having heard my mum going on about going on a cruises, we took the plunge and went on a taster cruise and was really impressed with the whole thing, we didn't enjoy the coach ride up to Newcastle but embarking the ship getting to cabin made up for it. Myself and my 12 year old daughter haven't been cruising before so we took to exploring the ship and yes I got lost but had fun trying to get back ...

We've just returned from the Fjord-land Splendour aboard the Thomson Spirit and had a good time. The weather was glorious, hitting 31C on one of the days so that helped. We sailed from Newcastle which was an absolute breeze, except for the half an hour queueing to drop off our luggage. Our son is a wheelchair user and so we were fast tracked through passport control by very helpful staff who ...

Having cruised with Thomson before on two occasions albeit many years ago on the Emerald, we have since cruised with other much larger companies and to be honest, we were not sure if we were making a mistake going back over. As it turned out e could not have been more wrong. We live in North Tyneside so to be able to leave home and be at the dock side in under fifteen minutes was a real bonus. ...