Tuesday 11th January 2011 – Dominica  I woke up to see us approaching Roseau and a Celebrity ship in the berth. That means we were going around the corner to the berth with the ‘tat shed’. Dominica is not on my list of favourite ports but it is a little better when we berth in [...]

Ive been really looking forward to today. I was disappointed not to be able to get a reservation in The Retreat sooner in the cruise. St Kitts isn’t a port that excites me, so I was looking forward to some perfect chillin’. Its a good start, clear blue sky and the sun is out. We [...]

Sunday 9th January 2011 – St Lucia Another day, another Caribbean Island, and today its St Lucia. You cant really beat breakfast on the balcony and its dam good way to start the day. As always seems usual for St Lucia its overcast and showers, but its dry and sunny for the duration of breakfast. [...]

Friday 7th January 2011 Im tempted to skip the first 14 hours of this blog and move on as in many ways they are best forgotten. But in many ways the first 14 hrs contained many amusing bits. We were dues to flly out at 9.15am from Birmingham but on Wednesday evening I received a late phone [...]

I cant tell you how much we enjoyed our pre christmas Voyage on Queen Victoria. It was the perfect Christmas break for us. The next best thing to an actual christmas cruise, and in many ways even better than! A five night Christmas Markets voyage, departing and returning to Southampton. We travelled Princess Grill in [...]

It may seem like many moons ago now, but back in September we cruised onboard Celebrity Eclipse from Southampton visiting Vigo, Lisbon, Gibraltar, Barcelona, Palma, Toulon, and Cadiz. Read about my first real cruise experience with Celebrity cruises and a few observations I made along the way.

I was so privileged to be among the invited guests at the Naming Ceremony of Cunard’s latest ship Queen Elizabeth. It was a truly amazing experience from start to finish. We arrived just after 1.00pm and were among the first to check in at Ocean Terminal where Queen Elizabeth was sat basking in the glorious [...]

My grateful thanks to Neil for this wonderful insight into what the fantastic new P&O Azura has to offer. Read Neils thoughts and observations during his recent cruise to Venice and the Central Mediterranean

I have recently had a very enjoyable tour of Azamara Journey and had the most superb lunch onboard. Azamara is rarely in the UK so when I received the invite to go and see her in Liverpool I knew I might not get another chance. Journey was in  the middle of a Round UK cruise which [...]

I would like to thank  Philip Gordon for allowing me to post his recent review of Queen Victoria voyage to the Fjords. Philip is a frequent reader of GoCruisewithJane so Im sure he will be happy to answer any questions that you might have, and I will of course be on hand to respond to [...]