Lauren's 'Strong' on Cruise

  Recently I was lucky enough to visit Norwegian Jade in the port of Tyne. This was my first visit on a Norwegian Cruise Line ship. I knew they prided themselves on having amazing restaurants and she didn't disappoint me. Jade spent 3 weeks in dry dock in March this…

  A few years ago my  husband,  son  and myself spent 10 nights on Royal Princess. We did a southern Caribbean sailing visiting Antigua St Lucia, Barbados, St. kitts and St. Thomas. This was my sons first cruise and I must say he's now hooked...   We booked a balcony…

A few years ago I was fortunate to visit Beijing as part of a Far East trip. With China being so popular with cruise.co at the moment I thought I would let you know about my experience.   We arrived early in the morning on a flight from Sanya a…

Well let's start with the bars seem's like a good place to start. The Martini bar with its iced bar was a firm favourite the barman performing cocktail making tricks. It started to get busy for pre-dinner drinks between 4-5pm, The gastro bar served full range speciality ales, and a bite…

  Last time I told you about my experience with hurricane Irma and keeping out of her way. Here's what  we thought of the the lovely Equinox, which we spent 11 nights on in the Caribbean.                            …

I'm writing this onboard Celebrity Equinox on our Southern Caribbean cruise which has had an itinerary change due to hurricane Irma. Thankfully Celebrity had everything under control and re-routed us out of her path. We arrived in Miami where we stayed In Biscayne bay over night, which is about 20…

So it's nearly holiday time for the Strong's... We're off on Celebrity  Equionx and we can't wait. We have flights to Miami then one night stay in the Marriott Biscayne bay we wanted to stay close to the port so not to far to go the next morning. We are…

Last week I was lucky to be invited with my colleague Trudy to visit Cruise & Maritime's Magellan. How surprised I was. She's a small ship 46,000 tonnes holding 1250 passengers. Her size means she can visit and dock in ports where the mega ships cannot. Offering traditional cruising. She's…

This week I'm going to see Cruise & Maritime's Magellan, when she visits the  port of Tyne Newcastle. Cruise & Maritime are a really good 3 star traditional cruise line sailing out of 14 uk ports so you won't have to travel to join one of their sailings.  Here at cruise…

  Royal Caribbean have announced Independence of the Seas is to go into dry dock and have a makeover. If you have sailed on her before you will know she's a mega ship with lots to offer familes, couples groups and singles alike.  I'm sure these new additions will only…