On our calendar, it's 492 days until December 3, 2015. Can you believe there's a cruise that's sold out that far in advance…in fact, even further, because this isn't exactly "breaking news" as they say incessantly on CNN? The Love Boat Cruise is sold out. Billed as the "50th Anniversary Mexican Riviera" cruise, it… Continue reading Princess Finds Big Winner…Again
Category: Cruise News
Freestyle Flashback: What's Up?
Here's an item that strikes at the very heart of our love of cruising. Dinner reservations on Norwegian. As you may have read here before, we came back to cruising because Norwegian was the first cruise line NOT to insist on fixed dining. No traditional times. No identical dining partners, night after night. All of… Continue reading Freestyle Flashback: What's Up?
Cunard A Cruise Line For The Dogs
Many years ago, on a visit to the vet with our brother-in-law and his dog, we noticed a brochure on the counter advertising "pet insurance." We laughed at the prospect of needing such an unnecessary and frivolous expense. In the succeeding years of mounting veterinary bills in both households, the laughing ceased. So it is… Continue reading Cunard A Cruise Line For The Dogs
MSC Medical Innovation First At Sea
As the cost of attending to our aches and pains, and worse, continues to rise t becomes obvious that some sort of online integration makes sense in ways we could never have imagined. How long until the visit to the doctor is online? Telemedicine, it's called. Now it is going to sea. For kids. On… Continue reading MSC Medical Innovation First At Sea
Carnival Live Surprising Performers
This was Day 2 of an 8-day Carnival Freedom cruise and Jim Berra, the line's Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer, was talking about Jennifer Hudson. It's entirely possible that Jim Berra never thought his name would be linked to Jennifer Hudson's, but this was that day. The reason was Carnival Live, the concert series… Continue reading Carnival Live Surprising Performers