Two years ago in the Mediterranean, we were fortunate to be on the Oceania Riviera for one of its first cruises, with a stop in Barcelona for the christening and official naming ceremony. This is a smallish ship by ocean-going standards — just 1,250 passengers — and, by any objective cruiser's estimation, the Riviera is… Continue reading Oceania Ships Have The Same Look Now
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The Real Difference for a Luxury Cruise?
Last week, we did a blog about Regent Seven Seas, a luxury cruise line that has new entertainment, and it got us thinking about how "luxury" compares to "standard" in the cruise world…and by "standard" we mean the big cruise lines with the biggest ships and biggest passenger loads. So we decided to do as… Continue reading The Real Difference for a Luxury Cruise?
Questions with Victoria's Environmental Change
Photo: Greater Victoria Harbour Authority The people of Victoria, British Columbia's capital city and a regular port for cruise ships going to and from Alaska, are choked. Or maybe that should be "choking." Here, point by point, is why: • The city scrapped plans to install shore power (electrical plug-ins) to improve air quality from… Continue reading Questions with Victoria's Environmental Change
A Quiet Princess Slips into Cruise Waters
If you do Google "Regal Princess" (as we did), you will find that most of the results on the first page are about a ship that "will" make its debut in 2014. Even Wikipedia writes of it in the future tense. So it may surprise you to learn that the Regal Princess is already here…here… Continue reading A Quiet Princess Slips into Cruise Waters
Norwegian's Freestyle Dining 'freestyle?'
In the beginning, Norwegian's strategy of Freestyle Cruising was designed to attract passengers who didn't necessarily want to dine at a predetermined time and who didn't necessarily want to have the same dining partners every night. That would be us. Fast forward. Today, Freestyle Cruising is part of a marketing tool for Norwegian customers who… Continue reading Norwegian's Freestyle Dining 'freestyle?'