Biggest isn't always best, but it is always boast, because that's what happens when somebody has the biggest…whatever. They boast. Travelers flocked to the first jumbo jet — can you believe the first 747 flew in 1970? — and cruisers have continually been lured to sail on the ever-changing "biggest" cruise ship. In 2009, Oasis… Continue reading Oasis Huge in More Than Size
Category: Ships
Show Goes on for Quantum of the Seas
NEW YORK — It was sunny yesterday in Lower Manhattan, just like it was on that fateful Tuesday more than 11 years ago, when the landscape of not just Manhattan but the world changed. Yesterday was another sunny Tuesday when nobody in America had much to cheer about, and Royal Caribbean had little choice but… Continue reading Show Goes on for Quantum of the Seas
Princess Special Cruise Line to Brits
Friends of ours were on a Princess cruise ship last year. Before we knew that, we asked which line they'd been on and which ship. They said: "Coral Princess…P and O." It happened that we'd just been on the Coral Princess so we knew, first-hand, that she belonged to Princess Cruises. We politely made the… Continue reading Princess Special Cruise Line to Brits
Sky Day at Sea Sensational?
If you happen to be going on a cruise next week, you will be interested in this. And if you're not going on a cruise, you will be interested in this. Mother Nature is giving us a fireworks show, and it's logical that high on the list of places to watch it will be from… Continue reading Sky Day at Sea Sensational?
Cruise Suits, Sickness and Singapore
Headline: Costa settles for $1.31 million The first reaction to this was something like "Who bought off the Italian judge?" However, on digging deeper (it's called reading further), the settlement over the Costa Concordia accident last year is really a fine that means no criminal charges against the cruise line, ending potential liability with the… Continue reading Cruise Suits, Sickness and Singapore