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Amster-dammit – A New Cruise Controversy

By Simon Veness on 09/01/2019 in Cruise Destinations, Cruise Info, Cruise News

By Simon & Susan Veness There is always a lot of push and shove when it comes to major ports and the cruise lines. It is a two-way tug-of-war that has been going on since Julius Caesar took his cruise fleet across the Channel in 54BC and had a major bust-up with the port authorities […]

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Booking A Cruise, In A Roundabout Way

By Treadwell and Tenny on 28/11/2018 in Caribbean Cruises, Cruise Destinations, Cruise Funnies, Regent Seven Seas

A conversation at Treadwell & Tenny Towers, Sussex, sometime in November 2018 Tenny: Bugger it, Treadwell old girl. Where the hell did you put my glasses this time? I just put them down a moment ago and now they’re gone. Treadwell: *Long suffering* They’re on your head, darling. Tenny: What? Where was that, you say? […]

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The Do’s and Don’ts of Cruising

By Treadwell and Tenny on 23/10/2018 in Cruise Funnies, Cruise Info

Treadwell & Tenny’s Do’s and Don’ts of Cruising It’s a question we never thought we would hear, especially in the snug bar of our local here in deepest Sussex. It’s the kind of thing you might expect on dodgy street corners or the more seedy parts of a Caribbean port. But definitely not in the […]

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Are Cruise Ships Bad For the Environment?

By Simon Veness on 15/10/2018 in Cruise Info, Hurtigruten, P&O Cruises

French company Ponant Cruises was fined $70,000 this week for the unintentional grounding of its ship L’Austral on a sub-Arctic island just off New Zealand in January 2017. The ship’s captain, Regis Daumesnil, was fined an additional $30,000 for his role in the incident. It’s the kind of occurrence that grabs headlines and gets the […]

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Cruise Ships: When is Big TOO Big?

By Simon Veness on 06/09/2018 in Cruise Info, Cunard, P&O Cruises, Seabourn, Silversea

By Simon & Susan Veness We all know that cruise ships have increased in size in the last 20 years or so, dramatically in many cases. Where 100,000 tons was once considered gargantuan, it is now merely ‘mid-size’ to some cruise lines. This point came home loud and clear this week as the busy Meyer […]

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5 New Cruises For 2019

By Simon Veness on 22/08/2018 in Cruise Info, Crystal Cruises, Cunard, Saga Cruises

By Simon & Susan Veness If like us, you already have one eye on next year in sea-going terms, you might like to consider some of the intriguing new options for cruises in 2019, as there are an array of really original voyages on offer. With so many high-quality ships to choose from these days, […]

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South Pacific Cruise Guide

By Simon Veness on 16/08/2018 in Cruise Destinations, Cruise Info

Some call it the ultimate paradise, others merely insist it is heaven on earth. It has attracted authors like James A Michener, and artists like Paul Gauguin. It is more prosaically called the South Pacific, but it is a vast cruise region of true scenic beauty and pristine, natural splendours. The South Seas are typically […]

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Wind Surf Live! Day One: Embarkation in Rome

By Simon Veness on 14/06/2018 in Cruise Info, Cruise News, Cruise Reviews, Windstar Cruises

DAY 1: Embarkation – Civitavecchia (Rome) You absolutely know you are on the right maritime track when your transfer brings you into port and your vessel sticks out from the cruise crowd in the same way that Michaelangelo differs from The Beano. Yes, there were other ships already docked in Civitavecchia, the port for Rome, […]

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Your Pre-Cruise Checklist

By Treadwell and Tenny on 31/05/2018 in Cruise Funnies, Cruise Info, Over The Yardarm

They say anticipation is the greater part of pleasure; that expectations are at least half the fun; anticipation is the very soul of enjoyment. ‘They,’ of course, are wrong. At least when it comes to cruising. Hopelessly, ridiculously, laughably wrong. Anticipating a cruise holiday is certainly wonderful. It means that you have it all booked […]

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