Cruising with Matthew

Woohoo! Super excited to say I've uploaded my Dining Tour for Ambassador's Ambition onto YouTube ❤️ Really hope you enjoy it 🚢⚓️🛳 #Ambition #AmbassadorCruiseLine #Food #Cruise #CruiseShip youtu.be/zeabZy_4Y2s

Costa Toscana and Sapphire Princess docked in Genoa 🛳⚓️🚢 📸 - March 2026 🇮🇹 #sapphireprincess #princesscruises #CostaCruises #CostaToscana #Genoa

Mount Vesuvius looming in the background during a walk around Sapphire Princess' top decks last week 🚢⚓️🛳 📸 - Naples, March 2026 🇮🇹 #princesscruises #sapphireprincess #naples #cruise #cruiseblogger

Sapphire Princess anchored in the Bay of Kotor during a speedboat tour last week ❤️🚢 Who else loves spotting your ship from the water 🤔 #sapphireprincess #princesscruises #kotor #cruise #cruiseblogger

@madoron350_unpo Glad its not taking that long then 😂❤️

@MatthewCruises 外尾悦郎氏が設計図を作成してないと、完成まであと450年かかったらしいですよ。

As we have some time before embarkation, we just had to see the Sagrada Familia ⛪️🇪🇸 Whilst we didn't have time to go inside, it was so cool to see how the construction is going since we last visited in January 2024! #Barcelona #SagradaFamilia

@DarbyshireAdele @PrincessCruises Great photo!

@MatthewCruises @PrincessCruises Me too !

Sapphire Princess looking stunning in Corfu today 🚢⚓️🛳 Always love it when you can get some bow views of the ship you're on ❤️ #princesscruises #sapphireprincess #Corfu #cruise #cruiseblogger

@JamieBarry66 @PrincessCruises @PrincessUKmedia You'll have a fantastic time! Enjoy embarking today ❤️

@MatthewCruises @PrincessCruises @PrincessUKmedia Good to know. We are onboard next week. I find that some of the older ships in the fleet have a certain charm.

Looking good Sapphire Princess! We're nearly at the halfway point of our cruise and we've been so impressed with everything onboard 🚢 Granted she is an older ship, but there's tonnes of space, plenty of options and super friendly crew ❤️ #sapphireprincess #princesscruises

@PrincessCruises @PrincessUKmedia We've absolutely loved it! Didn't want to get off!

@MatthewCruises @PrincessUKmedia We're glad you're loving your adventure so far, Matthew! 💙 ⚓

@bollingerbabe1 @PrincessCruises @PrincessUKmedia Us too to be honest! Much more space we've found

@MatthewCruises @PrincessCruises @PrincessUKmedia We prefer older ships so she sounds ideal! ❤️⚓️

@bollingerbabe1 @Azamara High praise indeed! Definitely got our eye out for a cruise with them

@MatthewCruises @Azamara Azamara are amazing! We've cruised on all 4 of their ships. And have another 2 booked. ❤️⚓️

Another unexpected highlight in Gibraltar was seeing Azamara Journey in drydock! Definitely a line we'd love to try in the future ❤️ #Azamara #AzamaraJourney #DryDock

@angelalhorton @PrincessCruises @PrincessUKmedia So glad to hear!

@MatthewCruises @PrincessCruises @PrincessUKmedia Have fun! I enjoyed my 14 night cruise on Sapphire Princess back in 2019.

We're onboard Sapphire Princess! Really enjoying this more traditional Princess ship and really looking forward to exploring the ship to it's fullest over the next two weeks 🛳⚓️🚢 #PrincessCruises #sapphireprincess #ILoveThis #cruise #cruiseblogger

@bollingerbabe1 @PrincessCruises Great to hear! Yeah I don't mind them all that much to be honest!

@MatthewCruises @PrincessCruises We had an obstructed view cabin on the Azamara Onward last month, but it wasn't too bad at all; we still had daylight & a reasonable view.

Here's our Obstructed Outside Cabin onboard Sapphire Princess! Feels really warm and cosy with plenty of space ❤️ Not a massive fan of the shower curtain but I'll survive 😂 Our view is still quite good though, so we're really happy with this cabin 🚢⚓️🛳 #PrincessCruises

@onpassage @PrincessCruises Hahaha yay 😂😂

@MatthewCruises @PrincessCruises The elegant Queen Victoria Britannia Staterooms have shower curtains so you’re in good company!

@DarbyshireAdele @PrincessCruises Exactly ❤️

@MatthewCruises @PrincessCruises That’s.what I always say - hey I’m on holiday I can put up with a shower curtain !

@DarbyshireAdele @PrincessCruises @PrincessUKmedia We've been super impressed!

@MatthewCruises @PrincessCruises @PrincessUKmedia It’s a lovely ship really enjoyed our cruise on it

@madoron350_unpo Yes very soon! This year I believe

@MatthewCruises もうすぐ完成ですね。

@RealClayClayton @cunardline Aw love it!

@MatthewCruises @cunardline Yep!

The stunning forward superstructure of Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 🚢⚓️🛳 Such an impressive spot onboard ❤️ 📸 - May 2025 #cunard #QueenMary2 #oceanliner #cruiseblogger #cruise

@RealClayClayton @VikingCruises Amazing! Hope you had a fabulous cruise ❤️

@MatthewCruises @VikingCruises Even more incredible when you’re onboard like we are right now! 😁

Viking Star anchored off Geiranger in July 2024 🛳⚓️🚢 Don't their ships look incredible 😍 #vikingcruises #VikingStar #cruise #cruiseblogger #CruiseShip

@box_david @CelebrityCruise Very lucky with leave! Plus my YouTube helps 🚢

@MatthewCruises @CelebrityCruise You get on all the best cruises Matthew. I can only afford one every 2 years😉! (Just a simple retired seaman..)

Sunset wake views onboard Celebrity Apex 🚢❤️ 📸 - July 2024, North Sea 🌊 #CelebrityApex #celebritycruises #cruise #cruiseblogger #sunset

@KeyoteeDon @CruiseThrillx @PrincessCruises @PrincessUKmedia Couldn't agree more! Such a beautiful sail in

@MatthewCruises @CruiseThrillx @PrincessCruises @PrincessUKmedia I foung Kotor absolutely stunning. The mountains at 7am as the sun is rising were like a painting. My favourite ever sail in and sail away.

Yesterday we were treated to the most incredible sail in to Kotor, Montenegro 🇲🇪 Watching the sun rise over the mountains was breathtaking and certainly has been a highlight of this cruise! #SapphirePrincess #ILoveThis #PrincessCruises #Kotor #Montenegro

The crew however, were the real highlight and couldn't do enough for us ❤️ Plus as Sapphire isn't exactly a mega ship, I loved having the chance to get to know them during our time onboard! We've been super impressed overall and definitely will cruise with Princess again!

Just like that our cruise on Sapphire Princess is over! We loved her spacious venues and open decks, along with her more traditional feel. Whilst an older class of ship, I'd say this was our favourite class of Princess ship so far!