Which Dining is for you?
When it comes to cruising the dining is quite a big thing for lots of customers. Most cruise lines now offer the flexibility of anytime dining as well as a fixed option. Gone are the days of fixed two seating dinner times. There is so much choice out there now as well as the normal […]
Read MoreCosta Concordia 5 Years On
I am sure most people will remember hearing the news when the Costa Concordia sank. This January we are 5 years on from this tragedy. The ship hit an underwater rock and then capsized near Tuscany. The ship had been carrying 4252 people and unfortunately 32 people drowned when the ship sank. I can remember it […]
Read MoreWelcome to 2017
I can’t believe how fast the Christmas and New Year went. I had 2 weeks off work and it really went quick. I once again had a lovely Christmas with my family at my nan’s house and also a good New Year. We always have Christmas dinner with my nan and she also does a […]
Read MoreMerry Christmas Everyone
I can’t believe it is this time of year again already. Where have the last 12 months gone? I have now broken up from work until the New Year and looking forward to spending Christmas with my family as usual. The festive season for me started last weekend when Cruise.co.uk went on their Christmas conference […]
Read MoreAdonia back with P&O
It doesn’t seem that long ago when we said goodbye to the P&O Adonia. P&O Adonia left the fleet in 2015 with much sadness to lots of passengers. The ship went to Fathom Cruises which is a line dedicated to volunteer tourism. Guests were taken to locations such as the Dominican Republic to help teach […]
Read MoreAre you ready for Black Friday?
Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving in the United States. Since the early 2000’s it has been regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season in the US. The day’s name originated in Philadelphia, where it originally was used to describe the heavy and disruptive pedestrian and vehicle traffic that would occur on […]
Read MoreBA take a Squeeze!
British Airways are a very well know airline for schedule flights. How will their frequent flyers feel about the plan to increase the number of seats on its Boeing 777 aircraft? The increase will be by almost 20% taking it from 280 to 332 seats. Each row will have 10 seats instead of 9 as […]
Read MoreFace Lift for Fred!
Fred Olsen have to be one of my favourite cruise lines and they have recently announced that Black Watch which is their most popular ship is going to have a refit. The Black Watch will undergo a multi million dollar refit ready for the 2017/2018 season. The ship is going to a shipyard in Hamburg […]
Read MoreHalf a Sixpence to 9 to 5
Last week was my annual show with the Alcester Musical Theatre Company. This year we took on the musical Half a Sixpence. It was a new version from the original Tommy Steele film. I must admit I didn’t really know too much about the show before we got into rehearsals other than the song Flash, […]
Read MoreAngry Venetians!
This has been going on quite a while now in Venice and last year we had the struggle for Venice to decide on course of action about cruise ships visiting this lovely place with an election of a pro cruise mayor. Since this the situation has got worse. Earlier this month 500 locals took to […]
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