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Cunard

Cunard World Cruise : Week Two Highlights (Port Canaveral to Aruba)

…s during the year, although it seems to be more on their Queen Mary 2 Transatlantic voyages in my experience. Day 11 (Wednesday 20 January) Port Canaveral Port Canaveral Sunset from Queen Victoria The day dawned bright and sunny, although a brisk 14 degrees as we approached Port Canaveral. The sea was clam and the sky a welcoming blue. We were tied up and docked by 10.30am and the process of clearing passengers and crew through United States Immig…

I Discovered That Cruising South America Is Unpredictable

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I Discovered That Cruising South America Is Unpredictable

…around Cape Horn at the base of South America. It is where the Pacific and Atlantic oceans smash together, and it is renowned for being one of the roughest, most treacherous parts of the world to sail in. Although, as we arrived, the wind suddenly died down, the sea calmed, and the sun came out. This was typical of so many aspects of my cruise around South America. This constant unpredictability threw up so many things that I had neither expected…

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I Take A 12-Hour Day Trip on “Britain’s Most Luxurious Train”

…top at Southampton so people could get off and go on their wonderful trans-Atlantic voyages. And let me tell you the names of the different carriages on the Northern Belle, because they’re all named after stately homes. You’ve got the Alnwick, the Belvoir, the Chatsworth, the Glamis, the Harlech, the Duart, and the Warwick. In fact, one of these, which is the most famous of all, used to be one of the royal carriages. So that’s one that’s much soug…

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These 17 Ports Are About To Ruin Your Cruise Plans

…here. Canary Islands The Canary Islands, a group of Spanish Islands in the Atlantic, are a popular cruise destination but are also seeing recently anti-tourism demonstrations under the banner “Canarias tiene un límite” (The Canaries have a limit) with a claimed 57,000 attending one that happened at the start of the season. They are currently focused on getting the state to limit land tourism numbers and clamp down on things like Airbnb lets, and n…

Cruise Ship / Cruise Ship / Cunard / Queen Mary 2 / transportation

Queen Mary 2 Queens Grill. Cunard Standards Starting To Fall?

…e ship recently. He writes: “ We booked a Q4 Penthouse Suite for our first crossing (thanks, in large part, to your YouTube video walk-through), and for the most part, we had a wonderful experience. But there were quite a few annoyances during the week that seemed largely related the butler and maintenance services. The suites on the QM2 were partially redecorated as part of last Winter’s refit, but a lot of the work was quite shabby: Cunard Queen…

London 2102 Olympics: Why you just have to go!

British Airways / Destinations / London / United Kingdom

London 2102 Olympics: Why you just have to go!

…s Hospitality Centre Just as you enter the Park after security, and before crossing the bridge over the canal into the Park, is a large area that has temporary buildings (grand looking ones) that various sponsors and the Olympics host events in. BA has one at the very end. It was really well done with patriotic designs, Olympics on the TV and a feature on the wall showing how many Golds, Silvers and Bronze Medals the UK had won. When one was won,…

Visiting Las Vegas? Why Hoover Dam, Mike O’Callaghan – Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge & Lake Mead must be on your to do list

Destinations / Las Vegas / USA

Visiting Las Vegas? Why Hoover Dam, Mike O’Callaghan – Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge & Lake Mead must be on your to do list

…it was felt that it would be safer and better to not have as much traffic crossing the Hoover Dam. It also increases capacity and the speed to cross the border. The new bridge is an amazing technical feat, and highly impressive. There was one fatality in building the bridge, unlike the main Hoover Dam which had over 100 deaths. You can walk over the bridge, and you get great photos across to the Hoover Dam wall and Lake Mead. Well worth doing! Th…

San Francisco California. Why is this city so loved by so many?

California / san francisco / Tips for Travellers / travel / usa

San Francisco California. Why is this city so loved by so many?

…can hang about for days. It is always cooler on the city than nearby. Even crossing the bridge into Sausalito will see temperatures move upwards. This strange weather and the fog is something locals talk about all the time. They also talk a lot about moving to warmer place. (6) People Maybe it is a California thing, or maybe a hangover from the hippy heritage and glory days, but people from San Francisco really do seem to be “of a type”! They are…

Isle of Wight UK: Popular for weekend and short breaks, but also a great day out

Destinations / Isle of Wight / United Kingdom

Isle of Wight UK: Popular for weekend and short breaks, but also a great day out

…t there from Portsmouth (closest) or Southampton. There are fast catamaran crossings for passengers and then the ferry that takes about 200 cars / trucks and takes about an hour. The company is called Red Funnel and they are very organized. The crossing leaves on the hour from Southampton and on the half hour from the island. It is best to book online and print off the pass. You need to arrive between an hour and half an hour before. They board an…

CHERBOURG AND REDOUBTABLE SUBMARINE: A REAL TREAT FOR TRAVEL BUFFS

cherbourg / Cherbourg

CHERBOURG AND REDOUBTABLE SUBMARINE: A REAL TREAT FOR TRAVEL BUFFS

…for Transatlantic Services It used to very much a part of the massive transatlantic crossing service, before jet airlines destroyed the regular scheduled transatlantic service as a means of mass travel, turning it into a luxury leisure activity that is dominated pretty much by Cunard. Now days, only around 10 or so cruise ships visit the port each year, and Cunard send their ships there once or so a year – usually as part of the 4 or 5 night short…