Gemma's Cruise Gems

Oasis of the Seas that was the first Oasis Class ship to join Royal Caribbean in 2008 is now set for a big makeover.  I can't believe the ship will have been around for 10 years.  I can remember her launching and being the largest ship at the time.  My…

Virgin Voyages have recently announced that their very first ship to the fleet the Scarlet Lady will be calling at two UK ports on her way from Genoa where she is being built to Miami.  The brand new ship Scarlet Lady will have her home port in Miami for her…

Royal Caribbean are who everyone is talking about at the moment.  A few days ago Royal Caribbean announced they have decided to pull Independence of the Seas from sailing the UK 2020 season.  The sailings for Independence had been on sale since before Christmas so they would have had lots…

So the well known TUI who most know as Thomson have now decided to launch into the River cruising Market.  They will have three ships in Summer 2020. The brand will be known under TUI and their ocean cruises will continue with the new name Marella which they have had for…

NCL (Norwegian Cruise Lines ) have recently made a big change to their cruises.  NCL were really one of the first mass market brands to go All Inclusive and have been for a while have now ditched their All Inclusive package as standard.  They are now offering something call Free…

I have just come back from a 4 night stay at Ribby Hall Village.  Ribby Hall Village is located about 6 miles from Blackpool.  We had booked this to go with my family and there were 12 of us altogether.  The main reason for choosing here was the fact it…

I have recently returned from a few days in Poole, Dorset.  I know Poole very well as we have been going there now for the last four years.  My in laws own a holiday home down there and we were away to open the van up for the season.  We…

I have just got back off MSC's brand new ship MSC Bellissima.  I was lucky enough to be on board the ship for an overnight stay in Southampton for a launch party.  I have only ever been on one other MSC ship before which was the launch of the MSC…

MSC Cruises is set to appear on TV with a new 90 minute documentary on the MSC Seaside.  The documentary called 'Secrets of the Mega Cruise Ship' will be on our TV screens tonight 18th February.  This TV show is a fly on the wall style show which will give…

I am looking forward to this weekend as I will be travelling down to London to go and see the Musical Aladdin.  When I was a child Aladdin was my favourite Disney film and it was the big film around when I was in Florida.  My husband had booked this…