As  Commodore Rynd  had predicted the sea calmed down over night and the header photo was taken from my breakfast table   in Britannia Grill and repeated here: still a reasonable […]

Readers may notice that the header photograph for today is taken from the G32. It may give a clue as to where I am spending the latter parts of the evening/early morning. […]

I had an  early start to the day,  a little bit of fine tuning in order to get yesterdays blog published. The wifi connection to the ‘Britannia Club’stateroom is good […]

Few cruise lines evoke the spirit of cruising more strongly than Cunard and crossing the Atlantic on Cunard’s flagship the Queen Mary 2 has to be one of the classic […]

In an unusual break from my normal format of only reviewing cruise ships that I have actually been on I thought I would take this opportunity to look into the […]

My wife and I embarked on Queen Mary 2 at Southampton on September 29 for a 9 night voyage entitled ‘Scandinavian Explorer’. We effectively had two primary aims for booking […]

My wife and I embarked on Queen Mary 2 for a 29 night Southampton to Southampton Christmas and New Year voyage entitled  ‘Grand Caribbean Celebration’. The itinerary of this voyage […]

My wife and I decided to give Royal Caribbean Cruises a try not so long ago. We chose as our introduction an 18 night  cruise on Independence of the Seas  billed as ‘The […]

MSC Opera is a mid-sized cruise ship, which has a capacity for around 2,100  passengers. Distinctly Italian in flavour  with a refreshing Italian ‘modern’ meets Art-Deco style that will appeal to younger […]

Azamara Quest is one of two ‘R’ class ships that form the Azamara Club Cruises fleet. They  offer a deluxe and intimate cruise experience for discerning travellers whose desire is to reach […]

My wife and I recently had the  pleasure of spending a few hours on board Queen Elizabeth, Cunard’s latest addition to their fleet,  as guests, courtesy and jointly, of both Cunard and […]

My wife and I recently undertook  our second cruise with Viking River Cruises (VRC).  On this occasion we cruised along the River Elbe, between Prague and Berlin, on the Viking Clara […]

My wife and I sailed on Queen Victoria for a short 5 night post Christmas break to Hamburg and Zeebrugge in January 2013.  This was in no way what some […]

My wife and I were fortunate enough to be recently invited to spend a day visiting P&O’s cruise ship Ventura. The kind invitation came through our travel agent  in conjunction […]

My wife and I joined the Celebrity Eclipse at Southampton for a 16 night cruise  to the Western Mediterranean and Adriatic coast. This was our first cruise experience with Celebrity […]

  My wife and I were most fortunate to be offered the opportunity of an overnight visit to Princess Cruises newest ship, The Royal Princess the day following her arrival […]