When childhood is such a distant memory, you tend to lose touch with reality. That many years ago, Nick Tunes would have been a gangster from Brooklyn, or somewhere. Calling me Sponge Bob might have insulted my boyhood and led to a scrap. It would never have occurred to anyone to have banana pancakes, let… Continue reading Breakfast Epic With The Little People
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Time, Tips Important in Cozumel
COZUMEL, Mexico — This might be the hottest cruising port in the Caribbean, and it has nothing to do with the temperature. Everybody comes to Cozumel. This week alone, 20 cruise ships stopped at this island off the Yucatan Peninsula. By Christmas, that number will be up to 29. When Carnival’s Ecstasy (above) arrived, with… Continue reading Time, Tips Important in Cozumel
Norwegian stepping up to the plate
We’d been gone a long time. Too long. Nobody who enjoys cruise ships as much as we do should ever have gone years between cruises, and we did. Norwegian brought us back. Two words was all it took to get us back on board — freestyle dining. NCL calls it Freestyle Cruising now (the capitals,… Continue reading Norwegian stepping up to the plate
The Making of an 'Epic' Change of Mind
News item: Three “new” legends are appearing for the first time this week on the Norwegian Epic. I used to have a pretty jaded opinion about people impersonating famous people. Who did they think they were, trying make a buck imitating an entertainer with oodles more talent, singing their songs? Wasn’t this just another form… Continue reading The Making of an 'Epic' Change of Mind
NCL, Nickelodeon and…it's Slime Time!
Where else but in the cruise world would a 44-year-old and a 31-year-old propose that you and your family go and get slimed, just for the fun of it? It’s happened. The 44-year-old is Norwegian Cruise Lines. The 31-year-old is Nickelodeon, and shame on you (us) if we didn’t know Nickelodeon has been around for… Continue reading NCL, Nickelodeon and…it's Slime Time!