Now your friends can stalk you while you’re cruising!

This is a handy little tool and is becoming very popular very quickly. Cruisetraka! It’s not always possible to keep in touch with your friends and family when you’re on a cruise, mainly due to the cost of internet and calls/texts or the lack of signal or service. But now your friends and family can […]

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Cupcake Cheats

Cruise ship food is amazing, especially the desserts if you have a sweet tooth.  But not all of us have the time to buy the 2,254,258,659 ingredients usually required to make our home cooked meals taste that good. A few of the cruise lines have started featuring cake shops on their ships too now with […]

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Is it a ‘Royal’ pain not having your life jacket in your cabin?

I read something recently that surprised me (and I’m surprised I hadn’t heard about it sooner). Apparently, on the new Royal Caribbean Quantum Class ships (Anthem and Quantum of the Seas) and also on Oasis and Allure, your life jackets aren’t in your cabin like they are on almost all other ships. The life jackets […]

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I’m an MSC convert

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of sailing for four nights on MSC Preziosa.  As MSC’s newest ship, I expected it to be good but it was fantastic and excelled all of my expectations. On Sunday, I returned for a 7 night sailing on MSC Divina.   The ship is beautiful, the […]

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The potentially deadly Chikungunya virus is sweeping the Caribbean

You’ve probably seen in the news or online that this virus is currently making it’s way through t he Caribbean and Mexico. Tour Operators and Agencies have been accused of ‘playing it down’ so here it is.  Everything you need to know.   There is no vaccination or cure.  The advice is to try and […]

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Wowed by MSC Preziosa and the best value for money drinks package

I’ve just returned from a 4 night cruise with MSC. As an agent we were invited to a showcase event to experience the Fantasia class ship, Preziosa. I wasn’t sure what to expect as I’ve heard a lot of mixed reviews about MSC (more good than bad to be honest) after Opera home-ported in Southampton […]

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Cruises at Christmas

I know, I know.  It’s come around quickly, as always.  But there’s no denying that Christmas is well and truly on it’s way. I’ve never spent Christmas away from home as I love to be with my (large) family but looking at some of these pictures can almost tempt me. The cruise lines really do […]

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Costa to the rescue!

Costa have had a bad time recently but I read something today that restored my faith in their crew. On Monday morning, a burning fishing boat was spotted in the Southern Chinese Sea. While sailing from Hong Kong to Sanya Hainan Island, the First Officer on watch spotted the troubled boat and immediately gave the alert […]

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Ebola – cancel visits to Africa or is this an overreaction?

The news is full of reports of Ebola at the moment and we’re all aware of the risks and how dangerous and deadly this virus can be IF you catch it. If……. Ebola can only be spread by direct contact (through broken skin or through your eyes, nose, or mouth) with blood and body fluids […]

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A Mini Majesty of the Seas

I came across something today and it’s pretty amazing so I’m sharing it with you. As you probably know, Majesty of the Seas is one of Royal Caribbeans smaller ships. Francois Zanella has taken his love of cruising to a whole new level and built a 1/8 scale replica of the ship!  Two years after […]

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