]
Read MoreIts Bank Holiday weekend and lovely to have two days off – even if it is raining. Today I have two Celebrity Chefs visiting my kitchen – Delia Smith and Eric Lanlard, not in person of course, just in book form to give a helping hand with the cooking. Tomorrow my friend and I are […]
Read MoreAegean Odyssey is not for you if you are looking for Broadway Shows, Ice Rinks and Rock Climbing Walls – it is the absolute contrast to Carnival Sunshine. Entertainment and life on board is lade back and low key. Included in all the itineraries she has are a huge range of excursions which are included […]
Read MoreEntertainment onCarnival Sunshine reminds me very much of that on the much loved Ocean Village. There are non of the usual Broadway style stage productions, there is a small theatre but this is used for a variety of acts such as tribute bands. and Las Vegas style productions. There are a wide variety of bars […]
Read MoreThe food on Aegean Odyssey was really good and a complete contrast, once again to Carnival Sunshine. She is a small ship and only has two restaurants – Marco Polo is the main, traditional restaurant and the Terrace Café is the casual option. Breakfast is served buffet style in the Terrace Café with the option to sit […]
Read MoreCarnival Sunshine has a huge array of restaurants, serving all types of food, enough to try a different restaurant every night on an eight day cruise. I love food so this was real food heaven for me ! The main restaurant is split level and called the Universe and the Galaxy Main Dining Rooms. Here […]
Read MoreThe other ship that I was lucky enough to visit a couple of weeks ago was the lovely Voyages to Antiquity ship Aegean Odyssey. Aegean Odyssey is a massive contrast to Carnival Sunshine, and most of the large ships sailing in the Mediterranean today, this is a ship specially adapted for island and coastal […]
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