Tom's Travels

  Yes you read that right, from February 2015 Celebrity Cruises will offer luxury city breaks in a range of cities that the ships disembark from, even if you are doing the Celebrity Eclipse from Southampton you can tag of 3 nights in London before.   This is one of…

Back in October 2014 I was fortunate to be invited on board the MSC Magnifica, after being on the smaller ships in the fleet I was looking forward to seeing how the difference in size affected the on board experience and I was not disappointed. I haven't done my usual long review this time, just a selection…

Over the past year Venice has been umming and erring on whether to let Cruise Ships over a certain gross tonnage transit the Guidecca Channel. The maximum tonnage set by the authorities was set at 96,000 Gross tonnage meaning that many of the cruise lines with ships based and calling…

Aurora in Pictures before her multi-million refit in 2014  

I was pleasantly surprised, I was looking through the recent Cruise News as you do to keep up to date with everything that’s going on in the world of cruising. I was aware that the Mayflower Cruise Terminal was to under-go a major refit costing a fortune, £6 million, quite…

2014 has been such as busy and exciting year for the cruise industry and I just wanted to take a moment to highlight my favourite parts of 2014. The Royal Princess came back to Southampton for the 1st time since her naming back in June 2013. Royal Princess is the…

As the big day approaches in 2 days, I’m sure everyone has been out rushing around the shops and getting those last minute bits and pieces done from buying the turkey to getting the last of the present wrapped, but for some it is very different. Just think, what you would give not…

  Celebrity Eclipse is one of my favourite ships, I find the contrast between a bigger ship and the elegance and sophistication works really well, she is filled with large open areas and finished in lots of light colours, woods and metals, I too am a fan of Cunard but…

  Celebrity Cruises has announced some big changes to the Suite benefits on board all of their ships with exception of the Celebrity Expedition but I must say this is such a big change and I would ask you to read and consider how much you could enhance your experience and…

Quantum Class was known as Project Sunshine and the 2 Brand new ships for Celebrity will be known as Project Edge. Those that have spoken to me will know that Celebrity are my favourite cruise line so I am really excited about this, more so than the Quantum Class and…