Alana's Cruise Dreams

I am a huge fan of Royal Caribbean and have been for many years. I will always sing their praises to customers and friends and have enjoyed many great cruises with them but having recently returned from a short cruise on Anthem of the seas I can honestly say I…

Cruise lines are poised to abandon the Faroe Islands as a port of call following the horrific mass whale slaughter of pilot whales which has taken place there. Both Hapag-Lloyd and Aida, two of Germany’s largest Cruise companies have announced plans to boycott the popular destination in protest against the…

Ha, well that’s my terrible pun for the post out of the way. So what is Fathom cruises? Never heard of them I hear you say.  Well most people haven’t. Fathom is the new brainchild of Carnival Cruises. It will operate out of Miami Florida initially and will give its…

Breaking News. Carnival have signed a 30 Million Euro Deal with the port Authorities in Barcelona to build a new Private Cruise Terminal in the city which will service seven of the Company’s ten cruise brands. It will be used as a Destination on itineraries and a Home port for…

Starting from December 2015 MSC has revealed that it will be the first Mainstream Cruise Line to Home port in Havana Cuba. With a choice of 16 Sailing dates the MSC Opera will take 2120 Guests on a Cuban Adventure throughout the winter season. The new itinerary will give holidaymakers…

I have recently been on a ship visit on the Cruise and Maritime Ship Azores. It is not a big ship, in fact I would go as far as to say it comes in the small and intimate category. So what can you expect and what should you not expect!…

Well here we are Part 3. Your Cabin Anthem has a fantastic range of cabins to suit all tastes and budgets and being the technically advanced ship that she is even an inside cabin has a balcony! Well Virtually! I stayed in a D3 Superior Balcony cabin which was spacious…

Part 2 Eating and Dining As you would expect on a cruise there is no shortage of Food. This ship has the usual Royal Caribbean favourites like the Café Promenade and the Patisserie which replaces the Cupcake parlour you may know from some of the other Royal Caribbean Ships. The…

Well having just returned from Anthem of the Seas at the weekend I can honestly say I am very impressed. Over the next few blogs I will be giving you the lowdown on this spectacular new ship. It will take a few as there is so much to talk about.…

So here is Part Two of my Britannia Review. After checking out my cabin I went to explore the ship. I actually found the ship quite easy to get around. Some ships have confusing layouts but this was straightforward and I like the 3 tier Atrium which gave a focal…