Beware Bardarbunga! This warning is for all travelers who might be headed for Europe, and that includes people flying to or returning from cruises. Can you say cruise travel insurance, anyone? This is not a joke. Bardarbunga is the name of the next Icelandic volcano, which has yet to surface. Last weekend, there were 2,600… Continue reading When Iceland makes insurance wise
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The Impact of Frozen and Friends
Frozen cruises. Now there’s an oxymoron. With the exception of adventurous expeditions to the Poles, cruises are generally for warm-weather people. Lie on the deck, swim in the pool, sit in the moonlight on the balcony. None of these things works on a “frozen cruise.” Unless it’s Disney. Everybody knows Frozen, the movie…while we did… Continue reading The Impact of Frozen and Friends
Carnival Heats Up Ice Bucket Challenge
You’ve heard, no doubt, about the Ice Bucket Challenge. How celebrities and non-celebrities are dunking themselves with buckets of ice to raise awareness — and money — to fight ALS, aka Lou Gehrig’s Disease. It’s spreading much faster than the disease. That’s good. The first cruise line to get involved is Carnival. It will surely… Continue reading Carnival Heats Up Ice Bucket Challenge
A Sunken Cunard Ship not called Titanic
For those of us who enjoy being on ocean liners, there’s nothing like an old story about a ship…or a new story about an old ship. Today’s topic: Cunard’s Lusitania. In the realm of ship tragedies, this is something of a forgotten example. For one thing, the Titanic sank first (1914) and anything that’s first… Continue reading A Sunken Cunard Ship not called Titanic
The Astronaut's Grand Turk home
GRAND TURK — Where else would you expect to find John Glenn but standing on a beach in the Caribbean? After all, the famous astronaut-cum-senator has put in his time and deserves to be, at 93, where the sun shines and the fresh ocean breeze makes it feel like paradise. That place is Grand Turk,… Continue reading The Astronaut's Grand Turk home