Nicola's Ocean Views

I have a picture of me taken on the 50th Birthday cruise taken in the exact same spot as the one above. Nothing on this picture postcard port had changed at all in the last 5 years. When I looked out of our window in the morning I still got…

I had such an amazing time on the Azamara Journey I do not want to stop telling you about it. Now we all book cruises for different reasons. Some for the ship, some the food and entertainment but mostly for the ports of call. With Azamara being a 600 guest…

Once again I have been lucky enough to experience another fantastic ship. This time it was for 7 nights of Azamazing luxury. Yes The Azamara Club Cruises, Journey. This is my first small ship experience and I must say I truly enjoyed every minute. I was a little concerned at…

With so many cruise lines now introducing Celebrity Chief's on board their ships these days there is now a massive emphasis on speciality dining. Cruise ships are renowned for the overall dining experience so why do they feel the need for more choice ? Money, most probable but I must…

I hope you remember I recently told you about the Princess Cruise Line Training Academy I had been invited to attend. Well last weekend it took place starting from a beautiful little Scottish Town of South Queens Ferry. I have passed over the Forth Road Bridge many times but have…

Yes you guessed it I am referring to Royal Caribbean's newest edition to their fleet Harmony of the Seas. Well she arrived into Southampton last week towering over the City Terminal. She cost $1.5 billion (£1million) to build and took over two years under construction. So what does she have…

It is that time of year when we here at Cruise.Co.UK get asked to partake in some amazing Educational trips. Some of these may be anything from a day ship visit, an overnight on board to anything as long as two weeks including tours. We are allocated these depending on…

I hope you remember that in February I took my family on the Costa Fortuna around the beautiful United Arab Emirates and we were all very pleasantly surprised and had a wonderful holiday. I did think at the time that the Atrium was decorated to celebrate Chinese New Year with…

Well the talk of the travel trade at the moment is most certainly the two new babies arriving into the Royal Caribbean fleet and as mentioned in my last post yes she has now arrived. I was not lucky enough to go to welcome her this time (I did Anthem…

With only 14 Days until Ovation of the Seas makes her first appearance in Southampton after her recent float out of the Meyer Werf Shipyard in Papenburg, Germany Royal Caribbean announce its amazing entertainment programme on their newest Quantum Class Ship. As a sister ship to Anthem and Quantum venues…