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Onno Heesbeen: The Cruise Ship Artist Behind My New Background

…h artist called Onno Heesbeen. Onno Heesbeen is a total historic liner and cruise ship obsessive (in the best possible way), and his work immediately stood out to me because it’s not just beautiful – it’s deeply researched, historically accurate, and created by someone who truly understands ships. He describes himself as a liner and maritime artist and model maker, but if you follow his work you’ll quickly realise how much depth goes into every dr…

Cruise Tips

Secrets The Crew Want Us To Know About (And Some They DON’T!)

…ng to reveal. As well as talking about serious things like the presence of cruise ship mafia, I’ll also share what crew really think about two big divisive issues amongst passengers (Towel animals and hiding of rubber ducks) but first, I wanted to get the inside track from crew on three issues and theories I have as a passenger about cabins. Starting with Guaranteed cabins. Guaranteed Cabins These are when you’ve booked a fare where you don’t choo…

My Ultimate Guide to a Successful Day Trip To France Using P&O Dover to Calais Ferry

Cross Channel / Ferries

My Ultimate Guide to a Successful Day Trip To France Using P&O Dover to Calais Ferry

…y. P&O is the main UK based ferry company operating on this route. The P&O Cruise Ship business is not part of the company, as this was sold to Carnival, the massive cruise company that also owns brands like Cunard, Princess and Holland America. They run many sailings every day from Dover to Calais. Who uses the Dover to Calais Ferries? There seem to be 4 main types of people using the Ferry: Commercial Haulage Companies, moving products between t…

Caribbean Cruise Part 7: Crossing the Atlantic to the UK

Antigua / Arcadia / Atlantic Crossing / caribbean / cruise / P and O

Caribbean Cruise Part 7: Crossing the Atlantic to the UK

…ly either watch one of the shows (last night was the songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber, which was fabulous) or gambling. Doing ok on the gambling front, mostly been playing Blackjack and the slot machines. P&O Cruise Ship Arcadia, originally uploaded by garybembridge. Click on the photo or links to view all the photos TO VIEW ALL MY ARCADIA PHOTOS: click here Final instalment: coming soon…..

Cruise Ship / Cunard / Journeys / Queen Mary 2 / Transatlantic Crossing / transportation

Transatlantic Crossing Observations on the Queen Mary 2: The Passengers. Rich? Famous? Fabulous?

…to travel. And yet, Cunard need to find up to 2600 passengers to fill the ship to get the ship to New York. Getting to New York before Christmas is very important as the Queen Mary 2 has an established, and popular, tradition of travelling from New York to the Caribbean for Christmas and New Year. A trip that I know they had very little problems selling, and it is a lucrative 2 weeks with premium fares on the berths. Unlike the images that the “T…

travel podcast

Tips for Travellers Video Podcast 114 : Seabourn Sojourn Ship Tour

…or Travellers Video podcast is a video tour of Seabourn’s Seabourn Sojourn ship. This video takes you on a full tour and gives you my commentary and thoughts about the ship. You can subscribe to the Tips for Travellers Video Podcast on iTunes or using the Video Podcast RSS feed. Watch the video podcast using the online player: Please subscribe to the Tips for Travellers Monthly Newsletter and get up offers and freebies as well as a summary of the…

Cruise Ship / Norwegian / transportation

Norwegian Epic Cruise Ship Balcony Cabin Video Tour and Review. Compact, cosy , bright and practical.

Norwegian Epic Balcony Cabin 10229 Norwegian Epic Cruise Ship Balcony Cabin Video Tour and Review. Compact, cosy , bright and practical. Watch my video tour and review of a typical balcony cabin on Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Epic. This is cabin10229. The balcony cabins on Norwegian Epic are compact and cleverly designed. They have curved walls which means that they take up less space on the ship and yet are still able to provide a bed area…

Cruise Ship / Holland America / transportation

Holland America Nieuw Amsterdam Review and Video Tour.

…lunch and tasty afternoon treats. You can hire them for the day or entire cruise. Inside the ship in areas like the Atrium, the decor is plush, subdued and inspired by Holland America’s history of grand ocean liners. Around the atrium you will find the 24-hour Front Office desk, Future Sales Office and the usually busy Excursions Sales and help desk. There are many bars and lounges around the ship: The Pinnacle Bar is one of the smaller and more…

Cruise Ship / Norwegian / Norwegian Getaway / transportation

Norwegian Getaway Cake Pictures – A Reason to Cruise on this ship?

While most reviews and coverage of cruise ships focuses on the staterooms, the restaurants and the cabins, I like to focus on the quality of the cakes! The attention and detail that a ship’s catering team takes on these treats often highlights their overall passion for food. That is my excuse anyway! On board the Norwegian Getaway the cakes that I discovered were quite something – as these images show. A reason enough to travel on the ship? Norwe…