After a relaxing first day and a half at sea, the first port of our Alaskan adventure: Icy Strait, was finally coming into view. As you sail closer to docking, you’re taken aback by the green landscape; the serenity is broken by the sounds of one of the world’s longest zip lines sending adrenaline junkies… Continue reading Port experience: Icy Strait Point
Summer 2025 was the season where we broadened our cruise horizons and took our first sailing outside of Europe as we headed to the final frontier of Alaska onboard Celebrity Solstice. Debuting in 2008, did you know the ship gets its name from the use of solar panels which contribute to her power grid? Embarkation… Continue reading Ship insights: Celebrity Solstice
As with most ports during a Norwegian fjords cruise, there are plenty of options to keep you occupied in Skjolden. Read on to find out what we got up to during our time in this quaint town whilst sailing on Sky Princess. To prepare for our visit we did a lot of research on what… Continue reading Port insights: Skjolden
After an incredible 10 nights onboard Celebrity Constellation we couldn’t wait to share our experience of ‘Connie’. After sailing on Celebrity Beyond for the previous two summers we were slightly apprehensive about boarding an older Celebrity Cruises ship, however as soon as we approached the ship and boarded all our fears were allayed. Even though… Continue reading Ship Insights: Celebrity Constellation
Spending a few days in Venice? Or perhaps your ship is sailing into nearby Trieste, which is just shy of two hours away by car. How can you maximise your time in the City of Bridges? We spent two days in Venice ahead of joining Celebrity Constellation and as we’ve found previously, being nearby the… Continue reading Port Experience: Venice
An idea born at 3am whilst getting ready to head to the airport to, you guessed it, fly to a cruise, has provided some wonderful opportunities that we never thought possible. Why do we do it? Our love for cruising began on our very first voyage back in 2015. Since then we have captured so… Continue reading Five years of For The Love Of Cruise
Up next in our ‘5 reasons’ instalments is the Greek founded cruise line: Celebrity Cruises. Celebrity Cruises was our first ‘non-British’ cruise and we fell in love with them the moment we stepped onboard. Cruising on Beyond for back-to-back summers, we return to Celebrity this July to try out one of their ‘more mature’ ladies:… Continue reading Five things we love about Celebrity Beyond
Having done this cruise in 2019 and 2021, you’d be right to ask, “Why do the exact same itinerary again?” especially on the same ship. There’s one reason why we keep getting drawn to this particular sailing…the fireworks in Funchal, Madeira to bring in the new year are just awe inspiring every time we’ve watched… Continue reading A New Year’s Dream: Marella Explorer
We’ve had Spotify wrapped but what about Cruising Wrapped? Here’s what we’ve been up to whilst cruising this year. Ships sailed on: Celebrity Beyond, Marella Voyager and Marella Explorer. Ports visited: Civitavecchia, Katakolon, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Kotor, Messina, Naples, Livorno, Palma de Mallorca, Olbia, Piombino, Villefranche, Palamós, Santa Cruz, Las Palmas, Arrecife, Peurto del Rossario and… Continue reading For The Love Of Cruise: 2023 Wrapped
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