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Cunard

Cunard World Cruise Week One Highlights (Southampton to the Azores)

…to eat 24 hours a day on the Queen Victoria. In addition to our allocated restaurant opening for breakfast, lunch and dinner, there was room service, Afternoon Tea and the Lido Buffet Restaurant serving continental breakfast from 4am to 6.30am, full breakfast from 6.30am to 11.30am, lunch from 11.30am to 3pm, afternoon snacks from 3pm to 6pm, buffet dinner from 6pm to 11pm and finally late night snacks from 6pm to 4am. I decided I did not want to…

 I Put Cunard's New First Class "Ship-Within-Ship" To The Test

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 I Put Cunard’s New First Class “Ship-Within-Ship” To The Test

…in and the Princess Grill, starting with dining. Princess Vs. Queen Grill Restaurants As I mentioned, each have their own restaurants. With 254 passengers, Princess Grill restaurant can hold roughly twice the number that Queens Grill can. It is spacious feeling restaurant, with a range of table sizes. The Queens Grill dining room felt a bit more cramped and less open, as it is a long narrow room with wider spaces tucked out of sight at each end….

Swan Hellenic / transportation

Swan Hellenic Minerva Cruise Ship, Cabins & Public Spaces. My Review, Advice & Tips

…with linen table cloths, crockery, cutlery and glasses in the self-service restaurant, so it felt more refined than the usual Lido style on most cruise ships. It has a mix of formal / semi-formal / smart casual nights, although they are experimenting with the mix as passenger tastes change, and also looking to reduce formal nights on fly to cruises due to the restrictions on luggage on airlines. Every port has a guided excursion included in the fa…

Celebrity / Cruise Ship / transportation

Celebrity Silhouette Review, Advice and Tips for Travellers

…ws, steering clear of the main dining room, the Grand Cuvee. The specialty restaurants are just so good both in food and atmosphere. My favorite was the Tuscan Grill, where I had the most divine Seabass in a stunning setting at the back of the ship overlooking the Ocean. If you are a fan of Al Fresco dining, try the Lawn Club Grill. Qzine is a fusion restaurant with menus presented on the ipad. Your waiter promises to take you on a ‘culinary journ…

Windstar

Windstar Star Pride Review. Video Tour and Review

Join me on a tour of Windstar Cruises Star Pride. One of the three yacht-style cruise ships in their fleet alongside the Star Breeze and Star Legend. These ships were originally built for and operated as Seabourn ships but were bought by Windstar in 2014 and concerted into their product. Despite being 30 years old the ship is in great condition and has been luxuriously updated. It is a small ship with just 212 guests and 150 crew and in this vide…

Queen Elizabeth 2: Revisiting my review on the 3rd anniversary of her retirememt

cruise / Cruise Ship / Cruise Ship Review / Cunard / QE2 / Transatlantic

Queen Elizabeth 2: Revisiting my review on the 3rd anniversary of her retirememt

…hold their own in spite of their age, like the Queens Lounge, Queens Grill Restaurant, bookshop and library, Yacht club bar and the Midships lounge. · The staff on the QE2 make a real effort to treat you well, get to know what you like and you do feel like individuals even though there are around 1200 of you on board. We both felt we had got to know the people we came in contact with a lot (the room butlers, restaurant staff), and that they had ta…

Cruise Ship / Holland America / transportation

Holland America Nieuw Amsterdam Review and Video Tour.

…wnstairs or go for fixed dining tables and times upstairs. The Lido Buffet restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It serves an impressive selection of food from around the world and a range of free beverages. It is comfortable and stylish. The popular Terrace Grill at The Lido Pool serves hamburgers, hotdogs and similar informal meals. For an additional charge you can eat at The Pinnacle Grill. A premium dining experience focused on s…

Rocky Mountaineer

My Rocky Mountaineer Review of First Passage to the West Trip

…rmer. There was a glass-domed top, for incredible sightseeing, and stylish restaurant and outdoors open area on the lower level. I urge you to stretch your budget to this class, as the upper deck meant I saw so much more than I suspect the Red and Silver Leaf one-level carriages allowed at times. The trees and vegetation track side would restrict some views on the lower level at times. As we remained in the carriage all day, I also appreciated the…

Hotel Pentelikon (Athens, Greece) Review and Video

Athens / Greece / Hotel Review / Hotel Room Video

Hotel Pentelikon (Athens, Greece) Review and Video

…ne of the rooms in the new wing. They are larger and better. As an earlier review and video below shows. Watch a video of my room (1415) on youtube (click here) or on the blog posting: An older review of the hotel from 2007: I have been to Athens 3 times (so far this year): at the end of January for a meeting, in June for a conference and then again for a short meeting. In January and now in August, I stayed in the Hotel Pentelikon. Below is a vid…

South Place Hotel London-8

London

Looking for one of the Best London Hotels? Watch my South Place Hotel Tour and Review Vlog

…showing you around the facilities and room is better than simply writing a review. So here is my video tour and review of the South Place Hotel. As I say in the video, I found it to be a modern and trendy hotel. Everything felt stylish and up-market. This was not a surprise as I knew that it belongs to the D&D Group who own some of London’s hippest restaurants, including two of my favourites: Bluebird on the famous King’s Road and the Orrery on th…

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Here’s What It’s REALLY Like On Silversea These Days: Silversea Cruises review

…va, and as always paid full fare via my travel agent to ensure an unbiased review. Here’s what I discovered as you will see in my Silversea Cruises review. What Is Silversea Cruises? Silversea Cruises is a 5-star ultra-luxury cruise line owned by Royal Caribbean Group, competing with Seabourn, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, and Crystal. Silversea operates the largest ultra-luxury fleet, with 12 ships — eight classic and four expedition. All suites, fr…