Earlier this month, a cruise passenger died when his kayak overturned on a shore excursion on Mendenhall Lake in Alaska. He was a passenger on Rhapsody of the Seas, but it was not a Royal Caribbean shore excursion. It was a private excursion…in fact, the Texas man and his friends rented the kayaks on their… Continue reading Two Shore Excursions, Two Accidents
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Fireworks on Deck at Disney
It's on days like today that Disney can be happy it's Disney. No other cruise line is able to have fireworks displays at sea, and today is the Fourth of July, if you hadn't noticed. Disney Cruise Line wanted — and received — permission for fireworks to tie in with its Pirate Night, a… Continue reading Fireworks on Deck at Disney
Grand Princess Starting a Trend?
To put cruise ships in an athletic context, they're like floating free agents. Every city wants one of its own. The economic impact of having a star of the sea around year after year makes the bean counters salivate. It's one thing to have cruise ships stop by with a few thousand tourists from… Continue reading Grand Princess Starting a Trend?
A Bit of the Big Ships Out West
Somewhere in the Hawaiian Islands, the cruise ship called Rhapsody of the Seas is getting ready to introduce the Oasis-Allure look to cruisers on the West Coast of North America. Since their arrivals from their European birthplaces in 2009 and 2010, respectively, Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas have been confined… Continue reading A Bit of the Big Ships Out West
When There's Shore Time in L.A.
This isn’t exactly a blog about cruising, but it is about a “shore excursion” that you could take when in Los Angeles, as we did this week. The Grammy Museum. Okay, first you have to be interested in music, of course. Right now, it also helps if you’re interested in The Beatles…or at least in… Continue reading When There's Shore Time in L.A.