Everybody who has been on a cruise ship, and countless people who haven’t, can’t stop talking about the Costa Concordia, as the death toll continues to rise. As always, there are more questions than answers. Some that have crossed our minds over the past few days, in trying to look at the big picture and… Continue reading Costa Questions: The List Grows
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Alaska Cruise Race Heating Up
The first All-Alaska Sweepstakes was over 100 years ago. It was a dog race, not to be confused with Alaska’s famous Iditarod. Its home is in Nome, a place you probably don’t want to go at this time of year, on the far reaches of west Alaska. The race has been run only 12 times, … Continue reading Alaska Cruise Race Heating Up
Seasickness and its remedy
We had coffee on Saturday with a friend, for the first time in too long, and inevitably the subject of cruising came up, as it always seems to with us. You’d almost think we had heads shaped like funnels and bodies that were ship-shape…and neither is the case. In comparing cruise notes, he told us… Continue reading Seasickness and its remedy
Who Cruises for 115 Days?
If you have been reading us for a while, you may or may not recall that the longest cruise we’ve been on was 19 days. You may even remember that we liked it, and felt a little melancholy at being separated from our home on the water, the Norwegian Sun. In short, we didn’t think… Continue reading Who Cruises for 115 Days?
Vancouver Olympian as port city
When it comes to arriving in a port on a cruise ship, it’s hard to imagine a prettier one than Vancouver, the most recent North American city to become known world-wide after hosting the Olympics. We have spent a lot of time in Vancouver over the years. Even at that, when we sailed into the… Continue reading Vancouver Olympian as port city