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The 11 Best Cruises I Think Everyone Should Do Before They Die

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The 11 Best Bucket List Cruises In The World? Here’s What I Think!

…autumn to spring season, with April-May time for the spring blossoms being popular. #5 Iceland Iceland takes the next spot. I’ve cruised Iceland twice. It’s wild, weird, and fascinating. It really is an island of fire and ice. It’s an expensive country to as a land trip, and going as a cruise is a great alterative, especially as the key sights are around coast and the interior is largely a lava desert. The highlights for me are first the Golden Ci…

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Why Are Norwegian Cruise Line Cruisers Are So Unhappy?

…into. The main ones were the Indulge Food Hall, which is probably way more popular than Norwegian expected. I often found it hard to get a table at popular times, especially on my cruise where it was not always great weather to sit outside. The Surfside Buffet seemed way too small. For breakfast and lunch, they had to use nearby Food Republic and Palomar restaurants to have enough seating, and even then, it was still challenging. The Improv at Sea…

This Cunard Regular Puts Their Brand-New Ship To The Test

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This Cunard Regular Puts Their Brand-New Ship To The Test

…. There’s the Commodore Club, overlooking the bow of the ship, which was a popular venue in the evenings, when there is live music playing. It is nicely laid out, with booths and groups of seating spaces which made it feel intimate. There’s a Carinthia Lounge. This is a great venue. Those who have been on Holland America Pinnacle class ships will know this space as the Grand Dutch Café. But it is way bigger – this is where part of the added sectio…

Too Few Cruisers Know About These 9 FREE Afternoon Tea's At Sea

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Too Few Cruisers Know About These 9 FREE Afternoon Tea’s At Sea

…nd offer an included afternoon tea daily in the main dining room, which is popular. Like Holland America, they serve tea from big teapots, and serve a plate of sandwiches and rolls, and another with cakes and scones when I cruised with them. Like Holland America, it lacks the ceremony and sense of occasion others I spoke about earlier provide. It’s a good if low-key afternoon tea. I do wonder if one reason for this is to encourage people to pay fo…

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I Go Back On Princess Cruises Despite Saying Never Again! Have They Improved?

…y now have a seafood restaurant Catch by Rudi, which was probably the most popular of the three specialty restaurants. Informal Dining Informal dining options have not changed, though unlike before you cannot go as often as you like within the fare. Alfredo’s still is there and still has excellent pizzas which are probably my favourite at sea on any line, and the Ocean Terrace Sushi Bar is still there with no real change. But, when I was last on b…

How Do You Get The Best Fare On Cunard, Or Any Other Cruise Line?

Cruising / transportation

How Do You Get The Best Fare On Cunard, Or Any Other Cruise Line?

…sically people are shifted up one level of stateroom. They seem especially popular when new brochures and cruises are announced, and then when cruises some time off but they trying to encourage early booking. Tip #2: The More Flexible You Are, The Lower the Fare. The more flexible you are, the lower the fare is likely to be. If you are set on going on a specific cruise on a specific date in a specific stateroom, you are most likely going to pay th…

Cruise Ship / Cunard / transportation

Cunard and Twinings Afternoon Tea On-Board. A Ritual And Institution.

…hy is afternoon tea served on Cunard? The taking of afternoon tea became a popular event within English high society and royalty from the middle of the 19th Century. It is a quintessentially English tradition that harks back to the era of grand country houses and sophisticated afternoon entertaining. Therefore, it is not a surprise that it is an activity that has been embraced by Cunard. It reinforces the English heritage that they are trying to p…

Audley End House and Gardens in Essex England. Why do I think You Should You Visit?

England / Stately House

Audley End House and Gardens in Essex England. Why do I think You Should You Visit?

…incredibly striking and dramatic garden. The gardens were designed by the popular garden landscape architect called Lancelot “Capability” Brown. He seems to have been responsible for almost all of the stately home gardens I have been to recently. As he was responsible for the design of gardens at over 170 properties, the fact that his name and designs keep popping up should not be a surprise. Audley End house is in Essex. It is about 1.5 hours dr…

Think a Museum of Brand, Packaging & Advertising sounds dull? You are wrong. Here is why!

Destinations / London / United Kingdom

Think a Museum of Brand, Packaging & Advertising sounds dull? You are wrong. Here is why!

…ng. In one of the back streets of Notting Hill in London, not far from the popular tourist attraction of Portobello Market, is the Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising. History of the Museum The museum was created in 2005 using as the base a collection of many thousands of items of packaging, posters toys, magazines, technology, travel, souvenirs, fashion and design by Robert Opie. A collection that he started when he was just 16. Over the…

What should you expect when cruising the Caribbean?

Antigua / Arcadia / Barbados / caribbean / cruise / Cruise Ship / cruising / Madeira / P and O / St Kitts / St Lucia / Tips for Travellers / travel

What should you expect when cruising the Caribbean?

…ands, visits to 5 islands and then one sea day back to port. The growth of popularity of the cruising has, though, started to see many more USA ports offering Caribbean trips – and the area is by far the most popular part of the world for European Cruise lines like Cunard, P&O and Costa to send their ships to during the European winter. Or, in the case of Cunard, in the period running up to the New Year when it tends to be too rough and is too col…

Thanet in Kent (Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate) revival – time for leisurely exploration?

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Thanet in Kent (Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate) revival – time for leisurely exploration?

…the dead whilst last century the Thanet seaside towns were famed as highly popular summer resorts pre-foreign package holidays. Sadly, over the last 30 or so years tawdry reputations have somewhat stuck with the general decline and lack of inventive civic forward planning. Still what falls can with enough willpower rise and community led regeneration have been prevailing buzz words in more recent times. Riding on the high hopes for the Turner Cont…