Carl's the "New Big" Cruising Thing

Princess Cruises have been sailing the seas since way back in 1965. If you’ve never actually cruised with them you may have run across them before from their association with the Duchess of Cambridge after she named their ship The Royal Princess. Or you may remember them from the popular…

Its was a close call for a family's mansion this week when Celebrity Equinox was  departing for a ten-night caribbean cruise, got a little to bit close for comfort in Fort Lauderdale earlier this week. Equinox’s usual home on the Port Everglades docks had been closed off after a truck spilled…

Royal Caribbean have finally put their customer safety first and are in the process of having  licensed lifeguards around the pools. And that's not all they are also implementing a new water safety program fleetwide that will  include water safety instruction and ship wide signage. "We are a family brand,"…

  A  brand new Luxury  cruise ship broke its moorings and collided with another vessel on Sunday afternoon. PrimePort chief executive Phil Melhopt confirmed on Sunday evening it was investigating the incident involving the Seabourn Encore and had contacted Maritime New Zealand and the Harbourmaster's Office. The ship was unable to leave…

Last month NCL Star suffered an Azipod issue which meant the NCL ship limping around on an altered Asian itinerary, to the frustration of cruisers on board who, for some this was the cruise of a lifetime! NCL arranged for this to be fixed but obviously forgot to check the…

Royal Caribbean  have advertised  for an explorer to fulfill the brand’s first ever Instagram ‘Intern-ship of the Seas’. As we all know  social media is a key source of inspiration to people booking their Holidays  with  48% of holidaymakers relying  on social media  like Instagram and Facebook for inspiration, and…

Recently i was  lucky enough to visit Amsterdam and attend the CLIA River convention in November, after cruising many times on the larger ships i am/was a complete novice when it comes to River cruising and the was a great way to experience several river ships all with their own…

If you have cruised the mainstream cruise lines before with the likes of P&O, RCCL etc don't go expecting the same level of entertainment onboard a Seabourn ship! Entertainment is much more low key but there are still lots of activities to fit in and keep you busy should you…