…e The Cruise Maps, because I love their framed maps generated using satellite technology, and you will always see if I am promoting them the #AD at the start of the post. As an aside, if you ever want one of the The Cruise Maps amazing maps of your actual cruise, use the link TheCruiseMaps.com/TFT and get 10% off. I mentioned at the start I have covered all the main cruise scams you must watch out for, why not join me over in this video where I ru…
…d Norwegian Bliss. As I mentioned earlier, with demand so high and so many cruises already full, cruise lines are looking at redeploying ships at relatively short notice to add capacity where demand is greatest. So, with huge demand in the Caribbean, some are redeploying ships from other areas with lower demand. For example, some of those Norwegian changes were pulling ships out of Africa, South America, and Asia to redeploy to areas with higher d…
…that, I want to talk about another positive thing I found common cross all ships: dining. Viking Cruise Dining On all trips, I found the food on Viking great, and for small ships there are many options. Seven of them. The Restaurant The main dining room is called The Restaurant. It is open most days for breakfast, on sea days for lunch and dinner every evening. The food is good and the menus large. It is open seated dining, and I like that you can…
…have a journey to make and toilets are not always at hand. Always read the label and remember to rehydrate with water and rehydration salts, or sports drinks if you have diarrhoea.” On their site they have this travel hotspot thing: Find out more about Travellers’ Diarrhoea What are your tips? Add a comment on the blog or email and I will add: [email protected] ——————————————————– Sign up now to get updates from Gary Bembridge: Tips for Travell…
…it on this trip. The hotel is right next to the famous Century 21 discount label department store and an easy 10 minute walk to South Street Sea Port area with its shops and museums and the major drop off and pick up for the round Manhattan bus tours. But overall, it is not a very handy destination for tourists as far from the shopping areas and Central Park etc. Overall, I liked the room a lot but the noise of construction did wake me up earlier…
…e service a bit off, I did not find it that different to UK lines like P&O Cruises. MSC Cruises Bad: Where the Money Goes I felt I experienced a few areas where the attractive fares meant money was not there to go into some aspects. First of those was entertainment. The shows themselves are poor versus their other mega-ship resort-style competition of Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian Cruise Line. While those have big production shows or fu…
…sing becomes. I discovered this when I set off on a little experiment. Can cruise ship suites change how you view cruising? Well, I wanted to find out. I decided to cruise in suites instead of a balcony cabin. A cabin that I would normally cruise in. What I uncovered, as I headed down that experiment, was a myriad of complications. And all sorts of problems that people, with money, face when they go cruising. It also made me think and reappraise t…
…ize and the range of opportunities they give you, both in terms of size of cruise ship but also destinations. At the moment, they have 17 ships but have many more coming – in the next couple of years they are going to have over 20 ships. The ships are quite small, with just under 700 guests, up to what I’m on now (Sky Princess) which has an incredible three thousand six hundred and sixty guests. They have a lot of options in terms of size of the s…
…nded to attract couples, often 60+ , with its more classic and traditional cruise ships and daily program. And it was unusual to have families and kids. In fact, many used to joke about Holland America being a dull line for elderly people with little going on after 9pm. It is clear they are trying to broaden its appeal to attract more of the fastest-growing family and multi-generational cruisers. Based on the people on my group cruise, and my own…
…ps to beach and land sites agreed by the islands. SeaDream 1 was the first cruise ship to take passengers on board in the UK since the March shutdown. The UK Government currently advises against any form of ocean cruise travel, which means any UK guests joining the ship would have to have taken out special travel insurance from an insurer willing to cover travellers cruising against government advice. Normal policies are invalid if you travel agai…
…escape once you’re on board and immersed in Disneyness. Whilst most other cruise ships are floating hotels, this is very much a unique Disney-filled kingdom at sea. Disney Magic is weaved into everything – the decor, the entertainment, the food, the cabins, everything is Disneyfied. One thing I would recommend is to go on the Art of the Theme Tours. They run multiple times across the cruise, and I’d recommend going multiple times because differen…
