Nautical Neil's Life on the Ocean Wave

When you go on a cruise you always take notice of the WOW factor and sometimes don't notice the small things which also are included.On the Splendour or the Seas my trained eye noticed a couple of these things which made the holiday even more memourable.Now i'm not saying that…

As you can see I have just returned from a weeks holiday on the Splendour of the Seas. We cruised around the Greek islands and Dubrovnik and visited Kusadasi in Turkey.I booked the flights with Royal Caribbean so that included the transfers to the ship. As we flew from Birmingham…

Leading on from my last blog, I said i would talk about tendering. When the ship cannot moor at the dock she will drop anchor and you will tender to the port. Now as most of you know, when you tender you mostly use the lifeboats from the ship unless…

I have just returned from a weeks holiday on the Splendour of the Seas.  We cruised around the Greek islands and Dubrovnik and visited Kusadasi in Turkey.I booked the flights with Royal Caribbean so that included the transfers to the ship.  As we flew from Birmingham we had indirect flights…

I am off on holiday from 20th AUG to 31 AUG. Oh and guess what..Yes, i'm off on a cruise.  I will be bording the Splendor of the Seas fron Venice and will be cruising around the Dubrovnik,  Greek Isles and Turkey. My girlfriend will be cruising with me who has…

Always take a small magnet on your holiday, they come in handy at the end of it.Thought you all needed to know this This is pretty good info. Never even thought about key cards containing anything other than an access code for the room! HOTEL KEY CARDS Ever wonder what…

Ok so its time to dish some dirt coming from an ex crew members point of view. Now remember that I worked on board over 4 years ago so some of this may have changed.Crew food. Most cruise lines have separate crew messes'. Normally two or three because all the…

Airports in parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland closed from 0700 BST because of risks from volcanic ash.Glasgow, Prestwick and Derry are likely to be closed all day, while there are plans to shut Inverness in the morning only, and Belfast in the afternoon. The CAA advised air passengers to…

Nowadays cruiselines are offering different things to entise you to travel with them.  Be it on board credit, free upgrades and now even free car parking or coach transfers to cruises departing from various ports such as Southampton or Dover If you decide to take up the offer of a…

Here is a link to a website which gives you information about ships and where they are at the present time.  http://www.cruisecal.com/portal/  Cruise Calender also gives you webcam's on certain ships so you can see where your fellow cruisers at the moment.