NCL deserving of an Encore

  And boy did they produce one, The amazing brand new Norwegian Encore far exceeded all expectations. I was lucky enough last week to board the brand new NCL Encore from Bremerhaven for its pre-inaugural voyage to Southampton where it would sail over to America for its Caribbean Season. I had never sailed NCL before […]

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Encore time!!

Its been a long time coming, my next cruise that is, I have not been on a cruise ship all year so am most excited at the prospect of travelling to Germany to join the launch of the brand new NCL Encore. NCL for me too, has been a long time coming as I have […]

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May not be Day of the Dead just yet for Thomas Cook staff

Hays travel have come to the rescue to the delight of many Thomas Cook retail travel agents up and down the country this week. Fantastic news from John Hays as they announce they are set to buy 551 Thomas cook shops on the high street. This will save many retail jobs for all the travel […]

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Sad times for the Travel Industry

I am sure we have all heard the news now with regards to poor Thomas Cook who sadly went into liquidation this week. A well known name on the high street and one of the largest travel firms going not just in the UK but in Europe and worldwide went bust after much speculation over […]

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Brand New MSC Magnifica coming to Southampton

  Royal Caribbean may have deserted us Brits and pulled out Independence of the seas from Southampton, but MSC are sure liking us at the moment as they have announced they are to spend 130 million refurbishing and stretching MSC Magnifica before she will homeport in Southampton for the summer 2021 season. We will be […]

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Summer Lovin happened so Fast

Well hasnt summer flown by!! But doesnt it always, before we know it Summer is over and we are on the uphill climb to my favourite time of year, Autumn, followed by – dare I say, Christmas. This Autumn will prove to be quite an exciting one since there are a fair few ships due […]

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Stop Clowning about!!

So the headlines this week were that of a mass brawl that broke out on Britannia on Friday as it was sailing from a week long cruise to the Norwegian Fjords. The fight broke out in the buffet restaurant late at night on Friday, a staff member had initially tried to intervene only causing himself […]

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The Ocean Medallion

Well the highly anticipated new technoloy from Princess has finally arrived after a few set backs and delays. The Medallion Class sailings started in June this year and will be rolled out across the fleet: So far these are the Medallion class ships:  Caribbean Princess, Regal Princess, Royal Princess Coming soon to: Crown Princess 24 […]

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Menorca here we come

Well the countdown is on until we jet off on our summer hols this year as we head off to a little villa holiday in Menorca. I can hear the pool and lilo and a good book calling me now.  I cannot wait for a week of relaxation around the pool, maybe a few barbecues […]

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Schools out for summer

Well, emotionally, this is the last time I will ever get to say this, as my baby girl has now, as of today, officially left school. She has sat through 20 GCSE exams over the past 4 weeks, and worked her socks off, now comes the wait until 22 August for the results. Whatever she […]

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