Alana's Cruise Dreams

A four-year old child has drowned whilst in the pool on board the Norwegian Cruise Line ship Norwegian Breakaway. The tragic accident occurred on Monday morning while the ship was en route to Florida. The child was one of two found unresponsive in the adult pool. Sadly the child was…

Seabourn cruise lines has announced the signing of a contract with Italian Shipbuilders Fincantieri to build its new Ultra-luxury all-suite vessel as part of its fleet                     modernisation program. This is just the next link in what has been a long…

Is our cruise industry doing enough to clean up its act where pollution and waste disposal are concerned? There is no doubt that things have come a long way in the last 15 years or so. 1998 saw the likes of Carnival cruises being fined $2 million for discharging oil…

Are you mad about mobiles, thrilled about tablets, dotty about digital! Do you love surfing the net, Facebooking, Googling and Tweeting? Do you understand BRB, LOL, SWAK, BFF and LMAO? Then this could be just the tool for you. Royal Caribbean International has launched a new 2014 Family Friendly Cruise…

Have you ever said something then regretted it the second the words are out of your mouth? Or made yourself look a right ‘Charlie’ when you realise what you just said was ridiculous or worse said something and can’t understand why everyone around you is hysterical with laughter? Then take…

Gratuities! What do you really think about them?  In my 27 years in travel I can honestly say that I have come across more people who begrudge paying gratuities than those who don’t.  Don’t get me wrong I don’t mean that these people are tight or don’t like rewarding people…

Goodbye 2013 Well 2013 has had its fair share of ups and downs.  I lost a job that I loved and had been in for 27 years and colleagues who were the best of friends.  However on the much brighter side I have found a new job, I am settling…

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the place, The silence was golden, no people no trace. Where was every body, were they taking a snooze? Of course they were taking a long winter cruise. Why stay in the cold, brrrr... its making me shiver Take off on a…

Viking cruises announces 6 new exciting explore more land extensions for 2014. They will enable Viking guests to extend their stay and enhance experience allowing guests to explore some of Europe’s finest cities before or after their cruise, and to customise a unique itinerary to fit their interests through the…

 Fred Olsen is offering it’s guests a free door to door transfer if they live within 250 miles of the cruise port. This is being offered on a selection of 2014/2015 cruises of 21 nights and over. This could prove a great success for Fred Olsen as I know from…