Coolest cruise ship collection.

Having a read on line I came across a feature on cruise ships, and naturally my eye lit up and I did my best meercat impression... Ooh Ooh what's going on here then???

Entitled, 'Worlds coolest cruise ships' I thought it might be about the NCL Epic Ice bar - But no! Its MSN's list of cool ships CLICK HERE to read the feature entirely.

1) Seabourn Quest that launched last June. This ships gets brownie points for the exotic destinations, on board experience and beach seafood barbecue called Caviar in the Surf!


2) Celebrity Silhouette came next - Silhouette's speciality restaurant Quisine serves up quirky dishes from animated iPad menus and a dessert list on a Rubik's cube. This features across the solstice class ships and my personal favourite is the cheese cake - Served in a two tier glass, cheesecake filling in the top with two beautifully buttery shortcakes and underneath strawberry candy floss!! GREAT STUFF..


3) Oceania Marina - For her astonishingly fantastic quisine and swish Canyon Ranch SpaClub that offers thalassotherapy and a heavenly pool area with soft-towelling-encased day beds. Foodies will be in their element at La Reserve by Wine Spectator, which offers wine and food pairings


4) Seven Seas Voyager - A personal favourite of a few of my regular passengers and its easy to see why with all inclusive shore excursions and drinks, but this on made their list for the great choice of cabins.

5) SeaDream - These one makes the list attributed to their superb itineraries and hotter climes are the perfect place to try the Balinese double dream beds, which can be made up at night with luxurious duvets and soft pillows for guests to sleep under the stars. Elsewhere, pre-loaded iPods, Bvlgari products in marble-lined bathrooms and a comprehensive on board water sports marina up the ante.


6) Norwegian Epic - Hardly surprising given the levels of innovative stuff on board - Its the night time entertainment that gets this ship listed, hardly surprising with the like of the Blue Man group and Dinner acrobatic combo.

7) Orion - Expedition cruises, take a trip with this expedition cruise operator for an experience of a lifetime: Take a trip to Borneo accompanied by botanists, marine biologists and cultural experts. Get hands on with Orangutans and other wildlife. If you are of active body & active mind, passengers will enjoy a whole host of destinations that larger ships cannot access, nor bring their guests ashore.


8) Grand Princess - Featured for her multi million Pound make over earlier this year and the new One5 nightclub, with a popular outdoor chill-out area that overlooks the ship's wake as she sails off into the sunset from Southampton.

9) Crystal Serenity - She also had a recent make over - Back in May £15million spent to update and revive her! Super staterooms and sophisticated decor on board win her a place on the list.

10) Star Clippers - For people with a passion for the open waters - the three 'Tall ships' are working sail powered vessel, great for those who like a hands on approach - You can really get involved, but MSN award this place for the 'something different' aspect..Guests can join in with the hoisting or sail one of the small dinghies when anchored in port.




Whats your 'COOLEST' Ship?


Mine would have to be the MSC Splendida - Eight Swaosovski Crystal staircases costing 1.5million Euros each! THATS COOL!

SPECIAL CRUISES FOR YOU...

This month I’ve been asked by a couple of my past passengers to take a cruise and style it to them, this is our company is known as tailor made packages and we have a special lady in our marketing department who builds these packages generically – Not with one specific person in mind, but to appeal to the masses.  At cruise.co.uk we do pride ourselves on the levels of customer service and the amount of repeat business we get – so when our my past passengers ask me for something specific, its feels like im providing a real ‘service’
The package that I’ve done for them is as follows

6 New cruise ships for 2011

I’ve got my fingers crossed that cruise.co.uk get an invite or two for some of these launches, and that I get to go an have a nosey round to give the full low down.

Oceania launches the new ship Luxury liner Marina from the port of Barcelona on January 22nd, Marina is the biggest Oceania ship to date at 66,000 tons!!     

Disney Cruise lines have a new ship the Disney Dream, sailing on 26th January out of Port Canaveral in Florida at 128,000 tons she is offering everything you would expect from a Disney ship with maiden voyage out to Castaway Cay in the Bahamas, something for everyone, as long you’re a Disney lover than is!!

Carnival Cruise lines launch the ship ‘Magic’ on 1st May from Venice, she is the 23rd ship that Carnival own and promises a fantastic ship with all the character of a Carnival ship.

Italian cruise line Costa launch their newest lady to the seas, Favolosa at 114,500 tonnes will leave Venice on 4th July, hopefully with a firework or two to launch in line with Independence day! Superior designs inside offer a children’s water park with Pirate galleon!!

Celebrity Silhouette – the newest ship to the solstice class, sailing on July 23rd out of Hamburg – These ships are a wonderfully designed and Silhouette at 122,000 tonnes is due to be just as glorious as sister ships Eclipse and solstice!

Last but by no means least Yachts of Seabourn are offering up their new ship ‘Quest’ June 20th from Barcelona providing the ultra luxury standard we are used to from their other ships.

So if like so many other your fascinated by new - let me know which of our new ladies take you fancy and we can look at getting you on board.

Have you ever taken the maiden voyage? what did you think? Id love to hear your thoughts!

Garden Exclusive goes all Luxury with Yachts of Seabourn and Alan Titchmarsh

 Having had a few days off, I’ve come back in to find a notification on my deck that Cruise.co.uk are advertising a new exclusive – Our well known and exclusive to Cruise.co.uk ‘Garden Cruises’ are reaching out to a new audience by offering the garden cruise on a luxury liner - Yachts of Seabourn - The Seabourn Pride - It is only fitting that the high end cruise line features the high end gardener as well, we can proudly announce Alan Titchmarsh is due on board as the Garden expert!

I’ve booked many Garden Cruise for our clients and many of you really enjoy the features of the free shore excursions to interesting gardens in various ports of call, but this one really is special with a far east itinerary. Departure from Hong Kong on January 4th 2011 is taking in places like Cai Lan (Hanoi) for Vietnam, cruising the South China Sea to Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam, Ko Kood in Thailand and Disembarking in Bangkok. You will have exclusive access to talks on behind the scenes at Chelsea Flower Show, Question Time with Alan Titchmarsh, photo opportunities, cocktail parties exclusive to our garden guests, quiz fun with Alan and a book signing.