Hey everyone 👋 Firstly, a massive welcome to all the new members who have joined recently… so good to have you here. For anyone new, I’m Katrina, I have done 35+ cruises and this space is all about helping you get more from your cruises, whether that’s tips, planning help, or just learning from other people who love cruising as much as you do. Quick life update… we have officially sold our home in Scotland and are now travelling full-time, and right now I am based in Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾 (for a little while) It is definitely different from cruise life (a bit more thinking involved 😅), but I’m loving it so far. Slower pace, amazing food, and it’s exciting being closer to cruise ports that open up completely new itineraries we have never done before. Cruising is still a huge part of our life, this is just a new chapter alongside it. Would love to get to know you all a bit more, how many cruises have you been on?👇

Hi, we are sailing on legend of the seas in October. We are in room 8212. I believe it’s roughly the same layout as icon. Does anyone have any reviews on this room from being in icon or star? It’s behind the pearl and at the end of the corridor. At the top of stairs that lead to Central Park which we are hoping is not too noisy. Thanks x

I’m sure I seen that you’ve got some sort of gigsky affiliate link, but I can’t seem to find it. I’m just wondering whether you can share it.

Most people naturally lean towards one of these without even thinking about it… I’m really curious to see where everyone lands on this 👇

Let’s breakdown the cost of my 15 night transatlantic cruise on Odyssey of the seas.💰 Because I think this is where a lot of people get stuck with cruises, they see the total price, but not what that actually covers day to day.🛳️ For us, this cruise came to £2,754 in total for an ocean view balcony. That included 15 nights, taxes, port fees and gratuities (we always pay upfront). When you break that down, it works out at £91 per person, per night. And that is for basically everything onboard. We were having three meals a day, grabbing snacks in between, coffees throughout the day (Kevin especially 😅), and never once thinking about where we were going to eat or what anything cost. Breakfast in Two70, lunch wherever we fancied, dinner in the main dining room, it was all there. On top of that, all your entertainment is included as well. Shows like The Book and Showgirls, live music, quizzes, Seaplex, gym, and just being able to use the ship properly throughout the day. We had LOTS of sea days too, so we really got our moneys worth I think.😅 The only extra we paid was WiFi, which was £250 for one device for the full trip. I used GigSky, but even adding that in, it doesn’t massively change the overall cost when you spread it across 15 nights. One thing this cruise did confirm for me though is the balcony. It was nice to have, but we didn’t use it anywhere near as much as expected. The first part of the crossing the weather wasn’t great, and even when it improved, we still spent most of our time out and about on the ship. I think for a balcony it was still a great price, but could have cut the cost more with a different cabin… Curious, does that sound about what you expected, or higher/lower than you thought?👇