Gon' Fishin'

Well not quite. I've been fishing once in my life and found it to be the most boring thing ever invented by man so have no plans to do it again. I am however going to be away for awhile as I'm now off work until the 3rd of January 2012.

For the curious I haven't a lot planned.
There's a mini cruise to Bruges on the 15th with work for our Christmas party, (it's on the P&O Arcadia this year), and I'll be down in Southampton on Monday having lunch onboard the QM2, (I've been shortlisted for cruise consultant of the year so I'll have to let you know how that goes), but the rest of the holidays I'm planning on spending with my lovley wife and children, taking a well deserved break.

Pop back on Tuesday to find out about how I did in the cruise consultant of the year competition, (I'm down to the final three so fingers crossed for me), otherwise I'll be back in the new year stunning you all with a new set of interesting or strange, (sometimes both), set of cruise stories/facts/gossip/rumours/tips.

Until then have a Merry Christmas and happy new year.

Which is better?

I was talking to one of my regular cruisers the other day and we were discussing the various merits and differences of the six star luxury cruise lines. As you can imagine, the service and quality you'll get from any ship that labels itself as six star will always be excellent but the one thing we couldn't agree on was onboard credit compared to free drinks and excursions onboard.

What's wrong with Titanic?

Obviously I mean the movie versions, not the actual ship, we all know what was wrong with her!I was channel surfing the other night when I came across a really interesting program about all the historical inaccuracies in the different Titanic movies filmed since the disaster.
Unfortunately I only caught the last 10 minutes or so and I haven't seen it repeated yet but the bits I did learn where fascinating!

Fjord cruises in southern climes

What do you think of when someone tells you to picture a fjords cruise? Snow?
Ice?
Glaciers?
Rugged Nordic beauty?
Gushing rivers and waterfalls?
Arctic/Scandinavian wildlife?
Would you think about Chile, (the country, not the food)?
 Did you even realise that Chile has it's own set of fjords with cruises going in and out of them as well?

Cruise line wordsearch game

It's a Sunday morning and I've arrived at the office a bit to early which means I didn't have anything to do for an hour or so. Because I'm such a generous soul I thought I post a bit of a cruise game to while away 20 minutes of your time today. It's free cruise wordsearch game that you can solve online so have fun and let me know what you think.
Happy cruising.

What are Cunard cruises like?

I've been writing a series of posts lately aimed at first time cruisers to introduce them to the different cruise 'brands' available to them. What they can expect onboard; what the cruise is like, the kind of people they'll find onboard etc.
Today's post will be aimed at what Cunard cruise lines are like.

Free carparking for your cruise

How many times have you seen a cruise advertised with free carparking only to find out that the 'offer' isn't applicable to what you want.Or have you seen a cruise suddenly advertised with free carparking only to find the price of the cruise has gone up by the exact amount the carparking would have cost you?
Well, it doesn't always have to be that way.