Nautical Neil's Life on the Ocean Wave

On nights off the crew live on deck -1 or -2.  They are away from home approximately 6-8 months of the year.  Friends and family are missed so if you see all the internet cafe's ashore full of crew then they have some precious time off catching up with loved…

Yes you heard it from sailings in MAY 2019 P&O cruises are stopping adding tips, gratuities onto your on board accounts!! However crew on board do depend on these tips to buffer their low basic wage so I do hope P&O will be upping the crews wages to allow for…

As many of you are aware, I used to work for one of the leading cruise lines as the duty free shop Manager over 12 years ago.  Now i can talk about this as i know the Captain in question is not working as a cruise ship Captain any more.…

Princess Cruises has recently refurbished the 2000 passenger Sun Princess following a two week refit in Singapore. The multi-million pound enhancements include a redesigned youth center, new premium staterooms and upgraded on board shopping. Some of the enhancements are below - Camp Discovery Youth Centre  for cruisers aged 3-17 Sun Princess…

Princess cruises have recently revealed that the one and only Philip Scofield, yes the one off This Morning and the 'we buy any cars ad's' on Television and radio is an ambassador of their cruise line. If you were to go on a cruise would you take the word of…

Royal Caribbean have announced that they are planning to stop providing plastic straws on all of their ships by the end of 2018. This is excellent news as we know that anything plastic is getting a bad wrap at the moment.  Sir David Attenborough did one of his documentary's regarding…

Princess Cruises have announced it will screen all 64 games of the World Cup in Russia on nine of its ships. The line will broadcast every minute of the action, from the opening match on June 14 to the final in Moscow on July 15. The games will be show…

Well P&O have named their new ship recently.  It is to be called 'Iona' which is a small Hebridean island off the coast of Scotland.  Firstly what do you think of the name?  Does it fit in with Britannia, Azura, Ventura, Oceana, Aurora and Arcadia?  Personally I am not sure. …

Royal Caribbeans Independence of the Seas has just pulled into Southampton to start her European season and she has had a makeover. The huge makeover has seen one of the UK's best-loved ships fitted with a loads of new features including virtual reality trampolines, a kids' water park, an escape…

I have just returned from a mini cruise on Celebrity Silhouette over to Le Harve which is the port for Hornfleur and Paris.  I booked a 2B grade balcony deck 6 forward number 6125.  Even though the cabin was at the front of the ship I did not feel any…