Norwegian Cruise Line

Smoking on cruise ships

12th June 2018 0

People often ask: Can I smoke on a cruise ship? Once upon a time you could smoke almost anywhere on a cruise ship. Remember movies set in the 1940s and ’50s where elegant passengers taking […]

Lights, action, sequins – shipboard shows sizzle

16th April 2018 0

From Broadway razzmatazz to risque burlesque, cruise shows just keep getting better They say the show must go on and when it comes to entertainment on the high seas, it’s full steam ahead. A night […]

Cruising

Mississippi Cruise – Rolling on the River

One of my favourite cruises In those pre-pandemic days, I used to go on cruises fairly regularly – in fact, I’d notched up 60+ cruises on ships of all shapes and sizes and prize tags. [...]
Australia & NZ

P&O’s Pacific Explorer grabs the headlines!

Ahoy cruise fans! Here’s a story about ships and the re-start of the Australian cruise industry. I know – a bit of a shock mateys. So strap yourself in, or nautically speaking tighten that life [...]
Cruising

Diamond Princess – Northern Asia

Turning Japanese – dare to bare in the bathhouse on Diamond Princess Making promises over dinner and a few wines is OK but when it comes to agreeing to go naked in a Japanese bathhouse, [...]
Cruising

Reefer madness – lazy days on the Great Barrier Reef

Coral Expeditions to the Reef – Endless days of snorkelling bliss, as long as you’re wearing a stinger suit The Great Barrier Reef stretches for 2300 kilometres along the Queensland coast and is, in fact, [...]
Cruising

Ocean Endeavour – Greenland & Canada

Greenland has about 150km of roads and none of them link any two towns. However, it has dozens of fiords and hundreds of waterways, meaning almost everyone has a boat. So the best way for [...]

Caroline Gladstone

Travel Writer - Cruise Specialist - Features - Guidebooks - Editing

Smoking on cruise ships

Lights, action, sequins – shipboard shows sizzle

Mississippi Cruise – Rolling on the River

P&O’s Pacific Explorer grabs the headlines!

Diamond Princess – Northern Asia

Reefer madness – lazy days on the Great Barrier Reef

Ocean Endeavour – Greenland & Canada

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