ON BOARD THE STAR PRINCESS — Can there be a better wake-up call than sitting on the balcony of a cruise ship with a glacier looming on the outside and a young man from Buenos Aires delivering a four-course breakfast from the inside? If there is, we have yet to experience it. This is the… Continue reading Balcony Breakfast Princess Treat
Category: Ships
Cruise To Nowhere Going Nowhere
Shame on us… For years, anybody who knows anything about cruising was quickly “educated” about The Jones Act. In a nutshell, it’s a rule that forces all cruise ships originating in the U.S. to make at least one stop at an international port. It also forces cruise ships registered in America to employ only U.S.… Continue reading Cruise To Nowhere Going Nowhere
Norwegian, Food And Andy Stuart
Some of us like hot toast. Hot enough to melt better. It happens at home. It rarely, if ever, happens on a cruise ship. The only time we’ve ever experienced it, or at least the closest it has come to being reality, is on the Norwegian Epic and the reason was simple. We were having… Continue reading Norwegian, Food And Andy Stuart
Friday File: Making Of A Cruise Ship
It's rare that most of us get a chance to see a cruise ship under construction, even in pictures. Royal Caribbean's third Oasis Class ship will be Harmony of the Seas, currently being built at the STX Shipyard in France. Below is what it looks like now, precisely one year before it opens for business, in the… Continue reading Friday File: Making Of A Cruise Ship
Carnival Stops Carry-on Drinks
It was in the port of Manta, Ecuador that we saw a fellow passenger buy a family-sized bottle of coke, then empty most of it so he could re-fill it with rum or some other spirit before getting back on the cruise ship. How tacky, we thought. Today, Carnival is being accused of being tacky,… Continue reading Carnival Stops Carry-on Drinks