Nicola's Ocean Views

Celebrity Cruise Lines have now taken note of passengers comments, that they would love to experience more of the City the ship will be sailing from as well as the ports of call visited. Many guest wish they had more time to explore before boarding the amazing ship of their…

With the enormous hype leading to the launch of Britannia and Anthem over the next few months it may surprise you, or not that, oh yes yet another amazing Cruise Ship will be launching and coming into Southampton for us all to see on October this year. So what more…

  Celebrity Cruise Lines were very excited this week to promote not only the amazing 123 Go promotion but to introduce a new home port. Abu Dhabi Although home port for only for four sailings, but wow what an amazing cruise it will certainly be. The new Solsticized Millennium class…

With New Year's Eve tomorrow night what can be better than talking about a drink or two. So when Britannia introduced its fantastic new beer menu I jumped at the chance.        Although beer is not to every ones taste I am sure there will be something to…

As discussed last week River Cruising is going crazy on all our European waterways. But for those of you who like something a little different and want more adventure or history then just take a look at these.                         …

The biggest difference between Ocean Cruises and River Cruises is that river cruises take you to countries where as ocean cruises takes you through countries. I think in some ways it makes a river cruises a more immersive experience with so many itineraries to match all tastes and passions with…

Can you believe that it will 50 years ago next year, 2015 when Princess Cruises first set sail with their very first ship Princess Patricia. She sailed to Mexico but today the world is Princess's oyster so to speak. Princess Cruises are British-American cruise line based in Santa Clanta California…

As I am sure you are aware I recently experienced MSC and was totally surprised at just what they had to offer. So when the new MSC Armonia was brought back into service on 19th of November I was very excited and interested to see just what the Renaissance Programme…

  For those of you who read my blog you will already know that I have been working in travel for over 20 years and booked many Panama Canal cruises. But it was only last week whilst making a welcome home call to a customer just returning from one such…

There were various things I enjoyed on my recent MSC trip but the main thing was the wow factor when you board.  It was a very wet and misty Saturday morning and on approach to Venice Cruise Terminal we could make out three ship outlines amongst the mist. The Preziosa…