Opinion

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Norwegian Sky Day 4: It’s all Greek to me

After such a jam packed day and night in Great Stirrup Cay, I was relatively glad I didn’t have too much planned for my day in Nassau, a sleep in was very much needed!

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . May 28 2012
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Norwegian Sky Day 3: Great Stirrup Cay

Regardless of the myriad of ports visited by cruise lines, my favourite always remains the same...a tropical island. Give me sunshine and a postcard perfect beach and I am in heaven!

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . May 28 2012
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Norwegian Sky, Day 2 – It’s a Freeport Life

Being a fan of spending time onboard a ship when sailing, I selected our first port of call, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, to relax on deck and get to know the Norwegian Sky a little bit better.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . May 23 2012
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Avalon Luminary River Cruise, Part 6: Antwerp & Brussels, Belgium

Our Avalon river ship docked almost in the heart of Antwerp, the second-largest city in Belgium and the second-argest seaport in Europe.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . May 23 2012
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Avalon Luminary River Cruise, Part 5: Belgium

After our usual buffet breakfast we boarded our coaches for a short ride to the city centre of Ghent.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . May 23 2012
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Norwegian Sky, Part 1: Cruising like a Norwegian

What exactly does it mean to ‘Cruise like a Norwegian’? I'm spending a week discovering what this term means aboard the Norwegian Sky in the Bahamas.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . May 22 2012
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Avalon Luminary River Cruise, Part 4: Holding Back the Sea

Our trip to Delta Park at Veere, home of one of the engineering wonders of the world that I had seen on the popular TV show Megastructures, was inspiring.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . May 17 2012
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Avalon Luminary River Cruise, Part 3: Tulip Gardens

After visiting the windmills of Kinderdijk we returned to Avalon Luminary for lunch.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . May 14 2012
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Avalon Luminary river cruise, Part 2

On boarding Avalon Luminary we were welcomed by the captain and crew then offered cocktails.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . May 10 2012
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Tulip Season, Avalon Luminary, Part 1

I have just returned from a seven night Avalon Waterways river cruise on board Avalon Luminary through Holland at the start of the tulip season.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . May 8 2012
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QM2 – An English Restaurant?

Sometimes the English language is just too complicated. Cunard is a very English sort of shipping line (and certainly not a mere cruise line).

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Mar 7 2012
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QM2 Down Under: Day 2 Pub Grub with a Queen

For some passengers the most British element of a QM2 cruise is the dulcet tones of the Commodore giving us the ship’s noonday position.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Mar 6 2012