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I Cruise On A Ship After It’s Been Split in Half & Stretched  - Windstar Star Pride Ship Tour

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Small Ship Luxury Cruise Line Comparison: Who’s Best?

…” and “Ultra-luxury Lines” “Premium” being lines such as Princess, Holland America, Celebrity and Virgin Voyages with big ships carrying between two to four thousand guests and lots of add-ons to their fares. “Ultra-luxury” including lines like Silversea, Seabourn, Crystal and Regent Seven Seas, with their smaller all-suite ships, very high crew-to-passenger ratios and the most comprehensive inclusions in their fares. Even their pricing sits betwe…

Cruise Tips

10 Bucket List Cruises You Absolutely MUST Do Before You Die!

…with families. So, if looking for an adult experience consider adult-only Virgin Voyages, Oceania, or Viking. The season is short running from April to October, fares can get hefty so book early, and excursions fill up fast and are costly. So, make sure you budget for these too. Bucket List Cruises #9: Norwegian Fjords Next on my list is the Norwegian fjords. I have been there six times. I’m often asked, which is better, Alaska or the Norwegian f…

Cunard Queen Victoria: 4 nights cruise May 2008: My Journal

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Cunard Queen Victoria: 4 nights cruise May 2008: My Journal

…ound out later that this was where the Dutch people who were emigrating to America used to sail from. There is a very beautiful building which used to be the Holland America Line headquarters but is now a hotel called New York. We had breakfast in the room today, having placed and order before bed. It was great, though the Queens Grill restaurant is so beautiful and the service so good we also missed out on that. Once the ship had docked we got of…

Genoa

Genoa Italy. City of Rich Maritime, Cruising & Ship Building Heritage

…nish Crown that funded his expedition that is attributed with “discovering America”. It is argued that a he was not the first European to go to the Americas, and that the Norse explorer called Leif Ericson had got there before him. Columbus set sail in 1492 with 3 ships (Santa Maria, Pinta and Nina) sailing in the opposite direction to the accepted route, in order to find a new route to Asia. Most thought he would fall off the end of the Earth, as…

Cruise Ship / MSC / MSC Divina / transportation

Tips for Travellers for getting the most out of cruising on MSC Divina

…d MSC Cruise ships. However, they realized by bringing the ship into North America permanently that they needed to tailor it more to the North American consumer because it’s likely the ships will be mostly filled with these passengers. They have made a number of changes including: The dominant use of English except for emergency drills and messages. Recruited a Cruise Director to join the MSC Divina with many years of experience on developing prog…

Cruise Ship / MSC

Who is MSC Cruises Best For – and Why?

…of the passengers are likely to be Italians, French and Spanish, in South America Brazilian and in South Africa the locals. Summary Ideal for: Families with young children looking for a good value vacation with a traditional resort-like atmosphere, food and entertainment, rather than added features, that caters for and understands the needs of parents and children. Probably not ideal for: Couples or solo travellers looking for a quiet sophisticat…

Cruise Ship / MSC

MSC Cruises Tips: My Observations, Review and Top Cruising Advice

…nal and long-established cruise lines like Cunard, P&O Cruises and Holland America, I noticed much less grey haired passengers on board. The line predominantly attracts families with children, ranging from infants through to teenagers, young couples and groups of young friends. The older people on board seemed to be travelling as part of an extended multi-generational family group than alone. Cruising is seen as an attractive alternative to land-b…

Panama Canal

Cunard

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

…. Cutting the journey by 20 days passing around the hazardous tip of South America. It opened in 1914, but not before much loss of life and financial and political intrigue. There was a disastrous attempt by the French in the 1880s led by the man that had delivered the Suez Canal (Ferdinand de Lessops). This caused the death of 20,000 from tropical diseases and accidents and finally ended in what was the largest financial crash in 1889. The leader…

Dog Sledding on Norris Glacier Juneau

Alaska / USA

Dog Sledding Alaska. See Why It Is One Of My All-time Best Travel Experiences!

…ts over $640 per person. But it was, for me anyway, worth this unique experience and I will cherish it as one of my best travel moments ever For more on my experiences on the cruise: https://www.tipsfortravellers.com/holland-america-alaska Note: I travelled as a guest of Holland America on their 7-night Alaska Inside Passage cruise on the Niuew Amsterdam. I paid for this excursion myself and was not covered by the cruise line. SaveSave SaveSave…

9 best things to do on an Alaska Cruise

Alaska

Alaska Cruise Tips – 9 Best Things To Do In The Inside Passage (video)

…look at Cruise Direct: click here Note: I travelled as a guest of Holland America on a 7-night Alaska Inside passage cruise on board the Nieuw Amsterdam. For more about the trip and other content visit Holland America Alaska Tips For Travellers Page Follow Tips For Travellers: Follow Tips For Travellers on: YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Sign up for the monthly newsletter. includes a free eBook to download every month. Never…

Seabourn Cruises Tips https://youtu.be/bHE0UZFGVxY

Seabourn

Seabourn Cruise Tips: 4 Things You Need To Know Before Cruising

…, so you’ll find a lot of the quizzes and the way things are done is quite American and you’ll normally find a majority of people from North America. Evolution I’ve travelled on Seabourn a lot over the years, and I’ve noticed that it is evolving. On my most recent this cruise for example (in October 2019) there were probably about 50% or 60% from North America (USA and Canada). A sizeable number of passengers were also from the UK, Australia and N…