Embark with Edward

I woke at around 7:30am feeling excited for the day ahead, we enjoyed a cuppa from room service and had a lazy buffet breakfast. At 10:30am I had arranged to meet some of my lovely clients for a coffee in the Piazza. We had a lovely natter for an hour…

We left home at 9:30am prompt and made our way on the quiet roads to Southampton. We arrived at Ocean Terminal, Southampton at around 11am and left the car with the superb team at Southampton Stress Free Cruise Parking. Check in was busy but with my priority boarding we were…

This Saturday just gone I was lucky enough to visit one of Princess Cruises UK based ships for this year in Southampton. I boarded the ship as always with an open mind, not really knowing what to expect from her, I have visited Emerald Princess twice which would be the…

I have returned this evening from a lovely day on board Cunard Line's Queen Elizabeth... My visit to Queen Elizabeth today now means that I have visited/travelled on all 3 ships in the Cunard fleet. As usual we toured all main public areas of the ship and a variety of…

Back in March of this year I was lucky enough to have won a place on board Britannia's 'Pre-maiden' voyage from 11-13th March. Now firstly a little background on Britannia and in particular the actual 'Class' of ship that she is. The ship is a 'Royal-class' ship which means the…

P&O's Oriana is currently sailing on a 35 night voyage from Southampton to America and the Caribbean. The ship has just turned 20 years old and has enjoyed a successful service up until now, she's going through a little rough patch. It all started back in March when the ship…

DAY 4 2/3/15 – Cozumel, Mexico. I woke to a glorious sunrise this morning as we sailed in to Cozumel, we are joined this morning by the Celebrity Reflection, Carnival Magic, Carnival Sunshine, Vision of the Seas and Norwegian Jewel. Yes a very busy day but as the port is…

  I have recently returned from a 7 night Caribbean Cruise on board Carnival Glory, and 3 nights in Florida, 1 pre cruise and one post cruise. This is my day by day account of what I did and my opinions on the different sections of the itinerary. Day 1:…

Throughout my career in travel I have been lucky enough to go on many cruise ships varying from just a few weeks old to over 20 years old. So it's no surprise I often get asked what sort of ship I would recommend, so I'm going to run through my…

Just in from MSC Cruises is the introduction of their two new classes of ship, and my goodness don't they look amazing? I've always been a sceptic on MSC thinking are they really a good cruise line? But after visiting the MSC Magnifica, and hopefully the Splendida in April my…