When the Royal Princess makes its grand entrance next month in Southampton, the ship's horn will play the theme song from The Love Boat…and if you don't know the tune you weren't watching TV in the '70s. Princess calls it "a whimsical decision." Until now, to the best of our knowledge Disney was the only… Continue reading Ships Becoming Sound Specific
Category: Ships
Walk For A Wish a Good Start
Every time we go on a Royal Caribbean cruise, we make a point of participating in the ship's fund raiser for the Make A Wish Foundation. It just seems like the right thing to do and while clearly we are not alone, you have to wonder why more people don't do it. Three days… Continue reading Walk For A Wish a Good Start
Hurricane Victim a Hurricane Victim?
If you're smarter than we are, and bajillions of people are, you might be able to figure out what we're about to tell you. But we can't. It comes from WABC-TV in New York. A woman named Joanne Keating was a victim of Hurricane Sandy, which eliminated her home less than a week before she… Continue reading Hurricane Victim a Hurricane Victim?
And The Ships' Names Will Be…
Windstar announced this week the name of its fourth ship, the first of three the luxury line purchased from Seabourn and scheduled to begin its new life one year from now. It currently sails as Seabourn Pride (right) and next year will become Star Pride (below). Now this is just a wild guess…but when the… Continue reading And The Ships' Names Will Be…
Finding Photos with Face Recognition
One of the staples that comes with cruising is having your picture taken, and having your picture taken, and having your…a photographic Ground Hog Day. Then you go to the photo gallery to see if any of them make you look better than you think you look and, if any do, there's an addition to… Continue reading Finding Photos with Face Recognition