Roaming Ruth's Travels

Majestic Princess will be the newest addition to the Princess Cruise fleet and will debut next year. There will be a few European cruises to showcase the ship to the European market before it begins on it’s journey to Asia. Princess have announced that the ship will be designed for…

I haven't actually been on Carnival's new ship but have spoken to many customers last week who have recently returned from their cruise. Overall everyone seems very impressed with the ship but less impressed by the Carnival brand. Here is what they have said: The ship is amazing and the…

British Airways have decided to no longer provide a second meal on all flights under shorter flights in their latest cost cutting exercise. This will affect all flights under 8.5 hours and under 7 hours for premium economy flights. Do you this is important to people to be served 2…

Have you cruised the regular routes around the Med and the Caribbean and now looking for something different ? There are so many exciting places to visit in the world it is sometimes hard making the right choices. What a lot of people don’t realise is that you can visit…

It is my last few days at work until I go off on holiday for 2 weeks. Unfortunately I am not going to be cruising this time but my next holiday is already booked and I am already looking forward to that which is on a Celebrity Cruise. This time…

MSC have just announced a new addition to their own private islands. This time it will be in the Emirates and offered on their Fantasia sailings. This is really unusual as most cruise lines have their own islands in the Caribbean/Bahamas but nothing much further afield. MSC are already really…

The start of the Euro’s hasn’t gone too well for England in more ways than one with our so called fans running riot in France and causing injury to people and damage to property. I know it is the minority and not just English fans but it makes the rest…

Celebrity Cruises are the latest company to increase their daily gratuities. P&O did the same recently but their tips are still quite reasonable at £5.00pp per day The latest increase introduced by Celebrity will mean that passengers are now paying $13.50pp per day and more in concierge cabins or above…

  It was very sad to hear of the latest case of a passenger falling overboard from a cruise ship. The latest incident was on Carnival Liberty and the passenger was reported missing by her friends on Friday, hours after going missing. Unfortunately the search was called off without the…

Well this bank holiday weekend will not be forgotten for many years to come. We saw our local football team Leicester City defy all odds and win the premier league. I have always supported the club but don’t pretend to know a lot about football and will never understand the…