I am writing this a few days after returning from three and a half weeks away, the first part of which was our very first transatlantic cruise.
We have cruised three times previously with Celebrity and twice with Holland America and this was our first on the Eclipse, in fact the first on a ship that size. Before I get into detail can I say we had the most fantastic time overall and look forward to trying a transatlantic again in the future.
We left Manchester by air at 11.20 on the morning of the cruise – I like flying my wife doesn’t and the approach and landing at Southampton on a smaller FlyBe plane was a touch bumpy but hey one hour Manchester to Southampton, collect luggage in no time and on a coach for the port will do for me!