Nautical Nik

  It's amazing how big these new ships are getting and more and more floor space is being given to retail space, If you like to shop when your on a cruise then P&O's new ship Britannia is the ship for you. When I started work on my first cruise…

I know what you are all thinking, why would I need to be told what to check for before I head off on my cruise, well surprisingly enough you would not believe what people forget to check before getting up early in the morning to head off on their dream…

  As I have mentioned previously, I had the pleasure of cruising on Norwegian Cruise Line's EPIC. Norwegian Cruise Line now offer freestyle cruising right across their fleet, I was very interested to see how this works. It is an unusual concept for many as most of us are used…

This subject really irritates me, and I thought I may have finally found the real answer to the question.................. When you prepay your gratuities do the people that look after you actually get the money? So let me tell you a little story, I will not mention any names or…

Oh dear lord, my alarm goes off and I look at my watch, it's 3am ! Taxi arriving in 1 hour, get to Gatwick with enough time in hand to do some shopping, actually I only bought a bottle of Bacardi, I heard the drinks can be expensive on board…

  This Wednesday I will heading to the Norwegian Epic for a 4 night cruise from Rome to Barcelona, I have been on her before, but to be fair it was for 2 days and I could not really remember everything about it. As it happens Norwegian Cruise Line was…

This is a subject that really annoys me, and I want to get it off my chest, my father recently came back off a cruise a couple of days ago and as always I asked him how it all went, well I wish I had not bothered! All he did…

Normally when you hear the ships horn going off, it either happens when you are leaving a port or if there is an emergency on board, and normally its a couple of boring same sounding horns. It would be so cool if the cruise lines could add a bit of…

Wow, I was not expecting the reaction I got to this post, and yes it can be a mine field and yes you will be told a whole load of cobblers from shop owners who are just trying to make as much money out of you as possible. I have…

Again another topic that seems to have cropped up recently, now we all like to get our cheap cigarettes and Alcohol when we travel abroad, but do you know exactly how much you can bring back to the UK? It seems there are many confused people out there who are…