Royal Caribbean's Dining Changes

Okay, so we didn’t connect ALL the dots when telling you the “sands appear to be shifting” with dining on Royal Caribbean ships. It was logical to us, while on an Allure of the Seas cruise, that something had to change because there were line-ups to get into My Time Dining and empty tables in… Continue reading Royal Caribbean's Dining Changes

Gardening Green Thumb An Allure Asset

His name is Thomas Brownlee, home is in Arizona (Gilbert, near Phoenix) and when he talks about his life, here is one of the things he says: “I like to cook, so I spend most of my time in the kitchen, and I go out mountain hiking. I don’t like to do what anybody else… Continue reading Gardening Green Thumb An Allure Asset

New Name For Cruise Sales' Big Week

  Once a year, the entire cruise industry stages its biggest promotion, when everything goes on sale but the ships themselves. It’s hyped as the “World’s Largest Cruise Sale” because it’s time for — drum roll, please — Cruise Lines International Association’s National Cruise Vacation Week. Now there’s a mouthful. Or was. Starting next week,… Continue reading New Name For Cruise Sales' Big Week

Aruba: The Best Of An Idyllic Place

ORANJESTAD, Aruba — There’s a few things you should know about this idyllic little island if cruising has never taken you this deep into the Caribbean Sea, which is precisely where we find ourselves. • Aruba is not at the end of the Caribbean, but you can see it from here…well, almost. You can see… Continue reading Aruba: The Best Of An Idyllic Place

The 'Allure' Of DreamWorks' Shrek

When reflecting on 2014, come December, it just may be our “Year of Shrek.” For people who used to think the word was simply a misspelled synonym for “scream” — as in “shriek” —having two Shrek experiences in the same year was at least unusual, and at most unthinkable. But we did. The first was… Continue reading The 'Allure' Of DreamWorks' Shrek