Carl's the "New Big" Cruising Thing

The hot topic of gratuities rears its ugly head in the cruise line industry once again and and usual seems to divide opinions on this controversial subject. So It has just been announced that passengers sailing with Royal Caribbean  and Celebrity  Cruises will be required to pay a new increased…

About 8 years ago my wife and I decided to try out our first cruise. It’s difficult to remember now why we decided to take a cruise, instead of our normal beach holiday.  We didn’t know anyone who had been on a cruise, we were in our late 20’s and…

MSC Cruise line  is growing and they are growing fast  and on the day they launched their newest MSC Seaside  MSC have now also announced that another two new cruise ships are on order. MSC Cruise  announced two Seaside EVO class ships are on order from Fincantieri in Italy. The two…

       So last week i was lucky to be invited on board P&O Ventura for their 3 nights Sailing to Bruges and Back. I arrived at the Port much earlier that my scheduled arrival time, i always like to set off as have a long drive and didn't…

  P&O Cruises has revealed details of multi-million pound refits for two of its ships -- Arcadia and Oceana. Arcadia will go into drydock in the next few days and will have a ship-wide refurbishment  that includes  include refurbishing cabins, suites, public areas, bars, main dining restaurants and speciality restaurants.…

  So after the Hurricanes in the Caribbean it was our turn this weekend with Storm Brian causing disruptions to several cruises over the weekend.sweeping across Ireland and the U.K. with Orange and Yellow weather warnings in place, Brian forceded  three cruise ships to make itinerary alterations -- including P&O…

So Royal caribbean have just announced it is making a change to its drinks package policy which they have been testing on  Harmony  of the Seas and is going  to spread to several ships. All Passengers that are 21 years of age and older (18 years in the U.K and) are now…

Exciting news from Cunard this morning! they  just revealed that they are going  add a fourth ship to their fleet as a part of their ambitious plans for the brand’s future globally. The new ship is scheduled to join the  fleet in 2022. The  ship will carry 3,000 guests and join Queen…

Several cruise lines are sending  their  cruise ships to Caribbean islands which have been worst hit last week by Hurricane Irma. Not only are the cruise lines ending ships but also urgent  supplies to help people in need in St. Thomas and St. Maarten in the Eastern Caribbean. Royal caribbean made the…

So Hurricane Harvey Caused Chaos over the weekend disrupting cruise lines sailing from Galveston,  Texas. Although the hurricane was downgraded to a tropical storm soon after it hit land. Carnival Cruise Line was  one of the main cruise lines impacted by the strong Hurricane Harvey. On Friday as Harvey reached…