PUERTO MORELOS, Mexico — It has been a long time since we’d been cruising on land… Cruising on land? The closest thing you’ll find to a cruise without the water under the room in which you’re sleeping is at an all-inclusive resort, and there are likely more of them than there are cruise ships. We… Continue reading Riviera Maya’s El Cid — Especial!
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Making Amends For Dynamic Dining
Has anybody ever given you $100 just for having gone on a cruise ship? A thank-you for your comments, however critical they may have been? A thank-you even if you didn’t make any comments? That’s what Royal Caribbean is doing. Anybody who sailed on Quantum of the Seas, which will be six months old in… Continue reading Making Amends For Dynamic Dining
Friday File: Allure of the Seas
Even after the arrival of its stablemate Anthem of the Seas this weekend, Allure of the Seas will remain the biggest cruise ship in the world (a couple of inches longer than Oasis of the Seas). Some passengers think it’s also the best big cruise ship in the world and after seeing our photos from… Continue reading Friday File: Allure of the Seas
Panama Canal A Place To Grow!
Once again this week, we became advocates for taking a Panama Canal cruise, as we have been since our inaugural cruise across the Isthmus of Panama in 2010. This time, it was reassuring friends who leave on a Panama Canal cruise today that they would never regret it. On our trip, construction was underway for… Continue reading Panama Canal A Place To Grow!
Carnival Tunes In Top Vocal Group
Come Sunday night, a lot of us will be watching the Academy of Country Music Awards because, well, we like them. Also because it always seems to be more about the music than the awards. Enter Carnival. The world’s biggest cruise line is writing a huge success story with its Carnival Live series, in… Continue reading Carnival Tunes In Top Vocal Group