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One month to go – inside Symphony of the Seas

The arrival of the world’s largest ship, Symphony of the Seas, is just around the horizon with the Royal Caribbean ship passing the first of its sea trials. These sea trials are undertaken in the […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Feb 22 2018
Opinion

Day Ten: National Geographic Orion cruise blog

Day Ten – Lo – “National Geographic Orion is different from other expedition ships because it’s also quite luxurious.” As the ship continued its inaugural voyage, I took the morning to chat to the woman in […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Mar 31 2014
Opinion

Day Nine: National Geographic Orion cruise blog

Day 9 – Espirito Santo: It was now the ninth day on National Geographic Orion’s inaugural voyage and we continued to make our way through the South Pacific. Many of us, including myself were still […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Mar 30 2014
Tips & Advice

20 things you don’t know about Royal Princess

Princess Cruises has announced ’20 new things you don’t know about Royal Princess‘ at Cruise Shipping Miami this week ahead of her launch in June. The 3,600-passenger vessel will host many firsts for the line including […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Mar 15 2013
Opinion

Carnival Liberty Day 3: A Mexican Paradise

Sailing into Cozumel was very exciting for this Mexican first timer. A mariachi band could be heard in the distance and I had a beach day planned on Paradise Island! On thumbing through the shore […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . May 30 2012
Opinion

Carnival Liberty Day 2: A Fun Day at Sea

With a plethora of activities onboard Carnival Liberty on a 'fun day at sea', the most stressful part of my day is deciding what to do!

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . May 29 2012
Opinion

Carnival Liberty Day 1: A fun ship first timer

Boarding Carnival Liberty in Port Miami is an experience to say the least...but the long lines do give me a chance to take advantage of the free WiFi available!

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . May 28 2012
Opinion

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
Opinion

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
Opinion

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
Opinion

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