This category relates to travel, ship visits and our daily activities when on holiday
#ad Princess Cruises Majestic Princess arrived at the QEII terminal in Southampton on Friday 18 July, marking her Maiden Call in the UK. As part of the celebrations members of CLIA Europe Choose Cruise were invited on board for a few short hours to have a look around. Majestic Princess will home port in the […]
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#Ad Regent Seven Seas Grandeur called in to Southampton in July 2025. Through our CLIA Choose Cruise membership a limited number of vloggers were able to visit the ship. Other vloggers joining us were: Cruising with Matthew, Cruise Mummy, Cruising with the 4Bs and ShipFaced We arrived at the terminal to be met by our
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What do Admiral Horatio Nelson, Charles Darwin (and some astronauts) have in common? Well, like so many others they suffered with seasickness or motion sickness. Fortunately today’s cruise ships are designed quite differently to vessels of yester-year. Stabilisers are often built in to give a smoother ride in rough weather. We have taken 60 cruises
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This blog gives a glimpse into Our Experience on a Group Cruise with Paul & Carole Love to Travel. Some 170 cruise enthusiasts joined Paul & Carole for their first ever Group Cruise aboard Princess Cruises Sky Princess. As we headed off on this 7-day trip to Norway and Denmark, we wondered what was ahead
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We have recently visited Gloucester where we met up with our good friends Paul and Carole of Paul and Carole Love to Travel. The visit was a good excuse to catch up and also to see some more sights in the historic City of Gloucester. The Start of the Day We booked a room for
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This blog is a brief review of a walking tour that we took in Malaga whilst on our most recent visit aboard Fred.Olsen Cruise Lines Borealis. WHY DID WE CHOOSE AN ORGANISED TOUR We have visited Malaga on a number of occasions and tried more than once to go into the Alcazaba. This time we
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This blog is an overview of a walking tour that we took in Lisbon whilst on our most recent visit aboard Fred.Olsen Cruise Lines Borealis. We have visited Lisbon on a number of occasions, taken organised tours and explored on our own. This time we booked a walking tour in the city through Viator. Viator
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“We’ve got a gap in February, can we fit in a cruise” said Lindsey. That’s how this cruise on Fred Olsen Cruises MS Borealis came about! Embarkation day came around quickly after a busy few weeks at home. All of a sudden we were packing and getting us, and our Jack Russell Dax, packed into
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We recently took our first cruise on Cunard Queen Victoria and decided to take a tip from friends and enhance our trip by booking a Private Box Experience in the Royal Court Theatre. Usually Private Boxes in the Royal Court Theatre are available for evening performances on a first come first serve basis. The Royal
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While we were on Cunard Queen Victoria recently we took the opportunity to eat at their speciality dining restaurant, The Verandah. This speciality dining venue has extra charge and is available both for lunchtime and evening meals. The price per person for an evening booking is $58.50 if booked pre-cruise or $65 if booked on
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