Travelers who subscribe to Travel Weekly — billed as “The Travel Industry’s Trusted Voice” — may have noticed that cruise lines are experiencing an unexpected drop in fuel prices despite that turmoil in many oil-producing countries. As a result, cruise lines are enjoying better bottom lines. For example, Norwegian is paying less for fuel this… Continue reading The Skinny On Cruise Fuel Surcharges
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Pick 'em: Blue Iguana, Guy's Burgers
Choosing where to eat out is not always easy for us. One of us likes — no, loves — Mexican food. She would have it every day. Every meal. It must have started the day, many moons ago, that her husband said she was his “little chiquita.” She’s even bilingual, sort of, because her Spanish… Continue reading Pick 'em: Blue Iguana, Guy's Burgers
Coral Accident Rocks Carnival
There was a time when, if the world lost some coral reefs to human carelessness, it was greeted with a reaction akin to a shrug of the shoulders and dismissed with “too bad.” As we have become more environmentally aware, and responsible, that has changed. So when a cruise ship (Carnival Magic) accidentally destroys a… Continue reading Coral Accident Rocks Carnival
Time To Check Re-positioning Cruises
September is typically a good time of year to explore re-positioning cruises…either last-minute cruises this fall or the reverse trips that depart next spring. Doesn’t everybody like the price-point that comes with ships that have to get from one part of the world to another? We do. Better bang for your buck…always. However, there’s… Continue reading Time To Check Re-positioning Cruises
Sharpening Culinary Skills At Oceania
It’s more than two years since we experienced cooking at sea (and we lived to write about it) and, at the time, Oceania’s Director of Culinary Enrichment speculated what her upscale cruise line was doing would continue to grow. Kathryn Kelly also said that she believed in five years only Oceania would be teaching customers… Continue reading Sharpening Culinary Skills At Oceania