It’s painful to pull up to the pump these days, even when you’re driving a cruise ship. The difference between people like us and the cruise lines is that we have no one to pay the fuel increase for us, and cruise companies do. They call it a “fuel surcharge” and if you look at… Continue reading Energy Costs Impact Cruise Prices
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Suggestion when Shopping for Cruises
Here’s another one of those buyer-beware warnings… Who wants to be the middle-aged woman accidentally going on a cruise for cougars (they exist)? Or the pick-your-strict-whatever individual who gets on a cruise ship and finds at least a portion of it is dedicated to nudists (it also happens)? They are called “theme cruises” and they… Continue reading Suggestion when Shopping for Cruises
How Carnival's Old Year Turned Happy
Carnival was due for some good news. In November, the Splendor caught fire off the coast of Mexico/California and, while nobody was hurt, there was a lot of bad press. In December, the Inspiration was caught in high winds and high seas off Tampa, delaying its arrival at its home port in Florida by a… Continue reading How Carnival's Old Year Turned Happy
On the Night Before Christmas…
…there is wrapping to do, and food to be enjoyed, and family time to be savored, and maybe even some 11th-hour shopping. Translation: With little time left for doing a Christmas Eve blog, we’re turning this space over to Alan Fox, whom we’ve never met. He is the Chairman and CEO of Vacations To Go… Continue reading On the Night Before Christmas…
Br-r-r…the Frigid Side of Cruising
The ice and snow you’re looking at in this photo is on a cruise ship. A cruise ship that made a wrong turn perhaps? Don’t they all follow the sun, or at least the warm? The ice and snow you’re looking at in this photo is on a Disney cruise ship. Okay, who said Snow… Continue reading Br-r-r…the Frigid Side of Cruising