The Destiny Turns To Sunshine
I have been lucky enough to cruise many times over the last 14 or so years but I have never been on a Carnival ship, but now I have the chance. The Carnival Destiny was, upon entering service in 1996, the largest passenger ship ever built and has always been and remains one of the […]
Read MoreWhat Will You Spend Your On Board Credit On?
Winter is here, the snow is falling and we all need something to look forward to during ths winter months, What better time to book your next cruise ! Especially as there are some really good offers on at the moment with extras such as car parking, coach transfers and on board credit to tempt […]
Read MoreThe Crown Jewel
.I can`t quite believe we are almost a week into the New Year of 2013 already, Christmas came and went in a a flash and now its back to work as we enter the tradionally busy period for booking holidays. The TV is awash with holiday companies and cruise lines advertising their programmes for the […]
Read MoreI`m back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its good news this week – my blog has had a virus for the last 3 or 4 week s or so but it is feeling much better now and is back up and running today. The little monster has stopped me blogging anything since my return from Cornwall in the middle of October. […]
Read MoreVenture on Ventura
I think its fair to say that Ventura has not always been the most popular of the P&O fleet. She arrived in a blaze of glory in 2008 and I well remember what was probably the busiest day of bookings ever in the cruise industry as people scrambled to get cabins on her,especially for her first […]
Read MoreMy Favourite Fred
Last week I blogged about my first cruise, so this week I thought I would give a little more information about Braemar. Ship Facts Cabins 485 Passenger 929 Standard Occupancy Crew approx 371 Refitted 2008 Fully Stabilised Tonnage 24,344 grt Length 195.92 m Beam (width) 22.5 m Speed 17.0 knots Like all the Fred […]
Read MoreA National Treasure
I can`t say am an opera fan, nor one of classical music but there are some bits that I do enjoy. Watching Last Night of the Proms is one of them and last night, as tenor Joseph Calleja sang the wonderful Granada, reminded me very much of my first cruise – on Fred Olsen`s Braemar. […]
Read MoreMagnificent Marina !!
I have been lucky enough to visit and sail on some wonderful ships during my career in travel but Oceania Marina has to be the best I have seen so far. The sun was shining as we arrived at Dover Cruise Terminal to begin our visit to the ship, that had to be a good […]
Read MoreOceania Cruises
One of the best things about our job at cruise.co.uk is that we get the chance to see loads of amazing ships, old and new, sometimes just for a day sometimes, for an actual cruise. Oceania Marina On Monday I am heading off to Dover with some of my colleagues to see Oceania Marina and […]
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