Author Archive: Simon Veness
It’s ‘New Ship’ Season
The New Year frequently ushers in multiple stories about new ships for the months ahead and, more recently, a raft of ship orders for the future. It’s a great time to be a shipyard, as well as a cruise passenger … Read more…
Amster-dammit – A New Cruise Controversy
By Simon & Susan Veness There is always a lot of push and shove when it comes to major ports and cruise lines. It is a two-way tug-of-war that has been going on since Julius Caesar took his cruise … Read more…
Top 10 Cruise Questions
By Simon & Susan Veness Whenever we delve into what we laughingly call our Mailbag these days (when we really mean our email, blog Comments and random queries that are directed towards us on various discussion forums), we invariably have … Read more…
Get Ready For A Cruise-Tastic 2019!
Yes, it’s that time of year already when we’re looking at leftover turkey, stale mince pies, a bottle of cheap wine that we’re never likely to drink (but which our beer-drinking neighbours thought was “nice to look at”), the remains … Read more…
10 Best Mediterranean Cruises for 2019
The Phoenicians invented Mediterranean cruising more than 3,000 years ago, so you’d be forgiven for thinking there can’t be much new in the sphere of Med sailing by now. The fact is, there’s a LOT to look forward to … Read more…
Top 10 European River Cruises for 2019
European river cruising has become big business in the overall scheme of things as far as the cruise world is concerned. Make that Big Business. Back in 2000, there were fewer than 150 vessels plying the waters of the Rhine, … Read more…
Are Windstar Getting Bigger? Not Half!
When do two halves make more than a whole? When you cut a cruise ship in half and put it back together again with a whole new ‘middle bit.’ It’s nothing actually new in the technological world of shipyards and … Read more…
Six Cool Themed Cruises For 2019
By Simon & Susan Veness Fashion week. Baseball. Science fiction. Legends of wrestling. 1970s rock music. What do all of these things have in common? You can find each and every one of them on a themed cruise. It used … Read more…
The Evolution of Crystal’s Luxury Style
How do you improve on the six-star style? Seriously, how do you take one of the very best cruise experiences and add to it, enhancing the essence of what it is and what it does? Those were the questions that … Read more…
The Best Time To Cruise the Caribbean (PS: It’s Soon!)
Ready for the winter yet? No, neither are we. Sure, it’s been a pretty mild (and positively clement) October so far, but we know the howling gales, grey skies and icy pavements of the true British midwinter are just … Read more…