About Me

"Open the map, spin around, point to any country….” Hi.  My name is Nik and I've been at Cruise.co.uk for nearly 10 years.  OK, so I took an 18 month break while I worked at a soccer school in Phuket, Thailand…. but I missed the cruising world so much I…

Posted on May 15, 2015
For tips sake

Righto lets talk tips, yes I know that dreadful word most Brits don't want to hear when either booking a cruise or whilst on their cruise. We are just not used to it, we don't tip at home, so why should we tip when on our holiday. To be fair…

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Posted on May 8, 2015
Crew only

So obviously you push opened the crew only door, that one door on a cruise ship you have always wanted to enter, however this is also one door crew members do not want you to walk through ! Click below and watch this fascinating video of what exactly is behind…

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Posted on May 2, 2015
Blow your whistle

If you are ever lucky enough to cruise on a Disney ship, there is one very unique additional, the ships horn. There are no other cruise ships that I know that play Disney songs from their horn, this is so cool certainly makes their ships stand out from the rest.…

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Posted on May 1, 2015
What they don’t want you to see

As a past crew member working many cruise lines over a time frame of 13 years, I can certainly relate to this, although it does make a difference what department you actually work in. But everything in this video I do agree with. Please have a watch when you get…

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Posted on Apr 17, 2015
Alaska Untouched wilderness

Alaska WOW what a place, if you have never been lucky enough to take a cruise to this amazing destination, please make it one for your bucket list. I was lucky enough to spend 2 seasons working on a cruise ship sailing this amazing place. Too be fair I really…

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Posted on Apr 7, 2015
Top 10 most dangerous

If you are like me and you are not the best flyer, lets hope your next cruise is not departing from close to one of these airports, kudos to the pilots that probably do this every day. I dare you to watch the video below ! https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=876006842445480&fref=nf

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Posted on Apr 6, 2015
WOW Ideas galore

Ok, so you will be soon travelling on a cruise or in a hotel, click the video below for some great tips. I could of done with knowing some of these in the past, especially the trick when it comes to drying socks ! I have no idea where these…

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Posted on Apr 5, 2015
Jump ship

Some crazy dude decides to jump off a moving cruise ship, why oh why would you do that? I guess he could not wait for it to get into port ! A silly boy [embed]https://youtu.be/gMx-GP6OP90[/embed]

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Posted on Apr 3, 2015
Water rafting with a difference

So Disney have recently announced that they are going to be sending one of their amazing ships to the UK. I have been lucky enough to have had a behind the scenes tour of one of them a couple of years ago, even being allowed to try on the famous…

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Posted on Mar 31, 2015
The worst ever safety drill

As we all know muster drill is very important and must be attended before the start of each cruise, Well what do you think about this video, would this make you stand up and listen? Click below http://www.cruise.co.uk/news/top-ten-cruise-videos-of-the-week/?affref=nikb  

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