Ria's Cruise Writings

It seems Carnival Cruises are another cruise line getting a new ship for 2020. They have named her the Mardi Gras. Not only are the paying homage to their name of their first ship launched back in 1972, the name also suggest a fun fueled holiday. The Mardi Gras will…

Many of you will have seen that we do some really incredible Tailor made Holidays. Some are more popular than others. Recently we have had many requests for our Deep South packages featuring New Orleans and even Memphis. I ask my clients 'what is it that attracted you to this…

As I've mentioned before i'm not really a drinker, tend to have half a cider every now and again. so i'm sure it will surprise some of you to hear i visited the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin recently. It was my excursion of choice during my visit to Dublin with…

Just in time for the New Year, ITV's The Cruise will be back on our TV screens next month. That's right series 6 of The Cruise will air on ITV from the 03rd January on a weekly basis. So for this series, the 6 part documentary was filmed on the…

Last month i had the pleasure of spending the day on board the MSC Magnifica. I didn't know what to expect as never sailed personally with this cruise line and i've had a few mixed reports with some of their ships. My Auntie and Uncle had sailed on the MSC…

Thanks for tuning in again. As promised this week i was going to tell you a little more about the ports. As mentioned i was covering the Rudesheim to Nuremberg sector of the Magnificent Europe itinerary with APT. We didn't get lucky with the weather this day unfortunately, especially as…

I was lucky enough to be selected to join APT for 4 nights at the beginning of October to sail on the Main River. Pronounced 'Mine' this is where the Rhine River ended and before the Danube River begins. The ship was the stunning Amavenita. The sector i sailed on…

Ok so as promised i'm going to tell you a bit more about the Queen Elizabeth. I will admit i was a bit worried about trying Cunard. With it being a 5* line i was worried it would be a bit too posh or stuffy for me and Jonny boy.…

Me and Jon have just got back from a lovely weekend on board the Queen Elizabeth, a very pleasant surprise for both of us. I will talk more about the ship on my next blog but for this week i wanted to talk about about our visit to Guernsey. I'll…