The Alaska cruise season is underway, so many of you are perhaps packing your bags and your cameras for the adventure. And Alaska is an adventure, one that is almost universally endorsed as a bucket-list item. This week’s essay of photos from our archive will give you an idea of some of the things you… Continue reading Friday file: Open Season On Alaska
Tag: Carnival
Making Amends For Dynamic Dining
Has anybody ever given you $100 just for having gone on a cruise ship? A thank-you for your comments, however critical they may have been? A thank-you even if you didn’t make any comments? That’s what Royal Caribbean is doing. Anybody who sailed on Quantum of the Seas, which will be six months old in… Continue reading Making Amends For Dynamic Dining
Carnival Tunes In Top Vocal Group
Come Sunday night, a lot of us will be watching the Academy of Country Music Awards because, well, we like them. Also because it always seems to be more about the music than the awards. Enter Carnival. The world’s biggest cruise line is writing a huge success story with its Carnival Live series, in… Continue reading Carnival Tunes In Top Vocal Group
Corsica Education From The Diadema
AJACCIO, Corsica — The Costa Diadema is responsible for educating. A vehicle of learning. This newest ship in the Costa Cruises fleet of 15 regularly drops passengers off for a day in Ajaccio, a pretty town on the island of Corsica. That’s where the education starts? Among the things we didn’t know until getting off… Continue reading Corsica Education From The Diadema
Friday file: Cruise Port Entertainers
In many ports, especially in the Caribbean, locals provide entertainment for passengers as they disembark. There’s always a bucket nearby for anybody who wants to make a donation to these buskers by the sea but there is, of course, no obligation — and the reality is they provide a musical preview of their country’s customs.… Continue reading Friday file: Cruise Port Entertainers