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Welcome aboard and nice to meet you. My wife and I are seasoned cruisers having first dipped our toes into the world of cruising in 1990, a one week cruise on board the Cunard Countess. The majority of our cruising has been with two cruise lines, Cunard and P&O. We have, however, sailed on 21 different cruise ships, some many times over, on 11 different cruise lines while completing 619 cruise nights on board.

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MSC Virtuosa – An Arabian Adventure

April 2, 2022by solentrichard 10 Comments

My wife and I have recently returned from our second successful cruise aboard an MSC ship, The Virtuosa… We joined the ship in Dubai on a package that included  a […]

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Iona – A Pre-Christmas Cruise Diary

January 2, 2022by solentrichard 8 Comments

This was our second attempt at sailing on P&O’s latest addition to their fleet having had her ‘Original Maiden’ cancelled due to the dreaded Covid pandemic. This particular cruise was […]

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Emerald Waterways – Enchantment of Eastern Europe

November 8, 2021by solentrichard 5 Comments

This was one river cruise that proved a long time coming. Originally booked in 2019 for a cruise date of October 2020 the rest is history. Intended to be the […]

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Virgin’s Scarlet Lady Long Weekender

September 4, 2021by solentrichard 7 Comments

Having never subscribed to the view that one can make a valid judgement on a cruise ship or cruise line from a 3-day short cruise, I’ve always believed  that to […]

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MSC Preziosa – Yacht Club Experience

March 25, 2020by solentrichard 19 Comments

My wife and I have recently returned from a cruise that gave us our first experience sailing with MSC….   …onboard the MSC Preziosa… ***** …and a chance to evaluate […]

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Fifty Shades of Green – Laos Mekong River Cruise

January 30, 2020by solentrichard 15 Comments

  My wife and I have recently returned from a 10 night river cruise downstream along the upper reaches of the Mekong River, the world’s tenth longest river, between Chiang […]

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Saga’s Spirit of Discovery A 16 Night Cruise

December 17, 2019by solentrichard 34 Comments

My wife and I have recently returned from a 16 night cruise onboard Saga’s newest ship, the Spirit of Discovery… Welcome to Boutique Cruising… We first became interested in this […]

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Arcadia’s Canadian Round Trip

October 28, 2019by solentrichard 7 Comments

  On Monday 16 September 2019 my wife and I set sail from Southampton onboard P&O’s ‘Adult Only’ cruise ship Arcadia. We were taking a 24 night round trip to […]

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Queen Victoria Singapore to Cape Town

May 6, 2019by solentrichard 17 Comments

  My wife and I have recently returned from a 19 night cruise onboard Cunard’s Queen Victoria sailing between Singapore and Cape Town in South Africa…   The choice of […]

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RV Rajmahal River Ganges Cruise.

January 23, 2019by solentrichard 11 Comments

My wife and I have recently returned from a river cruise onboard the RV Rajmahal… …along India’s River Ganges between Farakka and Kolkata…   As part of the overall travel […]

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Viking Kadlin from Paris to the Heart of Normandy

September 27, 2018by solentrichard 8 Comments

My wife and I have recently returned from our 8th Viking cruise which on this occasion was on the Viking Kadlin sailing along the River Seine between Paris to Normandy… […]

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A Night onboard Queen Mary

June 21, 2018by solentrichard 3 Comments

Prior to embarking on a recent cruise from Los Angeles my wife and I chose to spend the previous night on board Queen Mary at Long Beach…   ***** Once […]

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Star Princess Hawaiian Islands Adventure

April 1, 2018by solentrichard 15 Comments

    My wife and I have recently returned from our first experience with Princess cruises: a 15 night round trip Los Angeles  to Hawaii on board Star Princess… As […]

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The London Cruise Show

February 18, 2018by solentrichard 3 Comments

In line with my policy of only reviewing cruises, port visits and events that I have personally undertaken,  I’m pleased to announce that over the weekend I  attended, as a […]

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Carnival Dream – A very pleasant surprise.

February 9, 2018by solentrichard 13 Comments

Some time ago, while on a cruise ship port visit to Grand Cayman, we were sitting in the Margaritaville Bar in George Town and could not help noticing the fun a […]

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American Queen Mississippi Christmas Cruise

January 24, 2018by solentrichard 5 Comments

My wife and I have recently returned from back-to-back cruises over Christmas and the New Year centred on  New Orleans. The first stage of this festive adventure saw us flying […]

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  • Emerald Waterways – Enchantment of Eastern Europe
  • Virgin’s Scarlet Lady Long Weekender
  • One Way to do Port Elizabeth, South Africa
  • Death in Paradise
  • One Way to do Sydney, Nova Scotia
  • One Way to do St John’s, Newfoundland
  • One Way to do Salerno
  • MSC Preziosa – Yacht Club Experience
  • One Way to do Darwin
  • Fifty Shades of Green – Laos Mekong River Cruise
  • One Way to do Mahe, Seychelles.
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  • One Way to do Manila
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  • One Way to do Cape Town
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