P&O start Iona build
P&O Cruises has officially marked the construction of its next new ship, Iona, with a coin-laying ceremony at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. A bronze coin from Iona Abbey, in the Isle of Iona, just off the Isle of Mull, in Scotland, along with a slice of precious green Iona marble from the […]
Read MoreNot a great week for Cruises
Well this week has bee eventful. I am guessing you have heard and seen the video footage of MSC Opera crashing into he dock in Venice? Also Opera crashed into a sight seeing vessel The River Countess. According to reports, In a conversation with the harbour master, the captain of the MSC Opera says that […]
Read MoreWash your hands!!
This is a major bug bare of mine. Both passengers and cruise lines should take note. Over the past few months when I call clients to see how their cruises went I am often greeted with coughing and spluttering on the phone. The dreaded cruise ship cough. This can be contracted through the air conditioning […]
Read MoreNo dogs allowed in 2020 anyway
I had an inquiry about a week ago, clients wanting to take their pooch on Queen Mary 2 from Southampton to New York then come back on Queen Mary 2 about two months later in 2020. I could see that there was good availability on the two sailings I had found but I had to […]
Read MoreWhich side of the ship?
We often get asked which side of the ship to be on for the best view. This is a difficult one as Itineraries are different. The only Itinerary i can definitely say is from Southampton – New York Port Side, and from New York – Southampton would be Starboard side, this is where the acronym […]
Read MoreBelow deck
I know many of you talk to the crew when you are on a cruise but do they tell you what really goes on ‘below deck’. There have been a few fly on the wall programmes on TV about this but alot of that is made for television. As many of the crew do not […]
Read MoreAnd another anecdote….
Its been 13 years….( oh no i sound like the opening line in Titanic) but it has been 13 years since I worked on board Celebrity and I have been racking my brains for a memorable blog about my time on board. One of the Itineraries we did was a 14 night round trip from […]
Read MoreAnother little anecdote
I am not sure if you read about this in Dec last year….’Two British passengers, aged 70 and 72, were arrested on a cruise ship returning to Europe from the Caribbean after the ship docked at the cruise terminal in Lisbon, Portugal. Portuguese police stated that the couple were arrested with a large amount of cocaine concealed in […]
Read MoreHow crew let off steam
Working on a ship can be a rewarding, emotional and is very tiring. Depending on which department you are in you can be away from friends and family for between 4 – 8 months at a time. The crew quarters are generally below passenger decks, deck 0 or -1, -2. There is normally an appointed […]
Read MoreA little anekdote from my time working on board
You are probably aware that that I used to work on Celebrity cruises, a few years ago I may say. Here is a little story that I have just remembered. I used to be the duty free shop Manager and with Celebrity. Miami inform you of any ‘big spenders’ who have spent a lot on […]
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