Category: Cruising

Radiance of the Seas from Vaitape
Cruising

The Aussie Guide to Bora Bora by cruise ship

Have you seen the magical island photos with sparkling blue water and relaxing overwater bungalows? Have you ever dreamed of snorkelling in one of the world’s most beautiful lagoons? Perhaps you’ve seen the movie Moana and are desperate to see the Polynesian world that inspired the movie? While Bora Bora and French Polynesia are not … Read more

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How to get better sleep on a cruise ship - Header
Cruising

How to get better sleep onboard a cruise ship

Sleep. Peaceful, relaxing, calm, soothing sleep. Sometimes it can be so elusive, especially when you are trying to sleep on a cruise ship that has so many unfamiliar stimuli. Your stateroom has a different bed to the one you have at home. Maybe it’s firmer, perhaps softer. The ship is going to be rocking, at

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Angelo's Dessert Selection - Panna Cotta, Tiramisu, Pistachio Cannelloni , and a Custard Torte
Cruising

Dining at Angelo’s Italian Restaurant on P&O Cruises

Angelo’s is one of the complimentary dining options aboard most ships in the Australia-based P&O Cruises fleet, and as the name might suggest, the cuisine is Italian-inspired. Most recently, we enjoyed a terrific meal at Angelo’s aboard P&O Pacific Explorer, and for the coeliac sufferers, gluten allergic, or otherwise gluten intolerant; yes, you can have … Read more

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Royal Caribbean Truffle Menu - Vegetable Samosa
Cruising

Royal Caribbean’s Main Dining Room Menu – Truffle Theme

Royal Caribbean’s main dining room menu rotates nightly through an assortment of menus that are shared across their ships, usually coordinated with the ports they are sailing to and the tastes of the main demographics on board the ships. That said, I’ve seen many of the same menus across multiple ships in different ports so … Read more

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Voyager of the Seas docked at Circular Quay Sydney
Cruising

How much money should you budget for each day on a cruise

So, you’ve booked yourself a cruise on a big, beautiful cruise ship. Hopefully, you got yourself an awesome deal (if you haven’t booked one yet, read this blog post for the places I check for cruise deals) and you’ve budgeted out paying off the cost of the cruise, but, how much should you allocate for

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All the desserts at Dragon Lady on Pacific Explorer
Cruising

Dining at Dragon Lady on P&O Cruises

The Dragon Lady is one of the complimentary speciality dining options onboard P&O Australia’s entire fleet of cruise ships. It is an inspired ala carte dining option with dishes from all over Asia including Japan, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and India. Most recently, we’ve eaten here onboard P&O Pacific Explorer, and it is arguably some

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Cruising

Making Cruise History in Eden on P&O Pacific Explorer

Today was an exciting day for us. When we booked a short 3-night cruise from Sydney onboard P&O’s Pacific Explorer with a stop for a day in Eden, NSW, we had no idea how special the day was not just for the town of Eden, but also for Pacific Explorer. Our itinerary said Eden was

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