Family cruises

A two-day sailing from Southampton gave Cruise Expert Poppy Outram just enough time to put MSC Bellissima on trial. Safe to say the new MSC Cruises ship knocked her socks off – here’s why. MSC Bellissima Waiting to board the brand-new MSC Bellissima in Southampton for her hotly anticipated naming…

Fred. Olsen is not a cruise line that I had thought about sailing on with kids, especially when visiting Norway and the Norwegian Fjords, however we were pleasantly surprised. Read on to hear about our family cruise holiday experience. We chose to sail aboard Balmoral out of Newcastle on a…

Is a cruise really the best family cruise holiday you’ll ever have? Bolsover Cruise Club’s Sam Ward set sail on P&O Cruises Britannia for a week in Spain to find out. A combination of anxiety and excitement kicked in as we drove into the dock gates in Southampton and saw…

The world’s largest cruise ship has arrived and it was music to the ears of Bolsover Cruise Club Marketing Manager, Fran Puddick. Back in May, I got the chance to experience the newest, and record-breaking biggest, ship at sea, Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas. With records and first at…

Independence of the Seas has been a UK favourite since her launch in 2008. And it’s easy to see why: Sail from Southampton? When Royal Caribbean invited us to sail on ‘Indy’ after a multi-million-pound refurbishment, which they’re calling ‘Amplified’, we were keen to see if this would be a…

Hold on tight, you’re in for quite a ride at four theme parks that are all within easy reach of a cruise port. UNIVERSAL ORLANDO RESORT It’s just 45 miles from Port Canaveral and Universal Orlando Resort™ blows everything you think you know about family fun right out of the…

We were lucky enough to spend two nights on Norwegian Bliss as it sailed from Bremerhaven to Southampton. She’s the biggest ship Norwegian Cruise Line has ever built and it only took a couple of hours to realise that Norwegian Bliss is going to be the perfect ship for family…

Family holidays are a great way to escape the busy lives we all lead and enjoying quality time with our children and together as a couple is more important than ever. Daniel Greening took his family on their first cruise holiday aboard P&O Cruises’ Azura for a 14-night Transatlantic adventure…

Prepare to feel old, because today marks TWENTY years since the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Just to put that into perspective, that same year saw the Spice Girls hit number one with ‘Wannabe’ and ‘Titanic’ smash records at the box office. Events are being held all…

There are only two reasons why anyone who doesn’t work nights should ever be awake at 4.00am on a Thursday morning; either you are only just rolling in from a particularly big night on the tiles or you are off to the airport. Having learned my lesson long ago when…