Our friends know us as winers, as opposed to whiners, so we were just the people Celebrity was looking for when we went cruising on the Millennium. Starting November 1, by the way, Millennium and every Celebrity ship but the Expedition (it kind of lives in its own world going back and forth to the… Continue reading Grapes on the Seas a Celebrity Specialty
Tag: Cruise ships
A Panama Canal Voyage's Missing Link
On our trip through the Panama Canal in April (see old blogs), our singular regret was that we weren’t able to disembark in the country that hosts the Canal. Our daughter and son-in-law had spent some time in Panama and, while we sometimes have — what shall we say? — different tastes when it comes… Continue reading A Panama Canal Voyage's Missing Link
Growth of the Titanic Cruise Story
There we were yesterday morning, watching CNN over the foam of a morning cappuccino, when on comes a story about a cruise going to where the Titanic sank in 1912. As the day wore on, the story gathered momentum in virtually all media outlets, and so did the inevitable good-or-bad-idea debate. Now we’re not in… Continue reading Growth of the Titanic Cruise Story
Quite a Hoot for Oasis of the Seas
News item: An owl is discovered on board the Oasis of the Seas, parked near the artificial grass of the golf course on an upper deck. The burrowing owl was captured by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, removed from the ship and released into the wild. We’ve had a burrowing owl in our… Continue reading Quite a Hoot for Oasis of the Seas
Ship Living an Option for Some Seniors
Watching aged relatives and friends wind down their final years in some type of assisted-living facility can be painful, and thought-provoking. Like, how do I want to spend my final years or months, to the extent that I have a choice? And the quickest way to turn that macabre subject into something lighter is to… Continue reading Ship Living an Option for Some Seniors