Golden Year For Princess Cruises

This isn’t excluding TMZ reporting, but is anybody out there concerned about the health of Tori Spelling because she has a job to do for Princess Cruises the first week of November? The daughter of famous producer Aaron Spelling is scheduled to emcee a reunion of The Love Boat cast on the Regal Princess when it docks in North America on November 5.… Continue reading Golden Year For Princess Cruises

Why Cruise Samplers Are Good

Short cruises can be two, three, maybe four days long? Why bother, you ask? It’s a question we’re often asked…probably in part because we generally go on cruises of a week or longer. Having said that, we did once take a three-day cruise to the Bahamas on the Norwegian Sky, just because we wanted a… Continue reading Why Cruise Samplers Are Good

Windstar A Winner With Conde Nast

While we’ve talked about it, we’ve never cruised on a Windstar ship…aka, yacht. It’s always been an intriguing prospect, made more intriguing by yesterday’s announcement that Conde Nast Traveler readers have rated it as the No. 1 “small ship cruise line” in the world. The annual Readers’ Choice Awards claim to be the longest-running and… Continue reading Windstar A Winner With Conde Nast

Big Doin's In Big D On Sunday

If you’re watching the Cowboys and the Giants from Texas on Sunday, there’s a couple of performers at the “palace in Dallas” (actually, Arlington) that you probably won’t see. Both of them have to do with cruising (actually, Carnival). One is Rascal Flatts. The award-winning country band is doing a pre-game show. The Carnival connection… Continue reading Big Doin's In Big D On Sunday

Oasis of the Seas — More Perfect 

The fact that Oasis of the Seas has now emerged from its inaugural refurbishing means that it is, indeed, five years since the big ship became known as the biggest. There has been nary a complaint about this ship, and its sister Allure of the Seas, which will get its first makeover next spring. So,… Continue reading Oasis of the Seas — More Perfect