When "awards" are given in the cruise business, just like in any other business, they have to be taken with a grain of salt water. Voting being voting, it's always subjective because the results are based on opinions from people who are unlikely to have been on more than one or perhaps two of… Continue reading Cruise Awards: Oceania Big in UK
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Fly Free to Your Cruise…for Life???
Our son was telling us the other day that when people use capital letters on the Internet, it means they're shouting. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? This comes to mind because of an ebook we heard about which "teaches you how to save money on any cruise." Hmmm…stay out of the casino? It's a discounts book written… Continue reading Fly Free to Your Cruise…for Life???
Breakaway's Breakout in Papenburg
Cruise lines often count down the days until a new ship is launched. When the countdown starts is always subjective. For the Norwegian Breakaway, it started yesterday. That's when the people other than shipbuilders in Papenburg, Germany first had a look at the latest of cruise ships, to be the new flagship in a… Continue reading Breakaway's Breakout in Papenburg
Putting Perspective on the Triumph
It has been our experience that people get some kind of charge out of having an opportunity to take shots at Starbucks, Disney, Apple and cruising. The connection linking these four giants of industry is that they are perceived to be the domains of people of wealth, and every chance you get to make fun… Continue reading Putting Perspective on the Triumph
Jewels of cruising on a Crown Princess
Ten things we liked about the Crown Princess, the ship that in seven days carried us to three Western Caribbean ports from Galveston, in no particular order: The Ultimate Ship Tour Usually, tours of the innards of a ship are a one-time experience because a galley is a galley, a print shop is a print… Continue reading Jewels of cruising on a Crown Princess