Solo Crusier.. How about The Epic

Only nine day's untill the launch of NCL's brand new Epic!
Opposite is the Ice Bar and the only true Ice Bar sailing the sea's, it will be intersting to find out how long is comfortable to spend time in there? Well later this month I will!!!

River Cruising

I hear the same thing over and over from my clients, 'I have done that iterary' for those of you who have exhausted the ports of call, which in all honesty seem to be the same year after year, unless you can afford the likes of a luxury Cruise that can offer far flung destinations, then why not consider the River Cruise option?

Under age and would like a drink onboard?

I think we all know that the age limit for drinking alcohol in the United States is twenty one...and the same goes for cruising on an American Ship but there are exceptions.

Formal nights on Ships

I'm hearing more and more from some of my clients can escape the formal nights onboard...they avoid it by eating in other area's of the Ship other than the main dining room.

www.cruise.co.uk''s Quiz night!

Tonight after work, most of the staff will be heading off to a local Pub, well actually a function room adjacent to it because we would be spilling out of the doors otherwise!

All in casual and not our usual office wear, we don't look as proffesional as we normally do but if you call you will receive the usual high standard of service so no worries .

Free parking or not Free parking...that is the question?

Have you ever been offered free parking? Have you Cruised many times and not had the free parking offer?

Even as a Cruise consultant I find this on/off offer confusing!

First time Cruisers? go on, dip your toe in the water!

I recently had a conversation with two old school friends, both of them brother's one of who Cruises on a regular basis (the younger one about 42) and the other who always returns to the same Hotel in Eygpt every year, while talking to them it was obvious that the older brother would not try cruising as that was giving in to younger brother and was a little put out when I also pointed out the benifit's... I had betrayed him and we are the same age!

The perfect setting

Well, what a week it's been at http://www.cruise.co.uk/ !

Most of the staff have been working from 7.30am to 7-8pm. The Cruise Sales, being Cunard, P&O and Princess Cruises

Book your 2011 Princess and Cunard cruise today!

What a crazy time of the year for all Cruise agents, with so many people on the pre reg list so they can be the first to book and secure the cabin of their choice.

At 8am this morning Princess cruises Europe will be on sale at 8am (in about 20 mins) the office, at the moment quiet, will turn into a chaotic place to be, I'm in early but don't have one to book! should have checked properly but as the saying goes...better safe than sorry.

At 1pm Cunard club members can book (thats who I came in early for) it will interesting to see how much of these ships book up on sale day.

So if you are up and about and reading this, then hurry book because you might miss the boat!

Call me on 0800 4086102.

The Celebrity Eclipse picks up stranded passengers

tcInaugural celebrations on a brand new £500-million Southampton cruise ship have been put on hold so she could head to Spain to pick up British tourists stranded by air delays caused by volcanic ash.

The 122,000-tonne Celebrity Eclipse is due to leave the city tonight en route to Bilbao.
The luxury vessel was to be in port before a two-day launch cruise starting on Thursday but the crisis caused by the Iceland volcanic eruption changed plans.

The New Azura from P&O

On Friday 9th April a group of us from cruise.co.uk boarded a coach to take us from Redditch (our office base) down to Southampton to join the new Azura and what a lovely site she was with the sun beaming down on her

Where do the old Ship's go when they have had their day?

Have you ever wondered how long a Ship's life is? well in general a long time, much longer than any of us keep a car, unless it's a classic that is

Hey Mr. Postman....where are my Cruise tickets????

Almost gone are the days when we booked our cruise, received our confirmation of deposit , ship, sale date and itnerary, in the meantime we could sit back and wait for our friendly Postman to deliver our 'tangible' cruise ticket

And there is still room for passengers!

Well we really don't put much thought into just how much food has to be loaded on to a Ship for our consumption, read on to get an idea and this is not all of it

A week of storms!

Just as thought I knew all the benefits of cruising I found yet another......

A card from my client

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I had a lovely card from one of my clients, you can have a look by clicking on the link above.
 
It really was a suprise and nice that my client thought to send it to me so thought I would share it with you.
I used to think perhaps they were pointless untill I received this, it made my day!

Ports of Call

Did you know or have you seen the 'Ports of call' section on our main web page.

On here you can look at all ports of call and get information and also see a map of the area.
Please let me know if there is a port you have visited thats not showing and we can add it.
I have spoken to many of my clients who think its great and that have actually seen some of the amazing ports and surrounding area's then went on to look for a cruise that included these destinations.

Do have a look it's very informative, I do when i get a minute...a bit like flicking through a dictionary!

The Fabulous Magnifica!!

On Saturday 27th February, we at cruise.co.uk went to visit  MSC's newest Ship The Magnifica and I think this is a ship with a WOW factor on the inside but i do find that Ships in general don't look that very different from the outside, well the newer ones anyway!

Fancy a dip???

Well if you have ever wondered what the pool area's look like when the ship is sailing on undulating waters, then just have a look at the video, this may even be tame? as I'm sure some of you regular cruiser's could tell me, if you have a tale...please share it with me.

Did you know that most Cruise lines fill their pool's with salt water, which now I've said it, it sounds so obvious! The pool is emptied out at night and a fresh batch (fish not included) is pumped back into the pool while everyone is still sleeping, now how do the not catch one fish, it's filtered!

There are exceptions like Princess Cruise's they like to use fresh water unless you consider distilled sea water not to be fresh. Many ships use this process rather than the filtration process to which you refer. It's about as pure as fresh water can possibly be.

Shops at Sea

What do we buy from the shops onboard? Is what we see what we want? From what I have seen the majority is usually ship logo related or over priced goods that you would never dream of buying on dry land!!!

Romance at Sea

I had a call from a client who wanted to book her Wedding onboard Celebrity Eclipse, I had never booked a Wedding before only Honeymoons.

Facilities onboard Cruise ships for wheelchair passengers is as we know very user friendly but what happens when i comes to tenders? having done alot of reading to figure this out, this is what i found.................

January Blues????

Winter doesn't have to mean dark days and long nights if you get away to winter sun ,cold weather, dark, short days, credit card bills, fading Christmas memories and failed New Year's resolutions can all get us down.

When we should be feeling excited at the prospect of the year ahead, many of us are finding January a struggle. But whether you're suffering from SAD or just fed up now that Christmas is over, we're here to help banish those New Year blues.

Will you swim to your ship????

The one frustrating thing I find at work is when there is no flight availability! Surely there are plenty of aircrafts out there?

Cunard teams up with The Julliard School

I found this rather interesting piece and so thought I would share with you all, well for those of you who didn't know.

Cunard Line, operator of the most famous ocean liners in the world, is pleased to announce a partnership with The Juilliard School that will present stellar jazz performances on select 2010 eastbound Transatlantic Crossings aboard Queen Mary 2. Students and faculty from Juilliard, which has set America’s standard for education in the performing arts, will perform programmes in the ship's Royal Court Theatre, treating guests to the best in classic and contemporary jazz

Royal Caribbean on the big screen

Millions of families visit the cinema on a weekly basis and now Royal Caribbean are planning to advertise during January and March, this being the peak time for cruise bookings.

With the extra interest to a new breed, I suggest you all have to consider the consequences and perhaps plan you cruise's even further ahead.

New Years Resolutions????

Have you made yet another New Years Resolution? I have, mine is to stop being lazy and wasting money on shop bought sandwiches, so here we are, day one, back to work since the New Year and I have made some, will it last YES! do you believe that?What are yours? Let me know via this my blog and lets get a list together of  the funniest!!!