At last count, Seuss at Sea was on 20 (and soon to be 22) of Carnival’s 24 ships, so it’s safe to assume the cruise line wouldn’t make that big an investment unless it knew what a hit it would be. And so it is, among the kids who participate and the parents who can… Continue reading Friday File: Carnival’s Hit Seuss At Sea
Category: People
Friday File: Women Of The Sea
This week, Kate McCue was chosen to become the first American woman to captain a cruise ship for one of the mainstream lines. Next month, she’ll slide behind the wheel (or joystick) of the Celebrity Summit to break yet another gender barrier. That is the ultimate position for a woman on a cruise ship, of… Continue reading Friday File: Women Of The Sea
Captain McCue, First For U.S. Women
Next month, Kate McCue will become Captain Kate McCue, the first U.S. woman to be the “master” of a major cruise ship. She’ll have climbed to the top of that “mountain” when she guides the Summit…Celebrity’s 14-year-old ship of the same name. The 37-year-old McCue will not be the first female cruise-ship captain (Sweden’s Karin… Continue reading Captain McCue, First For U.S. Women
The Death Of A Sea Salesman
The Orator of the Seas is silent. John Maxtone-Graham, who entertained cruisers with ship stories on whatever line would hire him, died of old age last week. He was 85. We met him once, on the Celebrity Eclipse. It was both our good fortuneand our misfortune … to have met him at all, and to… Continue reading The Death Of A Sea Salesman
Adults Only On A Cruise Ship?
We probably should have known there was something politically incorrect about the cruise line known as Fred.Olsen when it put a period where most of us would put a space…okay, so it’s at least grammatically incorrect. It’s not like it’s being used to separate http and www. Now there is more evidence that this little-known,… Continue reading Adults Only On A Cruise Ship?