The Grand Princess - After her refurbishment

I came back from a day visit to the Grand Princess recently but have only just managed to upload all of the pictures so I thought I'd share them all with you. Of all the ships I've ever visited it was the Grand Princess I was least sure about. All the other ships I've visited I had a clear idea of what to expect but with the Grand Princess all I knew was that she was quite an old ship that had never the less just gone through a massive refurbishment.

Suffice to say, (as you'd expect from any cruise ship), I was really impressed with her.

See what you think........................

The River Cruise Line - The Switzerland II

I've just got back from the ACE river cruise expo, (#rivercruiseexpo if you're on Twitter), and wanted to tell you about some of the ships I've seen. I had the amazing opportunity of seeing six different river cruise ships all owned and operated by six different cruise lines in the space of about three or four hours.
For that reason, (as we were being hurried around them a little), some of these posts about the different ships may not be as detailed as they always are and some of the pictures might not be the best in the world. They will however, (I hope), give you a taste of what each ship is like and let you judge the 'personality' of each ship.

Shearings river cruises - DaVinci

I've just got back from the ACE river cruise expo, (#rivercruiseexpo if you're on Twitter), and wanted to tell you about some of the ships I've seen. I had the amazing opportunity of seeing six different river cruise ships all owned and operated by six different cruise lines in the space of about three or four hours.
For that reason, (as we were being hurried around them a little), some of these posts about the different ships may not be as detailed as they always are and some of the pictures might not be the best in the world. They will however, (I hope), give you a taste of what each ship is like and let you judge the 'personality' of each ship.

Luftner Cruises - Amadeus Elegant

I've just got back from the ACE river cruise expo, (#rivercruiseexpo if you're on Twitter), and wanted to tell you about some of the ships I've seen. I had the amazing opportunity of seeing six different river cruise ships all owned and operated by six different cruise lines in the space of about three or four hours.
For that reason, (as we were being hurried around them a little), some of these posts about the different ships may not be as detailed as they always are and some of the pictures might not be the best in the world. They will however, (I hope), give you a taste of what each ship is like and let you judge the 'personality' of each ship.

AMA - The AmaDante

I've just got back from the ACE river cruise expo, (#rivercruiseexpo if you're on Twitter), and wanted to tell you about some of the ships I've seen. I had the amazing opportunity of seeing six different river cruise ships all owned and operated by six different cruise lines in the space of about three or four hours.
For that reason, (as we were being hurried around them a little), some of these posts about the different ships may not be as detailed as they always are and some of the pictures might not be the best in the world. They will however, (I hope), give you a taste of what each ship is like and let you judge the 'personality' of each ship.
So, on to the AmaDante operated by both AMA waterways and APT river cruises..................

Avalon Vista

I've just got back from the ACE river cruise expo, (#rivercruiseexpo if you're on Twitter), and wanted to tell you about some of the ships I've seen. I had the amazing opportunity of seeing six different river cruise ships all owned and operated by six different cruise lines in the space of about three or four hours.
For that reason, (as we were being hurried around them a little), some of these posts about the different ships may not be as detailed as they always are and some of the pictures might not be the best in the world. They will however, (I hope), give you a taste of what each ship is like and let you judge the 'personality' of each ship.
First up is the Avalon Vista...........

Uniworld - SS Antoinette

If you've been following my blog over the last week or so you'll have noticed I've been a bit quiet for the last seven days. I haven't been ignoring you - I've been enjoying a river cruise along the Rhine on the SS Antoinette run by Uniworld. I wanted to do a day by day account of the cruise for you here but unfortunately the ships Wi-fi didn't like my blog address. I did however manage to write the day by day account on our cruise forum which you can read here.
You can read all about the ship and what I thought of the excursions and ship-board life but unfortunately, again because of the Wi-fi speed I couldn't upload many photos so I thought I'd give you a bit of a pictorial tour of the ship here.

Gon cruisin'

I'm off to catch a flight to Basel tomorrow for a weeks cruise up the Rhine on Uniworlds amazing ship the SS. Antoinette. I'd normally take this opportunity to say goodbye and see you back here in a weeks time however things are going to be a little different this time.
As Uniworld offer free Wi-Fi on all their ships I'm going to be taking my lap top with me and will be trying to give you a daily update as to what the cruise is like, hopefully with lots of pictures. If you've any questions or requests whilst I'm onboard ask them here and I'll do my best to answer them for you.

Happy, (river), cruising

Ever wanted to run your own cruise line?

Ever since my oldest child figured out how to use my I-Phone about two years ago it seems every time I pick my phone up in the morning there's a new game he's downloaded on it, (thankfully he can only download the free ones).
99% of them are kids games that I wouldn't even look at but the other day he came running up to me to say he'd downloaded a game for me. It was actually quite fun so I thought I'd share it all with you.
It's called Cruise Tycoon.

Azamara Cruises 2013 Brochure

Planning to book an Azamara cruise for 2013? Just looking to find out a bit more about this cruise line? Why not read their 2013 cruise brochure online now!

Happy cruising

Regent Seven Seas Cruises - 2012/2013 brochure

I know this one is a little late but I've just stumbled across the Regent 2012/2013 brochure so I thought I'd upload it all for you to view. There's still a few months to go on it and even if the brochure is nearly out of date you can still see all the ships/deck plans etc.
As soon as I get the 2013/2014 Regent Seven Seas cruise brochure I'll be sure to upload it for you.

Happy cruising

P&O Russell Watson Cruise - Will people be disapointed?

You may have seen these cruises advertised over the last coupleof weeks. P&O launched them with a blaze of publicity to go on sale yesterday, (1st Nov 2012).
There were two cruises up for grabs, a three night mini cruise on the Aurora next year and a four night mini cruise on the Azura a couple of months later.
P&O have stated Russell Watson will do at three shows per sailing, (although the fine print does say that that's subject to change).
As expected as soon as it went on sale yesterday most of the cabin grades were booked straight away by both traditional cruise fans and Russell Watson fans alike.
But are a lot of them going to end up disappointed?

A new cruise line?

Reading the Metro newspaper this morning I came across this little story that I thought I'd share with you all. I know nothing may come of it but if it does it could be a very interesting option for some people.............