Saver or Select, what’s the difference?

When sourcing a cruise there are normally a couple of main factors that come into consideration regarding the decision made to actually book: Itinerary Ship Cost For some guests the first two are the most important, no-one wants to keep repeating the same itinerary and there are so many types of itineraries to choose from. […]

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Spa heaven…

Last Tuesday I went to a spa day with my friend for her birthday treat. We left home early to get to the Rowhill Grange Hotel in Wilmington just after 9am for our day of relaxation, on arrival we was taken through for tea & coffee with a morning snack whilst they placed our order […]

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Should there be lifeguards?

I was saddened to read that earlier this week a 6 year old child was found unconscious at the bottom of a swimming pool on the Royal Caribbean ship the Independence of the Seas, he is currently in a critical condition in a french hospital after the ships on board medical team had initially treated […]

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The Fabulous Ventura – Part 4 Corsica and then home.

So following on from an amazing day in Rome, we woke up on our last full day to glorious sunshine at the port of Ajaccio, Corsica http://dawnonacruise.co.uk/the-fabulous-ventura-part-3-rome/   I really didn’t know much about Corsica to be honest, my previous perception from all my years in travel, was that it was a playground for the rich, […]

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The Fabulous Ventura – Part 3 Rome

Following on from a very wet Corfu, we then had another day at sea whilst we headed through the straits of Messina, the stretch of sea between Italy mainland and Sicily. http://dawnonacruise.co.uk/the-fabulous-ventura-part-2-kotor-corfu/   This meant a full day at sea before arriving into Rome and the weather wasn’t fantastic.  Due to our cabin being on the […]

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The Fabulous Ventura – Part 2 Kotor & Corfu

Well after a busy 1st day in Venice and celebrating my birthday, the day at sea was meant to be relaxing, but with a ship like Ventura there was too much else to do. the-fabulous-ventura-part-1-venice-at-sea On the Friday we awoke to the most beautiful of sights from our balcony cabin in Kotor, Montenegro. Located along one […]

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The fabulous Ventura – part 1 Venice & at sea

Well my week of a great cruise on the P&O Ventura is sadly over and now back to normality. Both my aunt and myself had a great time and although the weather wasn’t great for the majority of the trip we made the most of it. The morning of my birthday we was up and […]

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Bon Voyage…

Well tomorrow not only do I celebrate my birthday on St. George’s day, I am also off to join the P&O Ventura for a weeks cruise from Venice to Genoa.       Although it’s an early start to the day when I should be laying in bed, being waited on hand and foot, I […]

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the MSC not so Magnifica ship visit

On Monday 14th April, I went to the port of Dover in Kent with my colleague Gina to visit the MSC Magnifica on her first day back into Europe from her transatlantic crossing from Brazil and experience a tour of the ship and lunch on board.  This to me is a vital part of my […]

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It went to quickly…

Well my work/pleasure week in Spain went too quickly, back to reality now. Still I managed to thaw myself out with a few really good days in the sun. The weather to start was like this: Thankfully we only had 2 days like above and that was intermittent, I was working too so wasn’t too […]

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