Gemma's Cruise Gems

P&O Cruises have recently announced its Food Heroes sailings for 2020.  These will include food and drink themed cruises on the new P&O ship Iona which launches in May 2020.  The food heroes cruises feature cookery demonstrations, masterclass, hosted dinners, shore excursions in selected ports accompanied by various experts and…

This month will be very busy for us here as P&O are launching their Summer 2021 sailings through to the beginning of 2022.  It seems such a long way away but it will be very busy as lots of people like to book ahead to get some good prices and…

We have just come back from a great couple of days at Peppa Pig World.  We had booked it back in January and had booked a 1 night hotel stay and the 2 day park tickets.  We arrived before the park opened on the first day to make the most…

Royal Caribbean's 27th ship the Odyssey of the Seas will first set sail from Fort Lauderdale from November 2020.  The ship will be similar size to the Spectrum of the Seas holding about 4800 passengers.  The ship will offer Caribbean itineraries doing both six and eight night Caribbean cruises and…

  As you may or not know the best time when travelling to the Caribbean is end of October to Mid/end of March.  Some cruise lines do continue to sail the Caribbean throughout the year and base themselves in Miami or Fort Lauderdale.  You may get some good deals at…

I can't believe where this summer has gone and we are soon into September and the Autumn will be upon us.  I have one final little summer break to look forward to in a few days.  I am off with some of my family members to Great Yarmouth for a…

I have just had an amazing few days off celebrating my little girls 2nd Birthday.  I can't believe where the last 2 years have gone.  She has changed so much and was really looking forward to her birthday counting down the sleeps.  We decided to take her back to the…

Summer is here and the kids have finished school.  For me it isn't really any different.  I don't have a child school age yet so have the freedom to travel anytime.  I have had my family holiday earlier this month and now just have a few short breaks to look…

I have just come back from an amazing 12 nights holiday.  We got back last night from spending 12 nights in Poole, Dorset.  We love it down there and the weather was so good to us.  We had sun every day while we were there and this also helped to…

Well my summer holiday is very nearly here and I can't wait.  The weather has been so awful the last few weeks that I was feeling like we aren't going to be very lucky away this year.  We are going on our annual holiday to Poole in Dorset and will…