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Thomson cruises feature swimming pools, grand lounges, cocktail parties, piano bars, evening shows, casinos, late-night discos, health and fitness clubs, kid zones, libraries, sports facilities, beauty salons and spas. Thomson cruises are fun filled and appeal to all the family.
Thomson Cruise passengers have the world at their feet. Thomson offer a huge variety of destination as well as supreme value and great for both experienced and first-time cruisers. In the summer, Thomson Cruises sail across the Mediterranean and then, the Red Sea and Canary Islands in winter months. Thomson offer a wide range of cruises from many European ports like Palma, Corfu, Turkey, Tenerife and
many more. The big news is the Thomson Spirit will return to a UK port in the summer of 2012 where she will be based out of Newcastle doing a regular Baltic Cruise. The fly cruise holidays can be arranged from a number of airports. With nearly an incredible 100 different destinations for passengers to choose from, Thomson’s 5 liners are perfect to relax and unwind. Unlike many other cruise companies, Thomson Cruises provide the option of cruise and stay holidays; where cruisers can stay at a Thomson hotel or apartment to get an all-round holiday experience. On board a Thomson Cruise, the food ranges from healthy dishes, traditional British food and stunning local specialties. Food is available onboard around the clock and there is a special children’s menu available. Thomson cruises cater for the whole family when it comes to entertainment, with a selection of diverse activities and children's groups. Night time on a Thomson cruise includes fabulous entertainment. With shows, singers and comedians to keep guests entertained as well as the mass of different lounges and bars - there is something for everybody. Departures are available from over 20 different UK airports including Norwich, Belfast, Bournemouth and Newcastle.
Thomson Cruises History
Thomson Cruises’ first foray into cruising was in 1973 when it chartered two ships from a Greek company. It was not a success, and the company withdrew from cruising two years later. Thomson tried again in 2002 after seeing rival tour operator Airtours operate ships successfully. Unlike Airtours’ Sun Cruises, which no longer exists, Thomson Cruises charters its ships instead of owning them outright, preferring instead to leave ship operations, management and catering to specialist maritime companies (which are not the same for all its ships). The company operates cruises for the whole family aboard its small fleet of ships, catering principally to the British market, but also to Scandinavians. It operates sub-brand Island Cruises, with just one ship for the ultra-casual market. The company owns its own airline, Thomson fly (part of the TUI Travel group).
Extra discounts when you select and book your cabin online
Santa Cruz (Tenerife) : Gran Canaria : Santa Cruz De La Palma (La Palma) : Funchal, Madeira : Agadir : Lanzarote, Canary Islands : Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
Extra discounts when you select and book your cabin online
Santa Cruz (Tenerife) : Gran Canaria : Santa Cruz De La Palma (La Palma) : Funchal, Madeira : Agadir : Lanzarote, Canary Islands : Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
Extra discounts when you select and book your cabin online
Santa Cruz (Tenerife) : Gran Canaria : Santa Cruz De La Palma (La Palma) : Funchal, Madeira : Agadir : Lanzarote, Canary Islands : Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
Extra discounts when you select and book your cabin online
Santa Cruz (Tenerife) : Gran Canaria : Santa Cruz De La Palma (La Palma) : Funchal, Madeira : Agadir : Lanzarote, Canary Islands : Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
Extra discounts when you select and book your cabin online
Santa Cruz (Tenerife) : Gran Canaria : Santa Cruz De La Palma (La Palma) : Funchal, Madeira : Agadir : Lanzarote, Canary Islands : Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
Extra discounts when you select and book your cabin online
Santa Cruz (Tenerife) : Gran Canaria : Santa Cruz De La Palma (La Palma) : Funchal, Madeira : Agadir : Lanzarote, Canary Islands : Santa Cruz (Tenerife)
If you want expensive
luxury you should sail
with Cunard, and pay
their prices. Having
said that, our holiday
was not cheap, two weeks
on Dream with Premium
seats on the plane, a
pre-booked cabin and the
drinks package worked out
at almost £5000...
Having been on most of
the thomsons ships and
also on other cruise
lines, I must say that I
was pleased to see the
Dream do so well in the
ratings, we travelled on
the Dream las year on a
Mediterranean cruise and
found everything to b
highly satisfactory, so...
Well my wife and I have
just retuned from our
cruise on the Thomson
Dream around the
Caribbean for 2 weeks and
having last year did a
similar cruise with
Princess i must say that
for the same kind of
money (infact this one
was more expensive as we
received...
I really can't fault
Thomson's Red Sea Magic
Cruise. It was
excellent.
Previously, my most
recent cruise was on
Ocean Village and on
arriving on Thomson
Celebration I WAS
comparing it rather
unfavourably with the OV...
We had such a wonderful
time on the Celebration
in November we booked for
2 weeks from 29th
December. Yes, the
Thomson fleet may need
upgrading but I doubt if
you will get a warmer
welcome or better
standard of service
anywhere...
Well first time with
Thomson on the
Celebration and
thoroughly enjoyed the
experience. Food in Lido
was great with plenty of
choice but even better in
Meridian where we ate
every night, took 2
grandkids (5 & 2) -
the ammount of food they
ate was...
Firstly, this might be
obvious but I just wanted
to point out that if you
do book a cruise so soon
after Christmas, it can
cause extra stress,
particularly if Christmas
is your main opportunity
to see family and catch
up with friends...
We travelled on the dream
after previously cruising
twice on ocean village.
After reading numerous
reviews before we left we
were apprehensive as
there were some bad ones
however i can say that i
didnt have one problem
while cruising on the
dream! we had a...
We sailed on the 19th Jan
2012. After a quick
transfer from the airport
we were greeted by staff
in a hut to check in and
have photo's taken for
ship id. There was a
short walk to the actual
ship (10mins max)...
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