Choosing Cruising Blog

Royal Caribbean are now looking at the Southern African region as a largely unexplored as a cruise destination. (more…)

In this section of our Cruise Information we cover most of what is on offer aboard your ship. Starting with what you can expect to find in your cabin we take you on a tour of the myriad of activities and entertainment you can enjoy. (more…)

Cruising around the world on a liner is big business, particularly in the UK and being able to see tons of destinations in a single trip whilst sailing in style makes it very desirable. However, if you want to keep in touch with friends and family whilst you’re cruising it could prove to be very expensive, whether you’re using the cruise facilities, the local public telephones or your own mobile phone. The good news is that using a mobile phone whilst on a cruise may well turn out to be the cheapest option available to you, though you might not know how to take advantage of the opportunities that are out there. (more…)

Avalon Waterways have just christened Avalon Creativity in Volendam, Holland. The river boat will take its inaugural sell out
“Romantic Rhine” cruise, on 16th August 2009.

Avalon Creativity starts river cruises in August 2009

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In preparation for his European tour James Taylor travelled aboard Queen Mary 2 from New York to Southampton in June with his family, band and entourage. In exchange for passage he gave two performances in the ship’s 1,150-person Royal Court Theatre playing to standing room-only crowds.

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Coming up on 23rd August aboard Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 passengers will have the  opportunity to preview The Collection of Barbra Streisand Collection of fine art prior to auction on 17th October 2009 in Beverly Hills, California. The ship is travelling from New York to Southampton on it’s transatlantic passage. (more…)

Norwegian Cruise Lines has made roads into bringing agents up to speed with information on facilities for disabled passengers.

NCL and limited mobility passengers

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Fancy seeing Hamilton, Alonso, Button or Schumacher from your cruise ship? Well,  the prestigous and luxury Star Flyer of Star Clippers will set anchor in Monaco for the week of 22nd May 2010.

Star Flyer at sea

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Here is our guide to the top 10 most breathtaking rivers to cruise on.

River Cruising

1. Danube
Fine choice for those who goes to river cruise the first time. This travel from Germany to Black sea with visiting of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria. Some tour operators offering cruises across Danube: Peter Deilmann Cruises, Viking River Cruises and Uniworld. (more…)

Despite the inaugral sailing date of April 2010, Celebrity Eclipse has become the best booked Celebrity vessel.

Celebrity Eclipse is the newest and most booked ship

Robin Shaw (Royal Caribbean Cruises vice-president) commented that the sales figure was attributed to trade marketing that has positioned Eclipse as offering something new from Southampton next year.

Perhaps the cuisine is a reason for this?
Celebrity Cruises president Dan Hanrahan said “Eclipse will be offering the Brits’ favourite beers and lagers, and the cruiseline will be adding dishes such as “mushy peas and steak and kidney pie.

I’m told that’s what the British like to eat. We’re not planning to make big changes on board for the British market, but we are looking at tweaking some of the food offerings.”

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