About Me
I started life working at good ole Woolworths for quite a few years (too many to mention). Other past jobs I have tried are working for an Interior Design company, Retail for a well known American chain and a Policeman in West Midlands Constabulary. I live in Birmingham in my…
Posted on Jun 18, 2019
P&O start Iona build
P&O Cruises has officially marked the construction of its next new ship, Iona, with a coin-laying ceremony at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. A bronze coin from Iona Abbey, in the Isle of Iona, just off the Isle of Mull, in Scotland, along with a slice of precious…
Posted on Jun 4, 2019
Not a great week for Cruises
Well this week has bee eventful. I am guessing you have heard and seen the video footage of MSC Opera crashing into he dock in Venice? Also Opera crashed into a sight seeing vessel The River Countess. According to reports, In a conversation with the harbour master, the captain of…
Posted on May 21, 2019
Wash your hands!!
This is a major bug bare of mine. Both passengers and cruise lines should take note. Over the past few months when I call clients to see how their cruises went I am often greeted with coughing and spluttering on the phone. The dreaded cruise ship cough. This can be…
Posted on May 7, 2019
No dogs allowed in 2020 anyway
I had an inquiry about a week ago, clients wanting to take their pooch on Queen Mary 2 from Southampton to New York then come back on Queen Mary 2 about two months later in 2020. I could see that there was good availability on the two sailings I had…
Posted on Apr 23, 2019
Which side of the ship?
We often get asked which side of the ship to be on for the best view. This is a difficult one as Itineraries are different. The only Itinerary i can definitely say is from Southampton - New York Port Side, and from New York - Southampton would be Starboard side,…
Posted on Apr 9, 2019
Below deck
I know many of you talk to the crew when you are on a cruise but do they tell you what really goes on 'below deck'. There have been a few fly on the wall programmes on TV about this but alot of that is made for television. As many…
Posted on Mar 26, 2019
And another anecdote….
Its been 13 years....( oh no i sound like the opening line in Titanic) but it has been 13 years since I worked on board Celebrity and I have been racking my brains for a memorable blog about my time on board. One of the Itineraries we did was a…
Posted on Mar 12, 2019
Another little anecdote
I am not sure if you read about this in Dec last year....'Two British passengers, aged 70 and 72, were arrested on a cruise ship returning to Europe from the Caribbean after the ship docked at the cruise terminal in Lisbon, Portugal. Portuguese police stated that the couple were arrested with a large…
Posted on Feb 26, 2019
How crew let off steam
Working on a ship can be a rewarding, emotional and is very tiring. Depending on which department you are in you can be away from friends and family for between 4 - 8 months at a time. The crew quarters are generally below passenger decks, deck 0 or -1, -2. …
Posted on Feb 12, 2019
A little anekdote from my time working on board
You are probably aware that that I used to work on Celebrity cruises, a few years ago I may say. Here is a little story that I have just remembered. I used to be the duty free shop Manager and with Celebrity. Miami inform you of any 'big spenders' who…
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