Cruise lingos form an integral part of cruise culture where guests and travellers get to be familiar with different nautical terms to fully enjoy cruising.
It's been a week of high drama on the high seas for a variety of reasons! First I had to see the doctor on board Seven Seas Voyager; only the second time I have seen a ship’s doctor in more than 20 years of cruising, but my second visit in six months!
I am writing this second blog from the Seven Seas Voyager, on a sea day heading from Bali to Borneo. So much has happened I hardly know where to start!
Think of a place you want to visit and it is highly likely you will find a cruise ship to take you there. Here are 10 of our favourite cruise destinations.
Some 5-star ships offer free laundry in suites and most lines offer complimentary laundry for those with special award points, earned by frequent cruises on the one line. I don't believe this should dictate which line you choose - "I am on this cruise because I got a great laundry deal" is probably not the ideal situation!
Picture the scene: you recline in a comfortable seat with your legs outstretched, sipping on a glass of Alsace white as you watch the French countryside flow past in a blur of yellow rapeseed fields, church steeples and fluffy skies.
My parents, Ken and Norma Gladstone, were honoured to be invited onboard the Queen Mary 2 last week to attend a ceremony to commemorate the Australian troops who sailed off to war on two Cunard liners – the original Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth - 70 years ago.
Our On Board host Rosie Kelly has just returned from sailing the Majestic Princess in the Mediterranean with her daughter. She and publisher Peter Lynch discuss her journey - and the changes to the ship, one of Australia's favourites after her many seasons sailing our own waters.
