Thompson's Dream Cruises

Finally!  And it's actually very exciting.  I'm excited by it anyway. Adonia is going to be part of a new brand Carnival Corporation have launched called 'fathom'.  This is their statement: A couple of months ago we advised you that Adonia would be spending the summer of 2016 in the…

I’m off to Orlando soon and very excited! We’ll be doing the usual Disney and Universal parks (having 2 children aged 7 and 4 it’d be wrong not to) but I want to explore more that the area has to offer. This is where I need your help.  Working in…

    It may have to go to this young lad.  The time and dedication he put into this has to count for a lot.   Using 30,000 lego bricks, he created a replica of the famous RMS Titanic ship. [youtube_sc url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-DrXiV7Yrw"]   Then I found this one of Queen…

Royal Caribbeans Explorer of the Seas returned to Southampton last week after her refurbishment which saw 86 cabins added increasing her capacity to 3288 from 3114. The refurb took 40 days to complete and included 81 of the inside cabins having 'Virtual Balconies' installed - the same as those on…

A few weeks ago it was announced the India were becoming a lot more strict on the process for British Citizens applying for a Visa. It had been decided that as of March 14th 2015, Brits wishing to travel to India must first visit one of the fourteen new visa…

NCL Epic has always had a special place in my heart and on Sunday, I found an absolute bargain meaning I simply couldn't resist booking it again for 2016. For the last few months Epic has been year round in the Med and in the winter she'll be doing some…

This week saw the announcement of the Royal Caribbean 2016 deployment. Southampton will see firm favourite, Independence of the Seas return and she'll be joined by Navigator.  Indy will sail 10-14 night Mediterranean and Canaries itineraries with a couple of 3 and 4 night taster cruises in October 2016 whilst…

After last week saw the announcement from P&O that HM The Queen will indeed be naming the cruise lines newest ship, Britannia, she left her temporary home in Monfalcone and is now heading for the UK ready to take travel agents and press on a 2 night 'practice run' voyage…

Working in this industry, over time, we get to see lots of shocking and unusual travel related videos.  There are so many but I thought I'd compile a list of my favourites here.   In May last year, Queen Mary 2 arrived into Southampton to celebrate her 10th birthday.  Her…

I read something today which, being an animal lover, tugged at my heart strings.   For 20 years, a lonely whale has been swimming around singing to himself.  Alone in that vast North Pacific ocean for 20 YEARS.   Experts have been listening to his song for this time.  He's…