Take a Voyage of Discovery

Last week I was delighted to be invited to the Port of Liverpool to experience lunch and a tour on board Voyager, which is operated by Voyages of Discovery.

Voyager is 15000 tons and holds just 540 passengers, although on this sailing she only had 490 passengers, and was still full due to a number of single passengers on board.

My first and main impressions were of what a friendly little ship Voyager is. Every time we met a crew member they were either smiling or laughing and seemed genuinely happy. Increasingly on larger ships I have found this not to be the case.

We were taken around by two representatives from All Leisure and I have to say that although this ship is a lot older than some of the cruise ships I have been on I loved it. I loved the smallness, I loved the crew and I loved the decor and lounges.

Whilst in one of the lounges we were introduced to a gentleman called Eddie Thomson who was the Hotel Director. It is people like this that make a ship. Eddie had been at sea since 1969 and had started off as a baker. In his soft Scottish accent he told us that the crew were Filipino, Russian and Ukranian and that the way to get good passenger reviews was to have good staff. He is also the author of a book called, “What time is the midnight buffet?”

The ship itself has 2 restaurants, 3 lounges, 4 bars, library, health and fitness centre, beauty salon, card room, medical centre, internet centre, lido pool and 2 hot tubs.

Where this ship differs is withs it’s lectures and ports of call. The guest lecturers are chosen in order to bring the ports of call visited to life. The ship is currently on a British Isles cruise and lecturers include Maritime Historians and National Trust members.

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