It’s entirely possible that Princess now holds the norovirus record. This weekend, the cruise line admitted the number of cases on two of its ships had grown to 499. Saturday, the Crown Princess returned to Fort Lauderdale from the Caribbean with 12% of the people on board suffering from the disease — 364 passengers and… Continue reading Norovirus Sickens Princess
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A Not-So-Super NCL Party
My husband loves cruises and he loves football. On Sunday, he could still get on the Norwegian Epic and watch the Super Bowl with as many as 4,000 other football fans. It is his worst nightmare. Let me tell you tell you something about this football fan, since he is always willing to tell you… Continue reading A Not-So-Super NCL Party
Princess Contest for Shutterbugs
Princess is having a photo contest for passengers, and that means the pressure is on in our household. On her, not me. Because my little shutterbug has 18,772 photos on her laptop (as of late yesterday), a huge percentage of them from cruises, and I just know somewhere in there is a winner. When she… Continue reading Princess Contest for Shutterbugs
Pendulum Swings Up The River
Either there’s been a dip in the advertising by major cruise lines, or it just seems that way. Everybody’s just a little gun shy about promoting cruises when bodies are still being discovered off the shores of Italy. The cruise pendulum continues to swing towards river cruising, and there is no shortage of advertising these… Continue reading Pendulum Swings Up The River
Alaska Cruise Race Heating Up
The first All-Alaska Sweepstakes was over 100 years ago. It was a dog race, not to be confused with Alaska’s famous Iditarod. Its home is in Nome, a place you probably don’t want to go at this time of year, on the far reaches of west Alaska. The race has been run only 12 times, … Continue reading Alaska Cruise Race Heating Up