This is quite the woman. She has crossed the Atlantic Ocean 200 times. She has served 8.4 million cups of tea, 980,000 scones and 644,000 eggs. She has logged more than half a million miles yet looks pretty much the same as she did nine years ago. I'd say this was my wife — who… Continue reading Still Looking Young After 200 Trips
Tag: Cruise ships
MacGregor's Crane a Delayed Reaction
In April, Royal Caribbean unveiled the first of its next generation of ships, the impressive Quantum of the Seas, in a splashy news conference in New York City. The attraction that captivated the audience was the North Star, a pod that will take passengers up and out over the side of the ship. If Quantum… Continue reading MacGregor's Crane a Delayed Reaction
Carnival Playing the New Orleans Tune
Carnival is going to make its presence stronger in New Orleans and if there's a better fit for that, we don't know what it is. Carnival…Mardi Gras…get it? The world's largest cruise line currently has two ships in the Big Easy, as they call it, the Elation and the Conquest. Total passenger count per… Continue reading Carnival Playing the New Orleans Tune
It's a ship's life out there
Sometimes cruise ships can be like convicts. They have a lot of aliases. It's not criminal for ships to undergo name changes, although sometimes it might seem criminal for a great old ship to become known as something else, and something else… Like the Song Of Norway. One of the people we encountered told us… Continue reading It's a ship's life out there
Cruise Cost…Above and Beyond
This one's especially for first-time cruisers, the people who always ask someone like us how much the cruise will cost over and above the fare. The answer: "As much as you want." If that sounds like a cop-out, it's not. The so-called hidden costs of cruising are almost all a matter of choice. The two… Continue reading Cruise Cost…Above and Beyond