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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 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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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
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QM2 Down Under: Day 2, Morning

Imagine a restaurant that can serve 1,100 main courses in 30 minutes.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Mar 4 2012
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QM2 Down Under Day 1

My feet hurt. I’ve only been on Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 for about three hours and I think I’ve walked a marathon course just having a quick look around.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Mar 4 2012
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Welcome Love Boat Captain

Once upon a time (about 35 years ago), a shipload of explorers set a course for adventure, their minds on a new romance, as the opening song goes.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 27 2012
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RSSC Voyager: Day 8

Last night was my last on the ship, and very convivial it was too; drinks at the Observation Lounge on Deck 11 followed by yet another excellent dinner at Compass Rose with Julie and Joanne, […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 15 2012
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RSSC Voyager, Day 7

Voyager pulled into the large natural harbour of Akaroa early in the morning. Its name in Maori means ‘Long Harbour’ and it’s the oldest colonial town in the South Island

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 14 2012
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RSSC Voyager: Day 6

Our first land stop after Hobart and five days at sea was Timaru, a major port in the south Canterbury region of the South Island of NZ

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 12 2012
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RSSC Voyager: Day 4

‘Scenic sailing’ in Milford Sound was on the menu today, and indeed we were treated to the sight of magnificent rock faces and waterfalls looming through the mist.

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Feb 9 2012
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