Roaming Ruth's Travels

I was speaking to a customer a few weeks ago who had returned from a short break cruise with MSC. They had a really good cruise and would travel with them again. However when leaving the ship in Southampton they were stopped from leaving by security because of an outstanding…

The biggest cruise ship in the world will be arriving into Southampton next week on Wednesday 15th October.   It is an amazing opportunity for us Brits to cruise on Oasis as the ship is normally based in the USA/Caribbean and has recently come to Europe for routine maintenance. The…

It is national cruise week this week which means it is a very busy week for us in the cruise industry. What this means for you is that there are plenty of bargains to be had. The cruise lines are all competing for business during this period and the savings…

The next ship in the Quantam class ships has just been announced. Construction has started at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg Germany and will be scheduled to sail in 2016. This ship will be the same as the other Quantam class ships Quantam of the Seas and Anthem of…

  MSC have teamed up with leading childcare specialist Chicco to enhance their services offered to families. There will be all of the usual childrens clubs and acitvities available to provide your child with somewhere safe and fun with acitivities suited to their relevant age group. For anyone who hasn’t…

Last weekend I went to the World War 2 Victory show in Cosby Leicestershire. I have lived in Leicester all my life and didn’t know about this event until friends went last year so I decided to go along and see what it was all about Apparently it is the…

P&O and Cunard have just released their itineraries and prices for their 2016 world cruises. These are always very much anticipated so if you have up to 115 days spare it is definitely worth taking a look at what they have to offer. The best time to book is usually…

If you haven’t heard the latest news from Royal Caribbean you might be interested to know they will have the first smart ships in their fleet. I don’t mean smart as in well designed and nice décor I mean smart as in IT smart. I am not good with technology,…

This week was my daughters 7th birthday party and she decided she wanted to have a karaoke party at home. My first thought was great this is going to save me a fortune quickly followed by the dread of having 18 children running riot round my house !! Luckily we…

The Aurora is all set to have a multi million pound refurbishment this year which will be finished just in time for the Christmas and New Year cruises. The refit is set to cost P&O £26 million pounds and will be the first ship in their fleet to feature the…