Hello my name is Ruth and I have worked in the travel industry for 28 years. Apart from a couple of years working in a retail shop the rest of my career has been specialising in cruise so as you can imagine I am an expert in this area. I…
I have just returned from an amazing 2 weeks in Disneyland Florida. I now feel exhausted and in need of another holiday !! I stayed at Disney’s Pop Century hotel with my husband and 2 children who were the perfect age for Disney at 10 & 7. The hotel is…
Do you want to stay connected with friends and family while you are on your cruise. It is possible to buy WIFI packages now on most ships and some cruise lines even include free minutes if you have reached a certain tier level of membership with them. Obviously there may…
If you haven’t yet booked your cruise this year you should take a look at what MSC have to offer. I am always being asked what the best deals are because we all like a bargain and I can honestly say that MSC are hard to beat, especially for families.…
As you read this I will be somewhere over the Atlantic on my way to Florida. We are flying with Virgin which will be a first for me and looking forward to seeing how they compare. Ever since we told the kids last year they have been beyond excited and…
Anyone who has little children will know how popular the Disney movie Frozen has been. Every child I know owns the DVD and every party we go to there are little girls running round dressed up as Elsa. Even at Christmas there was Elsa ready to meet and greet…
There was a very nice ending to what could have been the most tragic of accidents on board the Royal Caribbean ship Independence of the Seas. Hero police office PC James Bremner saved the life of a 6 year old boy who was found unconscious at the bottom of a…
More and more people are choosing to get married abroad. It is not surprising considering the average wedding here would set you back around £25,000. Just think of the exotic places you can see if you spent that much money on a wedding abroad. I still say one of…
It seems the Italian coast guard has lifted the ban on large cruise ships to cruise from the Grand Canal in Venice. This is great news for the cruise industry as most ships would have been banned under this new law which currently bans any ship over 96,000 tons The…
P&O are launching their new ship Britannia in March and I have been lucky enough to have been invited along to sample this new and exciting ship. More and more details are being released and being a real “foody” I was very interested to see what they will be offering…
Christmas is over for another year so now the countdown is on for the New Year celebrations. It will be a quiet one for me this year because we choose to spend it with our children so this obviously limits our options. So while everyone is out partying we will…