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HILTON MILLENIUM HOTEL, NEW YORK, USA: noisy due to ground zero building

Hilton / Hotel Review / Hotel Room Video / New York / usa

HILTON MILLENIUM HOTEL, NEW YORK, USA: noisy due to ground zero building

…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…

Getting Disembarkation Day Right

Cruise Tips

The Best Way To End Your Cruise: Getting Disembarkation Day Right

…if you are putting your luggage out keep the tear off tag from the luggage label, that will remind you what allocated slot you have and, as some cruise lines require us to show our luggage tag colour to let you off the ship, the allocated time. Finally, when packing, don’t pack the cruise line umbrella, dressing gown, binoculars or other bits and pieces around the cabin. You will likely be charged for those and often at a much higher amount than i…

These 7 Things Throw Norwegian Fjords Cruisers Every Time!

Cruise Tips / Norway

These 7 Things Throw Norwegian Fjords Cruisers Every Time!

…ke design. And of course, they have trolls everywhere. Always check on the label where they’re made. I would stress again that Norway is very expensive. The currency is the Norwegian kroner, and because it’s not the Euro, the exchange rate is more complicated, it’s easy to get confused about how much you’re paying. Make sure you understand it. On the plus side, many of the souvenir shops will take Euros and some will take dollars or UK Sterling. I…

I Tried the World's “Most Popular Small Ship Cruise” Line

Cruise Tips

I Tried the World’s “Most Popular Small Ship Cruise” Line: Windstar Cruises

…ut the overall dress code was very relaxed. This was not a flashy designer label for dinner experience, it was more like when I have been on an expedition cruise. In short, were what you bring and wear was low on the list. Personal Feel The third thing was with a maximum of 312 guests and 200 crew. People said they liked that they got to know the crew and vice versa. They liked always being called by name. As the same crew would man lunch, dinner,…

Carribean Cruise 2007 Part 1: The plans

Arcadia / caribbean / cruise / P and O

Carribean Cruise 2007 Part 1: The plans

…Kitts, Antigua) then at sea for 5 days until Madeira then 3 days to get to Southampton. This for me is an ideal mix as I love the long days in the middle of the Ocean as it feels so relaxing yet exhilarating at the same time. The cruise is called “Caribbean Taster” (J706) and the P&O Website describes it as follows: “Arcadia’s homecoming Caribbean cruise and transatlantic crossing from Barbados to Southampton takes you first to the beautiful St Ge…

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…Naming (March 2015) ** 33: Queen Mary 2 Transatlantic Crossing New York – Southampton (January 2015) 32: Queen Mary 2 Caribbean (December 2014) 31: Queen Mary 2 Bruge Christmas Market (December 2014) 30: MSC Armonia (post stretching dry dock) (November 2014) ** 29: Seabourn Sojourn “Autumn Isles” Mediterranean (October 2014) ** 28: Crystal Cruises “European Cachet” (Rome to Southampton) (August 2014) ** 27: MSC Lirica Mediterranean (June 2014) **…

Cruising / Cunard / Journeys / Transatlantic Crossing / transportation

12 Tips For Choosing and Making the Most of a Transatlantic Cruise Crossing

…2 QM2 Deck Transatlantic Crossing #5: Which is the best route to go, from Southampton to New York or the other way? I have done both, and if have a choice would prefer to do Southampton to New York. Firstly, as you have 25 hour days for 5 of the days, as you change the clocks day-by-day so by the time you arrive in New York you are on USA East Coast time. That means longer to enjoy yourself. You have short days coming the other way. Secondly, you…

Fred Olsen / Norway

A Week of the Unexpected on my Fred Olsen Fjords Cruise

…was feeling back on form. We were to sail to Stavanger, and then return to Southampton a day early. So we headed out of the quiet and scenic Flam and journeyed through the slow sunset along beautiful narrow fjords with sheer sides and dark water. Occasionally we would drift past villages huddled on patches of flat land, or sail past the ferries or smaller ships that scurry between them and the bigger towns carrying people, goods and vehicles. Stav…

Panama Canal

Cunard

Cunard World Cruise Week 3 Highlights (Aruba to Guatemala via Panama Canal)

…getting it to and from the ship could have been. The driver who took us to Southampton told us how he had taken two ladies from Manchester to join this World Voyage with twelve suitcases. However, those joining and leaving the ship in ports other than local ones they faced a dilemma due to airline weight restrictions. To assist Cunard offered, as they always do, their White Star Luggage Service run in partnership with the courier companies DHL and…

Cunard

Cunard World Cruise Week Five Highlights (San Francisco to Hawaii)

…erience for guests booking permutations of the World Voyage. Our trip from Southampton to Sydney was booked as two different bookings, as we had planned to change cabins in San Francisco. Later we decided to stay in the same cabin and the booking was changed to have us staying in the same one for the entire period. The bookings were supposedly linked. However, due to two different booking references we were only given a cruise card for Southampton…

Fred Olsen Balmoral in La Coruna Spain

Fred Olsen

Fred Olsen Cruise Review – Spain and France Autumn Break

…oo soon it seemed that the week had evaporated and we were heading back to Southampton. While the fare on Fred Olsen includes all meals, including a five-course dinner, there is an alternative dining venue on the Balmoral called The Grill. For a £20 per person charge you can have a delicious steak dinner. I went there for fillet steak followed by a chocolate dessert which was extremely delicious! We docked back in Southampton by 6:30am a week afte…