Tom's Travels

MSC Cruises has undergone some major changes in their head office and we are starting to see some huge changes. Yesterday MSC announced they would base the 2,518 Passenger ship MSC Magnifica in Southampton for the entire Summer season from April to November, this Is the first time in 3…

It has been announced that Royal Caribbean have placed an order for 2 new ships to join the 25 existing ships in the Royal Caribbean fleet. They will join the fleet in 2022 and 2024 but before that we have 2 more Oasis Class ships and 2 more Quantum Class…

I was talking yesterday with one of my guests who has recently returned from the Emerald Princess, being his first cruise he had a lovely time. However, he said to me, there was this strange event in the main dining room. The Baked Alaska Parade! Not something I have heard…

When you cruise, are you one that chooses to pre-pay their Gratuities or would you rather tip as you go? Gratuities are probably one of the most controversial topics when it comes to cruising. Are the Luxury Cruises lines doing everyone a favour by including the tips in the base…

It has been announced this morning that P&O are building a new ship! Yes with Britannia only being delivered last year.  P&O are once again going bigger with the new ship to be one of the biggest in the world at a massive 180,000 gross tons, just 40,000 smaller than…

Recently Celebrity Announced they would be moving the Celebrity Equinox to the Caribbean in the summer of 2017. A move I felt was more for the American Market, as Celebrity don’t particularly have that big of a presence in Europe as it is.  Now the news from Celebrity is that…

Carnival Vista has been sailing in Europe this summer since her launch back in May, and to say she has gone down well would be an understatement. Carnival has done the best thing they could and offered guests the chance to cruise on her as in some cases three times…

Celebrity Cruises are known for having some of the most luxurious ships afloat, with two new ships expected before 2020 it’s a rather exciting time for us Celebrity Fans. Celebrity have spent many years building up there sought after reputation and have won countless awards. Have you been on Celebrity…

Cruise and Maritime currently have some of the oldest ships afloat, with the Marco Polo, Azores and the Astor and the additional of the Columbus next year, but old isn’t a bad thing, I must admit I am a fan of the old way of cruising. I am not too…