Westy's Waves

This week Royal Caribbean announced the Anthem of the Seas will be sailing out of Southampton in 2020 and will go on sale from the 20th November 2018. I think this is great news having one of their Quantum class ships sailing from the UK. Think the biggest question is…

Exciting news.... Cunard is launching her a new ship in 2022 and will bring in leading designer Adam D Tihany as creative director! She will carry 3,000 passengers and will join the Cunard's three existing ships, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria, this will be the first time…

Last week saw the launch of P&O's new ship Iona. What a week it's been with the maiden voyage selling out within hours. This week P&O launched the next phase of the 2020 summer launch with the higher peninsular levels went live Monday and then tomorrow for April - July…

So that's it.... summer holidays over, kids back to school, and back to the normal routine of school runs and work. I really do love the summer holidays but all good things must come to an end!! September is always a really busy month here at www.cruise.co.uk especially with the…

Gratuities always seem to be hot topic whether at the dinner table on board your cruise or on cruise forums getting information before your cruise starts. Some think they should be compulsory and are part of the cruise cost, others like to tip at their own discretion or maybe not…

This has been a topic of conversation in the office this week. I would love to know what your thoughts are? Do you think children should pay the same amount of gratuities as adults. Generally gratuities can cost between £7 per person per day up to £11 per person per…

I love this time of year, especially with the sun shinning down on us, it's certainly a good feeling. With both of my children now broken up for the summer holidays its time to get ready for our family holiday. For the past few years we have taken a cruise,…

P&O have announced that the Oriana will be leaving the P&O fleet in August 2019. A shock for some but not for others. Shame really they have the need to sell her as she fits in really well with clients that like the mid size ships. Oriana has a very…

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