At the risk of sounding re-dunn-dant, one of the things I like best about cruising is the food. So go ahead and ask me what I think of spending 11 nights on a ship that’s all about The Food Network, when six of them are consecutive how-much-water-is-in-the-Atlantic nights. What’s to think? This cruise, aboard Celebrity’s… Continue reading Oceans of Food on the Silhouette
Tag: Theme cruises
Cruises to Bridge Entertainment Gap
Put these words together. Cruise ship. Bridge. What do you get? A visit to the bridge of a cruise ship, of course. Passengers often get the opportunity as part of a ship’s tour. Lucky passengers sometimes get the chance to be there when a ship is arriving at or leaving a port. It’s an exhilarating… Continue reading Cruises to Bridge Entertainment Gap
Cruising Notes on the Boats
The right price…………………………………………………………………….……$1,545 May 23, August 29, September 5 or 12, 2011: 8 days Ship: A Scenic Tours river ship Departure: Budapest to Nuremberg (or the reverse) Bonus: Price is per person but is a 2-for-1; all shore excursions and all gratuities included Contact: WOW Travel Deals * * * Just in case you didn’t… Continue reading Cruising Notes on the Boats
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
November 4 new date for fans of Elvis
All of us of a certain vintage remember where we were when Elvis Presley died, much in the way those of more recent vintages have embroidered in their memory banks the shock of Michael Jackson’s death and, this week, the joy of the Miracle in the Mine in Chile. (As an aside, one of the… Continue reading November 4 new date for fans of Elvis