Making Great Memories on Cruises

Taking one of the available cruises from Southampton on a luxury liner is a wonderful experience for anyone. Being treated like royalty from the minute you set foot on board will raise your spirits and make you feel important and appreciated. Your luggage is carried to your cabin for you and all you need to do is start to have fun. Getting all the delights onto a CD is the best thing you can do to make your friends jealous when you get back home. Even if you have no experience making videos, this is not your wedding where you would want professionals making the permanent record of your special day. On Royal Caribbean cruises it is the time to let loose and enjoy whatever hits you at that exact moment so making a hand-held video is all part of it. When you start exploring the boat, take along your camera to make video notes of everything you see and do. And don't forget to add an audio commentary to describe your feelings about what you're seeing. Record your cabin as it looks when you first walk into it and then again after you're settled in. Tape your walk down the passageway as you learn how to get to the promenade deck on P&O cruises. While this is not the most important day of your life, it is also something you will want to capture because the visual and sound recordings of the wonderful moments of your life are valuable.

Along side in Liverpool

"Thank You. Thank You Princess Cruises you may our holiday a memorable one." - Kington, Chalford, Stroud, Gloucestershire on 16th Jun 2009 (Princess Cruises)

Gourmet Dining at Sea

If you have never been on a sea voyage, you probably won't believe the extremely high level of food offered on Celebrity cruises. And for the same reason, your friends and neighbours won't believe it either. Since part of the fun of these kinds of holidays is sharing the pleasure with the folks back home, like all great occasions, you will want to have video proof of the extreme luxury from you benefited. So be sure to record each dining venue of the ship since there will be many. Some are casual where you can sit in your shorts and polo shirt, while others are more formal where everyone wears a jacket or a fancy dress. Cunard cruises has some of the finest food available anywhere in the world. There will be a choice of cuisines from American to Italian to Japanese to Mexican to Indian and much more. And each meal will be like a party meeting new and interesting people at every sitting. Watching the video of your meals with your new friends will remind you of all the fun you had and provide you with hours of entertainment in which you are the host, the star and the audience. Caribbean cruises will lend your video the fantastic ambiance and sumptuous meals but you will provide the enthusiasm which is exactly why, when you are going on an ocean trip, you will always want to have a permanent video memory of the good times you are having.

Aquarium Bar

"As a cruise sceptic i was not sure to expect from our first time experience. Our arrival was easy and we was on board very quickly and first impressions was great." - Good, Exeter on 16th Jun 2009 (MSC Cruises)

Fun and More Fun

Another of the great subjects for video recording on your trip at sea is all the amazing activities available on board. If keeping in shape is important to you, there will be a fully equipped gym on board some Fred Olsen cruises with free weights, exercise machines and cardio machines like elliptical trainers and treadmills. Other boats have Pilates classes, boxing lessons or yoga classes. If you want more of a challenge try a climbing wall or learn to surf. And ask a friend to record it so you can keep a reminder of everything you did. Then get in a game of quoits or shuffleboard on deck in the fresh air or go indoors for a game of squash on the regulation courts. And on MSC cruises ships you have the chance to get into a professionally engineered racing simulator to learn how to drive a Formula 1 car. Can you imagine how envious you friends will be when they see that video? When you're all done exhausting yourself you can take a leisurely dip in the pool, or a Jacuzzi and sauna combination. Then stroll down to the spa for a massage, hot rock therapy and maybe acupuncture, aromatherapy or a seaweed wrap. Some ships even offer Botox therapy for the most hedonistic among us, but maybe some things shouldn't be recorded for your friends to see. That would be like having your professional wedding videographers record your honeymoon night. But everything else should be preserved for posterity.

Artemis docked in Copenhagen

"We had the most wonderful 16 days on the Aurora going to the Eastern Med. with P.O. Our Cabin with balcony was lovely, our steward was very good." - Turner, Kedington on 16th Jun 2009 (P&O Cruises)

Spectacular Night Life

After all your day's amusing and somewhat strenuous activities on board, several delicious gourmet meals and probably a few much needed naps, it will be time for you to take advantage of the Las Vegas style shows that are presented most nights on board the NCL cruises. There might be musical revues, magic shows and individual performances by very talented singers and fantastic professional dance groups. You will also have the opportunity to put on your party clothes and get crazy in the shipboard nightclubs where you can dance all night to either live bands or a DJ bathed in the latest technology of lights and sound. When you need to rest and want to sit down for awhile you can go into the on-board casino to try your luck against the house. Try roulette, craps or blackjack and you might end up the big winner. Who knows, you might pay for the whole vacation with your winnings. There are full bars and drinks service almost everywhere on Princess cruises in the evening hours so you can have you favourite cocktail brought to your seat whether you're watching a show, dancing or gambling. Some nights there are interactive events and goings-on in which the passengers are cordially invited to participate, so you will want to make a video record of this too since you will probably not remember everything about the big party nights on board. There are no closing times and it's a short walk home on an ocean liner.

Another show on board

"I went on an excursion in every port with the highlight being St Petersburg - a very friendly ship with excellent Filipino staff." - Humphrey, Leicester on 16th Jun 2009 (Fred. Olsen Cruises)