Making Amends For Dynamic Dining

Has anybody ever given you $100 just for having gone on a cruise ship? A thank-you for your comments, however critical they may have been? A thank-you even if you didn’t make any comments? That’s what Royal Caribbean is doing. Anybody who sailed on Quantum of the Seas, which will be six months old in… Continue reading Making Amends For Dynamic Dining

Panama Canal A Place To Grow!

Once again this week, we became advocates for taking a Panama Canal cruise, as we have been since our inaugural cruise across the Isthmus of Panama in 2010. This time, it was reassuring friends who leave on a Panama Canal cruise today that they would never regret it. On our trip, construction was underway for… Continue reading Panama Canal A Place To Grow!

Carnival Tunes In Top Vocal Group

  Come Sunday night, a lot of us will be watching the Academy of Country Music Awards because, well, we like them. Also because it always seems to be more about the music than the awards. Enter Carnival. The world’s biggest cruise line is writing a huge success story with its Carnival Live series, in… Continue reading Carnival Tunes In Top Vocal Group

Corsica Education From The Diadema

AJACCIO, Corsica — The Costa Diadema is responsible for educating. A vehicle of learning. This newest ship in the Costa Cruises fleet of 15 regularly drops passengers off for a day in Ajaccio, a pretty town on the island of Corsica. That’s where the education starts? Among the things we didn’t know until getting off… Continue reading Corsica Education From The Diadema

What Price For Ship’s Room Service?

News item: Norwegian to charge up to $7.95 (per order, not per person) for room service, while providing an enhanced menu on two ships. Hmm. Is this a glass half-empty or half-full? Will passengers feel it’s another example of being nickeled-and-dimed, or will they happily pay for the convenience of having freshly cooked eggs for breakfast?… Continue reading What Price For Ship’s Room Service?