Set Sail with Sean

With cruises becoming more and more popular, especially out of the UK, I thought I would do a bit of research and find out a bit more where else you can cruise from in the UK. At the moment Southampton accounts for nearly 70% of the UK cruise trade so where…

Well as another year ends and another record breaking year in passengers taking a cruise. I thought it would be interesting to see what are the busiest cruise ports in the world in terms of cruise passenger numbers and to see where UK and European ports rank in the listing.…

With MSC just taking delivery of it's latest vessel MSC Seaside it's just been anounced that cruise the line also announced plans to order two enlarged sister ships. So including this year and upto 2026 MSC alone will have or will be introducing 11 new ships to their fleet and…

It has just been announced that Royal Caribbean will be introducing more innovative technology on future cruises to include offering facial recognition check-in and opening staterooms without a key card. The heart of the new technology overhaul is a new smartphone app that will be rolled out to every Royal…

So after our 3 nights pre-stay in Venice it was now time for our cruise around Croatia and the Greek Islands on MSC Sinfonia, but firstly we had to get the port. The easiest way is to get a private water-taxi, however this is the most expensive option, instead we…

So after breakfast at the Hotel Garibaldi in Mestre we was on the move again to our next hotel on Venice Island the Hotel Rialto. We took the 15 minute bus ride from Mestre to the Piazzale Roma which is the main hub of transport to and from and around Venice Island.…

So after making the 250 mile trip down to Stansted and stopping overnight we were up at 03:30am to get our flight to Venice Treviso. Now i have never flown from Stansted before so I was expecting it to be a lot smaller and quieter than Manchester, how wrong I…

That's right, as this blog is being published I am off on annual leave for a whole two weeks. This time me and my family are sailing with MSC cruises, which will be our first time sailing with their fleet and i have to admit I am really looking forward…

It has just been reported that major precautions were taken on board the Sea Princess of the threat from pirates. The 1,900 passengers on board the vessel which started from Sydney were sailing on a 104 night world cruise. Then as the ship travelled across the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea,…

Over the years more and more cruise lines have offered a guaranteed cabin, as a result a lot of customers have often taken this option. So what is a guaranteed cabin? First off we should probably take a second and explain exactly what a guaranteed cabin is, as the phrase itself…