Cruise Holidays on the Carnival Breeze

Review: Cruising on the Carnival Breeze

Find out what it’s really like to have a cruise holiday on the Carnival Breeze…

Recently we were lucky enough to be invited by Carnival cruise line, on an exclusive trip to find out what a holiday on the Carnival Breeze is really like. Just like any other guest, we experienced everything that a Carnival cruise ship has to offer, allowing us to expand on our expertise of cruising and impart our knowledge to our customers and others who are thinking of cruising with Carnival. Before we go on, here’s a bit of a spoiler alert… whilst you may think we’re biased (we sell Carnival cruises after all) we genuinely had …

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Princess Cruise Line Chocolate Journeys

Sweet Sailings with Norman Love on Princess Cruise Line

Princess cruise line are expanding their sweet sailings in a partnership with Chef Norman Love – the internationally acclaimed master chocolatier and pastry designer.

The popular chocolate cruise feature from Princess has been extended and and now includes custom-crafted desserts in new venues on each ship in the fleet, as well as unique chocolate pairings with tea for the ultimate culinary experience.

The new range, rolling out fleet-wide in early 2016, comprises:

International Café Treats* – Every day in the International Café a chocolate treat will feature, from milk chocolate mousse, caramel and chocolate flan to peanut butter chocolate tarts and milk chocolate Chantilly éclairs.Horizon Court Breakfast Items– Savoury breakfast items featuring touches of …

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Cirque du Soleil performance

MSC Cruise Line to feature Cirque du Soleil on Meraviglia

The next-generation class of cruise ship from MSC cruise line, Meraviglia, will be host to an industry-first entertainment collaboration with Cirque du Soleil.

Despite the fact that MSC Meraviglia won’t be launching until 2017, there’s certainly a lot of excitement around this next-generation cruise ship. The latest in the string of announcements surrounding the Meraviglia is an exciting industry-first partnership with the prestigious Cirque du Soleil who will be creating new live entertainment shows on the ship.

The Cirque du Soleil shows will take place 6 nights a week during sailings, with two performances a night, giving guests plenty of chances to see these spectacular performances. The shows will take place in …

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Cruise Ship Culinary Collaboration

7 of the Best Culinary Collaborations on Cruise Ships

If you’re feeling hungry then you might want to look away now, because things are about to get tasty…

If you’re a self-declared foodie then you’re going to love what we have in store for you in this blog. We’ll be taking you on a tour of what we think are some of the best culinary collaborations to come aboard major cruise lines, to give cruisers the opportunity to dine on world-class cuisine.

1. Antonio Carluccio, James Martin and Charlie Turnbull on P&O Britannia

The Cookery Club on board P&O Britannia features 12 cooking stations where workshops of up to 24 cruisers at a time can up their culinary …

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Carnival Vista cruise ship

Carnival Vista Shipyard Visit

Our travel writer, Penelope Cruise, recently visited the Carnival Vista in the shipyard – here’s what she had to say about her experience…

It’s not every day you get to pop on a hard hat and head to a shipyard to see a new vessel being built. But last week I found myself in that very position. I was lucky enough to be among a handful of people invited to visit the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy, to see the new Carnival Cruise Line ship in all its glory.

The shipyard itself is like a maze with bits of steel all over the place and hundreds of workers hammering and soldering away.

Carnival …

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The Norwegian Escape Launch

Find out our first impressions of the Norwegian Escape at the launch in Southampton.

It’s been just one week since we were onboard the Norwegian Escape in Southampton… and we miss it already! From the moment we clapped eyes on the colourful, vivid design of Guy Harvey’s artwork emblazoned across the hull of the ship, we were as excited as hoarde of teenage girls meeting Harry Styles for the first time!

We boarded the ship on deck 5 and as we headed toward the back of the ship, we were amazed at how friendly and efficient the staff were. As we passed the Guppies kids club energetic kids club leaders sang, danced and …

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