Long before we boarded the Celebrity Eclipse, the first cruise ship with its own iLounge, we were Mac people. How “long before” is two decades, when a brilliant young graphic designer and computer geek named Michael Guy talked us into buying a Mac or two for our desktop publishing business. That’s how our “logical obsession”… Continue reading Celebrity Guests 'eye' Eclipse Lounge
Tag: Transatlantic cruises
Qsine — Eating Like a Celebrity
Despite all that we had read about Qsine, Celebrity’s newest dining experience, we weren’t prepared. We’d read about Disco Shrimp served in a dish with disco lights, strawberries served on actual grass — Strawberry Fields Forever — and dessert menus on Rubik’s cubes. Orders were created on iPads. Frankly, it all sounded rather gimmicky. Nothing… Continue reading Qsine — Eating Like a Celebrity
Atlantic Adventure Underway Tomorrow
As we embark on our inaugural Transatlantic cruise tomorrow, on the Celebrity Eclipse, we have some questions about being in the (for us) unknown waters of the Atlantic Ocean… Like, do we need warm-weather clothes or cold-weather clothes at this time of year in the middle of the ocean? Will there be icebergs? Will we… Continue reading Atlantic Adventure Underway Tomorrow
Oceans of Food on the Silhouette
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
Celebrity Cruising, Discount Prices
Normally, we feature a kind of “deal-of-the-week” on Saturdays to headline our “Notes on the Boats” blog. The deal we found this week can’t wait. It has to be booked by tomorrow (July 30). That doesn’t leave much time — sorry about that — for you to make a decision. But if you’re thinking about… Continue reading Celebrity Cruising, Discount Prices