THE RIGHT PRICE…………….$469 September 18: New Orleans return, 7 nights, Carnival Triumph Bonus: free upgrade within cabin type, some discounts for 55+ and past guests Contact: VacationsToGo * * * Here’s one of those right-place-right-time stories… A passenger on Royal Caribbean‘s Oasis of the Seas went into cardiac arrest earlier this year, was resuscitated, taken… Continue reading Notes on the Boats
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Tips on Cabo San Lucas
AT SEA ON THE CELEBRITY MILLENNIUM — One estimate is that more than 400 cruise ships drop anchor in Cabo San Lucas Bay, at the mouth of the Sea of Cortez, in one calendar year. That’s why the pier is probably the cleanest, the least offensive and the friendliest of any that cruisers visit in… Continue reading Tips on Cabo San Lucas
Acapulco Vendors Cruisers' Challenge
ACAPULCO, Mexico — When cruise ships like Celebrity’s Millennium are cleared for disembarking at this aged-but-still pretty Mexican beach resort, passengers have two choices. If you’re booked on one of the ship’s shore excursions, you go left. If you go right, get ready to run the gauntlet of what might be called “off-shore” excursions, those… Continue reading Acapulco Vendors Cruisers' Challenge
Gems on the Shores of Mexico
HUATULCO, Mexico — If we didn’t know what to do as first-time visitors to this little-known hamlet off the Pacific, and we really didn’t, the decision was made for us. Huatulco is known for its church, the Our Lady of Guadelupe, so when it’s 10 to 10 on Sunday and there’s a man on the… Continue reading Gems on the Shores of Mexico