The latest norovirus episode on a cruise ship — 172 people ill on the Crown Princess in Los Angeles this weekend — has raised an old story about the U.S. Navy. It’s about how the Navy more or less prevents such outbreaks on its ships. With more than 3,000 sailors and marines on ships, the… Continue reading Norovirus — The Navy’s Solution
Category: Ships
Epic Entertainment’s New Future
For anybody who has ever sailed on her, the “E” in Epic has always stood — unofficially — for “entertainment.” Cruising is an industry that is all about “firsts” but in the big picture — the Epic picture if you will — time dulls the memories of which cruise line or ship first did this… Continue reading Epic Entertainment’s New Future
New Threats To Cruise Passengers
This is one of those stories we don’t want to tell, and shouldn’t have to tell, but there is really no choice. It’s about terrorists. You know how your life has changed when boarding planes, with security personnel checking everything but the dirt under your fingernails? You know how when you’re walking the streets of… Continue reading New Threats To Cruise Passengers
Nov. 11: Remembering Audie Murphy
Yesterday was a day for remembering war vets. In Canada, people wear poppies and attend services, and poppy sales were at an all-time high this year. In the U.S., war heroes are celebrated and the never-ending list of people serving in the Armed Services are saluted. People like Audie Murphy. Who's Audie Murphy? There are… Continue reading Nov. 11: Remembering Audie Murphy
New York: 'Hello, Quantum of the Seas'
It was just over a year ago that the world was “introduced” to Quantum of the Seas in New York. The quotation marks are because what those of us who were in Manhattan that day saw was conceptual. Drawings, artistic conceptions, videos and promises by Royal Caribbean CEO Richard Fain that it would be the most technologically… Continue reading New York: 'Hello, Quantum of the Seas'