Thompson's Dream Cruises

  As you'll know, since experiencing MSC Preziosa and Divina in November 2014 for myself, I've had a soft spot for their newer ships and MSC as a cruise line. You can read about my experiences here: Wowed by MSC Preziosa Divina in the Caribbean   And also see the…

Next month I'll be sailing on Eclipse for 8 nights doing the 8 night Norwegian Fjords itinerary. I'm hoping for calmer seas than those I had on Divina a couple of years ago (Click here and scroll down a bit for the video I took of the pool!)   The…

P&O Australia recently kicked a passenger off the ship after he threw a cigarette butt overboard. Mark O'Keefe was on a 10 night cruise which was sailing to Bali when a P&O security officer spotted him flicking his cigarette butt over the side of the ship. The family have said…

This has me extremely annoyed. I book lots of cruises for a charity who arrange and pay for terminally ill and unwell children and their families to experience an all important family trip together. I take great pride in knowing that I'm playing my part in helping the family to…

I'm off to Edinburgh this weekend for a few days. I'm flying up early Friday morning and coming back late Monday night. I don't know a great deal about Edinburgh so I'm looking for recommendations from you :) We plan on visiting the castle and I recently discovered that there's…

I love cruising. And I love chocolate. So this relatively new concept from Princess has me rather excited. 'Chocolate Journeys' they call it.  Norman Love who trained in France and was consequently named the Inaugural Inductee into the Chocolatier Hall of Fame has been creating some of the most decadent, hand…

I'm a huge MSC fan so very excited to be seeing the details of their newest ship, MSC Seaside, being released.   Some colleagues of mine were lucky enough to be invited to Venice to get an exclusive look at the 160,000 gross tonne ship which will be home to…

As promised, I'm here with lots of pictures from my cruise on NCL Epic.  I really had a fantastic cruise and Epic is still one of my favourite ships. Everything is perfect. The crew are helpful and polite, the food is fantastic and the choice huge, the cabins and public…

As I'm on NCL Epic at the time that this post gets published I thought it only right that this post was about Epic.   Towards the end of last year, Epic went in for a refit in Brest, France and was spruced up to be made like new again.…

If you've read my posts before, you'll be well aware of my feelings towards SeaWorld, made even stronger after the Blackfish documentary which I wrote about here (please be advised that this contains some pictures, footage and text some people may find upsetting or distressing). SeaWorld announced on 17th March,…