Millward's Maritime Matters

Do you ever compromise with your partner over holiday plans? He wants a bit of action while you just want to lie in the sun and see some sights? I would think you and a few others! Well, we may have the perfect option for you!        …

The choice of ships in the cruise market are vast. More and more cruise lines are building more ships, bigger and better then the last one, but, are these "all singing - all dancing" ships the right ones for you?  If you yearn to escape from the big ships (and…

Ever wished you could have a genie in a bottle, who would do anything in their power to help you? Well, you can if you stay in one of the amazing suites with Royal Caribbean.  They have upgraded their suite classes and launched a new service, hopefully to make your…

One of the great perks of my job is going on ship visits.  Yesterday was no exception.  After a very early start I met my colleague Harry at Darlington station for our drive down to Liverpool.  The purpose of our visit was to see the Celebrity Silhouette one of the…

Have you seen the wonderful "bucket list" cruises we have currently on our website?  These are unique packages which we have put together for you to maximise the area you are travelling to.  Got me thinking (again) to bucket lists in general, where do you really want to go next…

Since I got back from my MSC cruise, many people have been asking if I took the drinks package with them and was it worth it.  Well, yes I did take the package, simply because drinks can be expensive on board, the choice with MSC is very good and we…

What a fantastic week we have had.  I firstly must tell you about my flights. We flew from Newcastle to Rome but because of the flight times we could not get a flight with Jet 2 and therefore had to go via Amsterdam with KLM.  I must admit I was…

Hello from the fantastic Preziosa! What a fantastic few days I have had, feeling sad that I only have a few days left on this beautiful ship. Today, we have arrived in Marseille which is the gateway to the Provence area of France.  As I have been to this area…

At last the time has come. I depart on Sunday for my long awaited week's cruise on the fabulous MSC ship - the Preziosa. Some of you may remember, I was on this ship last October and did actually state that MSC really did have to "wow" me, as I…

What an interesting read.  A study into the holiday preferences and habits of people in the UK, questioned 2,347 Britons aged from 18 and over, all of whom had been on holiday abroad at least once within the past 12 months. I found this very interesting to say the least,…