About Me

Hello there Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and in getting to know more about me My name is Kerry James and I have worked within Travel for the last 19 years. I have worked in different areas within the industry - selling package holidays, around…

Posted on Aug 10, 2015
My Baltic port guide part 1

I have recently returned from a cruise sailing around the Baltic which called into Skagen, Stockholm, Tallinn, St Petersburg (overnight stay), Helsinki, Copenhagen, Oslo and finally Zeebrugge for Bruges. For those of you who read my blog you know I am not one for sitting on a coach and being…

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Posted on Jul 27, 2015
Glitz, Glamour and Anton on Azura

So my recent cruise on board Azura around the Baltic, was also a strictly theme cruise, which as a big fan of the show I was looking forward too, but I will just point out unlike some people on this cruise we did not book specifically for it being a…

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Posted on Jul 13, 2015
My whirlwind two day tour of St Petersburg

Many of you will know I am not a big fan of doing shore excursions and would much prefer to take a map and go exploring independently, however on my recent Baltic cruise we had an overnight stop in St Petersburg and this is one of the places I recommend…

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Posted on Jun 29, 2015
A cruise geeks dream

Whilst I was on board the Royal Princess we were lucky to be invited to take a Behind the scenes tour of the ship, which included a visit to the Bridge, backstage of the Theatre, and then down into the crew bar and dining room, into the laundry room and…

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Posted on Jun 15, 2015
Best $25 spent on board Royal Princess.

Whilst I was on board the Royal Princess we were lucky to be treated to a meal in either of the two specialty restaurants on board, which are the Crown Grill (seafood and Steakhouse) or Sabatini's (Italian fine dining restaurant). I chose to dine in the Crown Grill - mainly…

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Posted on Jun 1, 2015
My date with a Royal Princess

Last week I was fortunate to be invited to join the Royal Princess to sail around Scotland (from Greenock to Edinburgh) for 4 nights. I must admit after watching the disastrous programme on the Royal Princess last year I was apprehensive to what I was going to find, however I…

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Posted on May 19, 2015
Liverpool’s Big weekend to Salute the Three Queens

Majority of the time when something exciting is happening in the cruise world here in the UK, normally all eyes are on Southampton to see what spectacle will be happening. However next week all eyes will be on Liverpool as they join in Cunard's 175th Anniversary celebrations and play host…

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Posted on May 5, 2015
My top ten must do on Anthem of the Seas

Whether you are on board for just a short mini cruise or lucky enough to be sailing longer on this fabulous new ship, here are my top ten must do/see whilst on board the Anthem of the Seas 1) Watch the We Will Rock you musical - this is performed…

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Posted on Apr 22, 2015
WOW what a ship

WOW, WOW, WOW are the best words to describe the Anthem of the Seas. I was lucky enough to be on board on the 18th-20th April and loved every moment, so much I didn't want to disembark. Whilst on board I got to go up in the North Star, have…

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Posted on Apr 11, 2015
Anthem – I’m coming to get you

All eyes in the cruising industry, will be back on Southampton port again next weekend, as the newest ship for Royal Caribbean - the Anthem of the Seas will be making its debut into Southampton. She officially sets sail on the 22nd April 2015 on the maiden voyage, however there…

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