Athletes are athletic, educators are educated and cruise directors are…well, characters. It's part of the job description because within any given two-minute span they have to be entertaining, serious, funny, talented, spontaneous, thorough, athletic and fast on their feet, which are sometimes called upon to do the two-step, kick balloons and get them off a… Continue reading Starting With 'Mary Had A Little Lamb'
Category: Reviews
One Writer's Take on Carnival
Today's subject is a link to a newspaper article that appeared in Florida, where the name "Carnival" is kicked around more than in the 49 other states, simply because it is based there. These days, "kicked around" applies to almost every mention of Carnival, anywhere. What you will read if you click on this link… Continue reading One Writer's Take on Carnival
St. Thomas a Caribbean gem
ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands — On this day, there is a traffic jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands. What's a traffic jam in the Virgin Islands? Six cruise ships in port at the same time. Thirty thousand visitors on the roads of St. Thomas or the streets of its capital, Charlotte Amalie. In other words,… Continue reading St. Thomas a Caribbean gem
Helpful Heald The Cruise Director
The world's best-known cruise director is Carnival's John Heald, who gets a kick out of shocking his readers with sometimes crude stories and borderline language, or borderline language and crude stories. And, just like the papparazzi who keep taking and selling private pictures of public people for publication, readers keep going back for more. Sometimes,… Continue reading Helpful Heald The Cruise Director
Explorer of the Seas…Changes
The Explorer of the Seas will be going in for a major refurbishing after Royal Caribbean introduces Quantum of the Seas near the end of 2014. Having been on Explorer of the Seas, we have five unsolicited suggestions on what to change — and five on what not to change — when this beautiful, 13-year-old… Continue reading Explorer of the Seas…Changes