The newest ship on the ocean (okay, sea) these days is the Carnival Breeze, currently on its inaugural cruise in Europe, in the Mediterranean en route to Venice. This is the latest in a long line of ships from the world's biggest cruise line and, while it's not necessarily the biggest and the best,… Continue reading Carnival Breeze's Three Island trip
Category: Cruise News
Would the Grandkids Like This Cruise?
So you're having trouble getting the attention of your grandchildren. The eldest is a teenager and has discovered, among other things, girls. The second-eldest thinks grandparents only show up on birthdays and at Christmas, bearing gifts. The youngest is having trouble communicating with you. There's a good reason. She hasn't learned how to talk… Continue reading Would the Grandkids Like This Cruise?
Cruise Ships: Venice Vixens or Victims?
Good luck with this one… Environmentalists are urging Italian super star actress Sophia Loren to abandon ship, and disassociate herself with the MSC Divina, renounce her role as the ship's Godmother, in the name of conserving Venice's fragile ecosystem. And good luck with this one, too… Conservationists under the No Big Ships Venice Committee… Continue reading Cruise Ships: Venice Vixens or Victims?
Grand Princess Starting a Trend?
To put cruise ships in an athletic context, they're like floating free agents. Every city wants one of its own. The economic impact of having a star of the sea around year after year makes the bean counters salivate. It's one thing to have cruise ships stop by with a few thousand tourists from… Continue reading Grand Princess Starting a Trend?
Queens Everywhere Tomorrow in England
Cunard is having a sale, which always makes news, and there are two ways to look at this one… One, royalty's cruise line is so happy about The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations that this week it's almost giving away (relatively speaking) passage on one of its ships — Queen Mary 2. Or two, Cunard… Continue reading Queens Everywhere Tomorrow in England