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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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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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Star Clipper – Java Sea Limited Edition Cruise

November 4, 2017by solentrichard 12 Comments

    When initially booking this cruise it was hard to decide whether our minds classed it as a cruise or an adventure. Certainly we had never ventured into this […]

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Welcome onboard Oceania Marina

August 20, 2017by solentrichard 6 Comments

Earlier this week my wife and I were delighted to be invited, as guests of Oceania Cruises, to a lunch and ship tour  onboard Oceania Marina which had docked at […]

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Viking Eir – Rhine Getaway April 2017

May 12, 2017by solentrichard 21 Comments

  My wife and I have recently completed a one week river cruise along the Rhine between Basel in Switzerland and Amsterdam in the Netherlands…   Welcome aboard the Longship, […]

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Europa 2 – Asian Island Explorer

April 7, 2017by solentrichard 3 Comments

  Some 2 years ago my wife and I discovered what we considered to be the perfect cruise ship and  my review of that cruise carried the title ‘Europa 2 […]

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Life on board Oceana’s 35 night cruise

February 24, 2017by solentrichard 15 Comments

My wife and I  have recently returned from a 35 night P&O Oceana round trip Southampton  to the Caribbean cruise. A review of the ship’s facilities and the itinerary covered […]

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Oceana 35 Night Caribbean Round Trip

February 17, 2017by solentrichard 20 Comments

My wife and I  have recently returned from a 35 night P&O Oceana round trip Southampton  to the Caribbean cruise, which included a number of ports of call on  America’s […]

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Queen Mary 2 Remastered -Trans-Atlantic

January 2, 2017by solentrichard 15 Comments

My wife and I have recently returned from a trans-Atlantic crossing to New York onboard the Cunard flagship, Queen Mary 2. This was the first occasion we have had the […]

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Seabourn Sojourn – Yachtsman’s Mediterranean

November 17, 2016by solentrichard 8 Comments

  My wife and I have recently returned from a one week cruise onboard Seabourn Sojourn. The cruise was entitled…. ‘Yachtsman’s Mediterranean: it could easily have been entitled ‘beyond the […]

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Scenic Diamond Beautiful Bordeaux

October 1, 2016by solentrichard 14 Comments

My wife and I have recently returned from a 10 night Scenic River cruise from Bordeaux with an itinerary that took us along the Gironde, Garonne and Dordogne rivers…   […]

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Return to Europa 2

July 29, 2016by solentrichard Leave a comment

Having recently booked for 2017 a second cruise on board Europa 2,  my wife and I were delighted to receive an invitation, courtesy of Emma Taylor at  Six Star Cruises […]

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Princess Panhwar on the ‘Road to Mandalay’.

March 10, 2016by solentrichard 39 Comments

မင်္ဂလာပါ  –  pronounced  Mingelaba and is the traditional Burmese  greeting and welcome. My wife and I have recently returned from a 14 night river cruise along Myanmar’s (Burma’s) Irrawaddy River […]

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Oceania Riviera – Mayan Mystique

January 31, 2016by solentrichard 14 Comments

My wife and I recently completed a cruise on board Oceania’s cruise ship, Riviera…   … a  10 night fly-cruise out of Miami entitled ‘Mayan Mystique‘… Itinerary   This was […]

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Viking Star – A Taste of Something Different

December 28, 2015by solentrichard 17 Comments

My wife and I have recently returned from a one week cruise on Viking Star, part of her  maiden cruise season… As part of the Viking package we flew on […]

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