274 Search results

For the term "label/Air France".
Too Many Galapagos Cruisers Make These Same 8 Mistakes

Cruise Tips / Galapagos

Too Many Galapagos Cruisers Make These Same 8 Mistakes

…older. In the wet season, although there’s sporadic downpours, the average air temps sit around 25 to 26 degrees Celsius (76 to 79 Fahrenheit), the seas are calmer, and the water clearer and warmer for snorkelling. While there’s no wrong time of the year, bear in mind experts recommend December to May. Wrong Vacation The third mistake was people seeing it as a vacation to go and relax and unwind. It was the busiest trip I think have ever been on….

Cruise Tips

The Bizarre History of 6 Cruise Ships: You Won’t Believe What I Found!

…e on board. Passengers had limited water, experienced extreme heat with no air conditioning and, at one point, had human waste running down through the hallways. Some ships passing by helped provide supplies but, without power, the Triumph spent four days drifting in the Gulf of Mexico in these awful conditions Eventually, the ship was towed to Alabama and these weary, exhausted passengers disembarked on February 14th. Carnival did offer each pass…

Cruise Tips

Alaska on a Shoestring: How to Explore Alaska’s Cruise Ports on a Budget

…way is the Red Onion Saloon (which was a brothel and has a free museum upstairs) and further into town is the McCabe College Building with the Skagway Museum. What most people don’t do, but I recommended Heather’s group did, is at the top end of town, walk out to the Gold Rush Cemetery and the Lower Reed Waterfalls. A must see! While the map can be collected from the Visitor Bureau office in the Driftwood-covered Arctic Brotherhood Hall, it’s also…

My Week Cruising in A Controversial Ship-Within-A-Ship - MSC Yacht Club

Cruise Tips

My Week Cruising in A Controversial Ship-Within-A-Ship – MSC Yacht Club

…uivalent restaurants like Queens Grill or Celebrity Luminae. Though to be fair those also charge way more, so I feel that I had to considered this when assessing. I was concerned at my very first meal, which was lunch on embarkation day, as the salad looked very basic and had lettuce that looked wilted and brown at the edges. However, over the week I found the MSC Yacht Club ingredients were good, and the menus had a decent choice with good pasta…

The 5 Best Lines to Cruise on Right Now (According to those in the know!)

Cruise Tips

The 5 Best Lines to Cruise on Right Now!

…e big production shows, which include Broadway shows in some cases, like “Hairspray”. Also, which I agree with, they seem to be able to please all budgets and cruise types. With everything from good value cabins like insides and Oceanview, up to massive luxurious suites, including what must be some of the biggest and most costly at sea at around $60,000 a week. It is interesting that luxury travellers rate the suites, food, and service as much as…

Cruise Tips

Incredible Train Journeys Every Cruiser Should Consider. And Why!

…s are served at the seat, and Gold Leaf, which I did, that has seating upstairs under a glass dome (so better for sightseeing) and a restaurant for meals on the lower level along with an open-air viewing section too. The food served was fantastic. I recommend, if doing an Alaskan cruise, you consider adding one or more of these trips to it. The cruise shows you a narrow slice of Alaska, and you should explore deeper inland to see the scenery but a…

 I Put Cunard's New First Class "Ship-Within-Ship" To The Test

Cruise Tips

 I Put Cunard’s New First Class “Ship-Within-Ship” To The Test

…and spaces to sit in, both under cover and in the shade on loungers and chairs. It also has two sort of infinity-style hot tub pools. They don’t have a bar up there, but did have some bar service during the day. It does have some negatives, though. Like on deck 10 for the Grills lounge and restaurants, access to the deck was not controlled in any way. So, guests walking around deck 11 would use this as a thoroughfare. The Grills deck effectively…

Cruise Tips

These 17 Ports Are About To Ruin Your Cruise Plans

…ting the state to limit land tourism numbers and clamp down on things like Airbnb lets, and not yet proposed specific cruise ships limits – yet. Greece Greece is another huge cruise area, with around seven million passengers every year, with two famous islands that everyone wants to visit (Santorini and Mykonos) rammed full of visitors in the season. Having experienced them I can confirm they are really packed. The Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos M…

The Truth About Cruise Cabins: What Every Cruiser Should Know

Cruise Tips

The Truth About Cruise Cabins: What Every Cruiser Should Know

…creases in scale and size the higher the type, and a bathroom. Cabins have air conditioning with varying degrees of control, older ships just temperature controlled, but modern ones fan speed too. While older ships have limited plugs and sockets, modern ships have many around the cabin including USB-C and regular USB ports. The sockets are usually mostly USA format, with one or two Euro-style. All cabins will have toiletries, which these days tend…

Cruise Tips

River Cruise Lines Everyone Is Raving About RIGHT NOW 

…e more cabin space with panoramic windows which slide down to let in fresh air and to allow for scenic viewing. They have many active excursions unlike many other lines, and I felt they were trying to appeal to a younger traveller. At the rear of their ships is a unique space which during the day is an indoor plunge pool, and in the evening gets covered over and becomes cinema, or hosts events. Due to having fewer ships than most of the other high…

Cruise Tips

River Cruise Lines To Steer Clear Of These Days. And Why!

…do seem to get more mixed reviews affecting the overall score. Possibly unfairly. Amadeus run several golf themed cruises each year, so if you are a player they may be worth looking at but overall, they seem to not really stand out from the other river cruise line options much. The next line was the worst performing of all the lines whose ratings I studied. Saga River Cruises Saga Cruises is the 50+ travel company catering for UK travellers offeri…