
Brightly lit in neon red and electric blue, and with searchlights crisscrossing in the night sky, Disney Fantasy made her official debut on New York’s Hudson River
Giving a voice to the cruise passenger

Brightly lit in neon red and electric blue, and with searchlights crisscrossing in the night sky, Disney Fantasy made her official debut on New York’s Hudson River

My feet hurt. I’ve only been on Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 for about three hours and I think I’ve walked a marathon course just having a quick look around.

Once upon a time (about 35 years ago), a shipload of explorers set a course for adventure, their minds on a new romance, as the opening song goes.

Last night was my last on the ship, and very convivial it was too; drinks at the Observation Lounge on Deck 11 followed by yet another excellent dinner at Compass Rose with Julie and Joanne, my Voyager friends from San Antonio, Texas. A few farewell libations at the Connoisseur Club and then it was off [...]

Voyager pulled into the large natural harbour of Akaroa early in the morning. Its name in Maori means ‘Long Harbour’ and it’s the oldest colonial town in the South Island

Our first land stop after Hobart and five days at sea was Timaru, a major port in the south Canterbury region of the South Island of NZ

The calm after the storm: highlights of this, my fifth day at sea, were all about food, future shore excursions, food, entertainment, and food and top-quality wines.

‘Scenic sailing’ in Milford Sound was on the menu today, and indeed we were treated to the sight of magnificent rock faces and waterfalls looming through the mist.
Our trip to Delta Park at Veere, home of one of the engineering wonders of the world that I had seen on the popular TV show Megastructures, was inspiring.
After visiting the windmills of Kinderdijk we returned to Avalon Luminary for lunch.
On boarding Avalon Luminary we were welcomed by the captain and crew then offered cocktails.