Do you celebrate – or at least plan? Christmas in July? Less than half a year away, the holidays will be here before we know it. Personally, nothing gets me more into the spirit of the season than a Christmas market river cruise – and nothing makes anyone happier than a good deal!

Well, you can deck the halls with some of the deals cruise lines are offering for their own Christmas in July offers: there are a couple of days left to take advantage of mid-summer festive offers!

Plus, get my list of do’s and don’ts for a Christmas market river cruise. There are still some available staterooms on this year’s Christmas market river cruises sailing from the end of November right up until Christmas Eve (and some that extend over the holiday season into New Year festivities).

One cruise line offering Christmas market river cruises also has one of the largest ships in Europe… with the most restaurants of any river cruise I’ve been on. For lots of foodies, variety in their cruise cuisine is really the spice of life – and the Riverside Mozart serves it up.

In the video, you’ll find out just how many restaurants there are on board this one-of-a-kind river cruise ship on the Danube.

And we'll feature more from our river cruise on the Danube onboard the Riverside Mozart in episodes of World’s Greatest Cruises coming up in Season 3.

One more video preview of our upcoming Season of the program: pure cruise ship voyeurism! Some of the best drone shots of our ‘magic hour’ meeting of sister ships Scenic Eclipse and Emerald Sakara in the stunning French Riviera port of Saint-Tropez. The destination is famous for its legendary people-watching – from this video, we should also add yacht-watching! You’ll see more of our French Riviera cruise on Scenic Eclipse in Season 3.

That's also where the photo of me at the top of this page comes from: picking the famous perfume roses of Grasse in the South of France, another segment from that episode.

So: Merry Christmas in July, and looking forward to sharing more cruise stories and sneak peeks of our latest cruises and upcoming episodes!

Wishing you Fair Winds and Following Seas,