Lily Loves To Cruise

To help you while away your sea days most cruise lines invite Guest Speakers, Destination & Port Lecturers and Experts of culture, military history, art history, psychology, Adventurers and sports offering a  wide range of 'Enrichment' to guests and even the odd Spaceman! My very first cruise was QEII Transatlantic to…

Being on a cruise ship and having the time of your life doesn't mean you have to be cut off from the rest of the world. I had an email today from an MSC passenger saying ''The only disappointment was the sneaky Maritime Phone Network that your phones lock on…

Unless you choose an Adults only ship or a Six Star cruise line the chances are the idea of a sea day with the usual fight for a sun lounger, bubbling hot tubs , long queues for the bar along with all the headaches of screaming children and noisy poolside screens is…

That's how many new cruise ships are on order up to 2026 -  that's roughly 10 a year for the next 9 years! With an average of 106,259 tons each, with an average passenger capacity of 2,681 and an average cost per vessel of $649 million. 9 ships are being built…

It has been a heart wrenching couple of weeks since Hurricane Irma and Maria wreaked havoc in Florida and the Islands of the Caribbean,  I have received many calls from concerned passengers passengers booked to cruise in the Caribbean in the coming months all very upset to see the destruction and…

As my daughter started Primary school this week I started to look at our holiday plans for next year and it has dawned on me that the problems that families have been suffering for years with extortionate school holidays is all too true - it is Daylight Robbery! In the…

I had the heart wrenching news this week that one of my regular cruisers had died on board a cruise I considered this passenger like an uncle, I have booked  so many cruises for him and his wife over the years, I was shattered when I heard the sad news…

.... When it is a Repositioning cruise ... it is of course a cruise but with a unique one off itinerary.... The special ship relocation voyages always feature a one-way itinerary once or twice a year when ships will move from where they have spent the spring and summer season to where…

The Truth is Venetians do not want to live in Venice any longer as their population dwindles with tourists often outnumbering residents, partly as a result of cruise ship visitors as the mega-cruise ships' tens of thousands of passengers spilling into its narrow streets and canals, this mass tourism is causing irreversible…