Five news bulletins from the cruise world…
Charlie Sheen is offering to take all those who applied for a job as his intern on a one-week Royal Caribbean cruise as long as they are under the age of 30, wear bikinis well and are open-minded about open relationships.
Moammar Gadhafi has dipped into his loose change and made an offer to buy Cunard Cruise Line so that he and his wives, girlfriends and/or far-flung family members can take around-the-world-trips in perpetuity.
Sarah Palin and Michael Moore are booked for a theme cruise on Carnival’s appropriately named Fantasy to float their latest theories about everything for an audience of Spanish-speaking chimpanzees from the jungles of Guatemala.
Disney is removing Mickey Mouse and all his memorabilia from the Dream, the Wonder and the Magic, and replacing him with Minnie and all her memorabilia, because it’s her turn.
Norwegian Cruise Line, owned by companies in Malaysia and America, has traded its 44 mostly-Scandinavian captains to Princess Cruises, owned by Brits and Americans, for The Love Boat, Gavin MacLeod and free access to Princess Cays.
Oh, and did we mention today is April 1?