The Steaks Are Getting High!!!

Now before you correct me on my grammar – read on, and I am sure the intelligent among you will get the pun!!! If you had a brand new shiny ship, with all the bells and whistles, who would you choose as your celebrity chef to outshine James Martin? You wont have long to wait […]

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Is It The Garden Pea Or The Waiters Fault?????

What’s happening on  cruise ships these days? Can’t they train their waiters to serve the humble garden pea from a silver platter anymore? Now for me, the dining options, quality and standards of food offered onboard are very important. So I am sad to read of how many cruise lines are taking the dining experience […]

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Are Cruise Companies Missing Out?

Are cruise companies missing out on valuable income because they aren’t offering a full range of flights from regional airports? This past weekend I  had calls from customers about the fantastic  offers P & O Cruises have on their new, early Spring fly cruises. Fantastic if you happen to class either London Gatwick, Manchester or […]

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Less Choice For UK Cruisers In The Future?

MSC Cruises has announced its intention to pull out of the UK in 2015 to concentrate on fly cruises to the Mediterranean. It seems that a blog originally written  by Captain Greybeard stating this, but denied by MSC, was true. To help sales on their struggling UK itineraries, they have had some great inducements. However, […]

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Headline Acts On The High Seas

Does  American Idol finalist and Dreamgirls star Jennifer Hudson rock your boat? If the answer is yes then read on…. Carnival Cruise Lines have recently announced a series of 49 concerts on board 7 of their ships this year.Jennifer Hudson  is scheduled to perform on Carnival Ecstasy on 18th June and on Carnival Breeze on […]

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Romance On The Seas

I was astounded to see this weekend whilst out shopping, cards, heart shaped balloons and all kinds of parapheranalia associated with Valentines Day.  This made me realise we are only one month away from  supposedly the most romantic day of the year. But, why just  stop at this one day? Holidays give us the opportunity […]

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New Year, New Start

Who doesn’t think of shifting those excess pounds in January, after all the excess of Christmas??  Now I am sure that for a lot of us when we take a cruise holiday we start the holiday in our skimpiest outfits and finish the holiday with elasticated waists!!!! However, some friends of mine who have just […]

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Christmas Is Finally Here……

  How fantastic are these cakes? They were made by my Daughter, Kimberley, dont they look good? We are off to deliver them to friends and family soon. Well that time of year has finally arrived again, I want to wish everyone a Happy Christmas, and lets look forward to a Happy New Year.

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Social Idiot?????

Social Media – Will it be the death of some people? I have just  come across a story from Australia, where a young woman was so engrossed in Facebook, she was not paying attention to where she was and walked off the end of a pier in St Kildas near Melbourne. Thankfully,  she was rescued […]

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Lets Talk Balconies

As more of us want to enhance our cruise experience, it is fantastic news that Thomson Cruises have announced that from November 2014, they will be adding 73 balconies onto three of their ships. Thomson Celebration which will sail from Barbados from November next year will have 26. Thomson Spirit will have 19 and Thomson […]

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