Hi and welcome to episode #27 Of the Cruise & Travel podcast with Paul McAllister. This time we’re taking you inside the new Celebrity River Cruise ships that are going to launch soon. 

Plus Paul has some great deals that are available right now and we’ll check the latest cruise & travel news and hear all about some new ships that are taking to the seas this year and what they’ll have to offer including one that has the longest and hardest to pronounce name for a restaurant. So as you can imagine I’m looking forward to trying to pronounce that.

This time we’re talking about the cruise trends passengers are complaining about.

Plus Paul has some great deals that are available right now and we’ll check the latest cruise & travel news and tell you which two cruise ships made the 2026 Time World’s Greatest Places list.

This time we’re talking about 11 mistakes cruisers make when going on a cruise and how to avoid them.

Plus Paul has some great deals that are available right now and we check the latest cruise & travel news and hear how the Middle East crisis is affecting cruise ships, how Celebrity have spend $250 million upgrading Celebrity Solstice that relaunches this week and will head to Australian shores next season. Plus we find out who Disney have appointed as godfather to their newest ship Discovery that sets sail next week.

This episode we tell you all the cruise lines that have ships you can buy a cabin and live on.  

Paul has some great deals that are available right now and we’ll check the latest cruise & travel news and tell you which cruise line has become the first cruise line to be awarded a Five-Star rating from Forbes Travel Guide.

Plus we have news on an epic 128-day cruise that will set sail in 2029 to visit 63 unique destinations all around the world. Which cruise line is it? It's all in this episode of the Cruise & Travel Podcast with Paul McAllister.

This time we’re talking cruise etiquette and we’ll give you a bunch of rules you need to know about.

Plus Paul has some great deals that are available right now - one Is  a 15 night cross Atlantic cruise on Sky Princess 

We will also check the latest cruise & travel news and hear which cruise line has just unveiled a new cabin that will have 2,000 square foot balcony as well as a 2,000 square foot room.... and a guest bath - whatever that is - for guests that get dirty perhaps.

in Episode #22 we’re talking about making the most out of a small bathroom onboard. We'll give you all the tips and tricks.

Paul has some great deals that are available right now.

Plus we check the latest cruise & travel news and hear about two new ships being launched and which line won 7 categories in USA TODAY’s Readers Choice Awards.

This episode we’re talking about lots of cruises heading into or out of Fremantle for all of our WA listeners. Plus Paul has some great deals that are available right now for them.

Our ships of the episode are Sapphire Princess and Grand Princess ………. We’ll tell you all about them and what you’ll find on board them when they head to Australia plus give you a heads up on some prices for the Aussie cruises into or out of Fremantle. 

Plus we’ll check the latest cruise & travel news and hear how many ships got the perfect 100 health score in 2025 and what's involved in achieving a perfect 100.

This episode we’re talking about what ships are launching in 2026

We’re going to chat to 101cruiser Rhui Lacey about the three cruises she’s done this year with Seabourn, Scenic and Oceania and she'll tell us all about those ships and their adventures.

Paul is about to tell you some great deals that are available right now and then we’ll check the latest cruise & travel news and hear about an epic eight month cruise that’s been announce by Oceania in 2027 that will visit 125 ports in 53 countries and we’ll let you know which chip has just won the title of World’s Best Culinary Ship and you might be surprised… so listen in to find out all the details.

This episode we’re talking to Salima and Zaff who we met on board Celebrity Millennium recently. They were staying in the fancy section of the ship called a "Sky Suite" and so we thought it would be nice to chat to them about what that’s like and what perks come with it.

Plus Paul has some great deals that are available right now and we’ll check the latest cruise & travel news and hear how… clever people can be sneaking alcohol on a ship and yet how dumb they can be at the same time. Plus Paul tells you all about the 777X (which btw isn't a porn site).

This episode we’re coming to you live from Celebrity Millennium of the Japanese coastline on a 12 day cruise around the south of Japan. This will be our ship of the episode and we’ll tell you all about what you’ll find on board her. 

Plus Paul has some great deals that are available right now and we’ll check the latest cruise & travel news and hear qantas has taken off into a bold new era and all about Celebrity's new venture into river cruising.