Richard's Cruise Ramble

MSC Cruises are a little different to some of the other main stream cruise brands mainly due to the fact that they are a European brand and are trying to cater for all European nationalities. This will mean that announcements are made in multiple languages and there will be quite…

I was reading through the cruise news articles the other day when I can across one on Crystal Cruises and their announcement on their new ships, new river cruises, a super yacht, a two person submarine and even their own aeroplanes. Some of what is being talked about just seems…

In the last week I received two separate phone calls from clients who had booked Royal Caribbean cruises through myself on the new Anthem of the Seas and the Splendour of the Seas saying that they were considering cancelling their bookings due to some negative reviews that they had read…

Celebrity Cruises have just announced a new air service that they will be running called Jet Set Sail. The new service will be based from London Stansted and will launch with Celebrity on the 7th July 2015. This new premium charter service will be running exclusively for passengers sailing on…

When P&O released it's 2016 cruises a couple of months ago the Adonia wasn't listed, P&O said that they would be doing something different with the Adonia which would be announced later on. They have finally made their announcement and they are going to be doing something called Fathom with…

I was chatting to a passenger of mine the other day who just returned from a cruise and one of the things he mentioned was he was disappointed that they didn't have any bicycles on the ship for hire.  I told him that this isn't something that the cruise lines…

I was really impressed with Royal Caribbean's new ship the Anthem of the Seas when I recently got chance to sail on her 2 night pre-inaugural voyage.  One of the main features of Royal Caribbean's new Quantum Class of ships is the fact that they are "smart ships".  Royal Caribbean…

I have just returned from the Royal Caribbean Anthem of the Seas 2 night pre-inaugural cruise and all I can say is wow, this ship is awesome! This brand new ship is the second Quantum Class ship that Royal Caribbean have produced, it is very large and modern, in fact…

We went on the NCL Spirit on the 6th March for a 10 night cruise. The cruise started in Barcelona, called at various ports in Spain, Madeira and the Canary Islands before returning to Barcelona. My first and overall comment is that this cruise was fantastic. My opinion was probably…

I was fortunate enough to have sailed on the new P&O Britannia last week for the two night pre-inaugural sailing. I still haven't had time to write in more depth what I thought about P&O's newest, largest and most extravagant ship so I thought I would do this post about…