Hello, I'm Carl, I was born and still live in Leeds, West Yorkshire with my wife, our 3 year old daughter Ava, along with our first 'child' our 12 year old dog Molly. Since an early age I have always loved being on holiday. From a young age I spent…
So 2018 has been a whirlwind but then again we all seem to say that every year! and on to 2019 the one thing I do like about the new year as its a time like most of you I start to think about where I will be traveling…
People often joke about what the next thing on the newest cruise ship will be an I have often come across the What will be next a roller coaster at sea !! Well as i was scrolling through my facebook the other night i can across a headline post of Carnival Mard Gras…
So last week Royal Caribean launched a new scheme that seemed to be rather unpopular with some of its most existing Crowne and Anchor members worried they may not get their upgrades. Ive personally not seen anything to say the existing benefits have changed so I don't think they have to worry. The scheme basically…
Last week I was lucky enough to experience my first ever European River Cruise, and I was even luckier to be doing it with Crystal, one of the ultra-luxurious River Cruise Lines. I sailed on the Crystal Ravel for 4 nights from Passau to Vienna so I thought I would…
Last year I was lucky enough to take my first ever Luxury Cruise onboard Seabourn Sojourn sailing 9 nights from Monte Carlo to Heraklion. I have to say as this was my first experience of a Luxury/ Small ship and having only previously sailed on the Mainstream Large ships I…
Well today is when the P&O fans get all excited for and the day the travel agents will be busy bees in the office. P&O’s new Ship Iona goes on sale for when she launches in 2020, if you are in the Peninsular club and are either Caribbean, Baltic or Ligurian…
In the latest trend from mainstream cruise lines to make sure they can truly offer something for all and to go after expedition Customers. Luxury line Seabourn is going to add two new ultra-high-end expedition ships to its fleet, with the first due to arrive in June 2021 and the…
Well, it doesn't normally have a happy ending but it seems you can survive going overboard after all! At the weekend The Carnival Glory rescued a crew member who had gone overboard from another cruise ship in the Caribbean near Cuba. Usually, when something like this happens it doesn’t end up…
MSC Cruises and STX France signed another order Thursday for the construction of a fifth Meraviglia-class cruise ship for delivery in 2023. The New ship means MSC now have 13 new ships on order over 10 years and will cost 900 million euros. The announcement came during a very busy…
Last week I was lucky to sail onboard the Azamara Quest on a 4 night sailing from Nice to Barcelona stopping at Mahon, Ibiza town overnight, Palma and then to Barcelona. I have never sailed on Azamara before and the only other luxury line I have sailed on was Seabourn so…