This one gives a whole new meaning to “ship to shore.” Part of a children’s museum in Miami has been re-designed as a cruise ship, to educate kids about the ways of the sea in the hands-on, interactive format that has become the way we live. Our experience in taking kids to museums is that… Continue reading Education for Those Who Cruise Young
Tag: Cruise ports
Another Way to Plan Shore Excursions
Have you ever slept on a picnic table in the rain? You don’t know what you’ve missed, and one of us might put a different spin on what exactly that means than the other would. Well, it’s time for my spin, and sleeping on a picnic table in the rain is one of the things… Continue reading Another Way to Plan Shore Excursions
Where There's a Port, Carnival Goes
It was often said that sailors had “a girl in every port.” When Carnival was shuffling ships in the south this year, it was our friend and cruise colleague Phil Reimer who observed that the world’s biggest cruise line “…is going to have a ship in every port” around North America. Or something like that.… Continue reading Where There's a Port, Carnival Goes
Fish Story and Mexico's 'Inside Passage'
Before launching (nautical term) into today’s blog, may we indulge you with our introduction to the Sea of Cortez, that finger of water between mainland Mexico and Baja California? This was just a few years ago, and you’ll get the short version, in part because time has a way of eroding long memories. Three kids,… Continue reading Fish Story and Mexico's 'Inside Passage'
Notes on the Boats
THE RIGHT PRICE…………….see Thursday’s blog (July 29) * * * Latest port to look into the possibility of cruise ships…Brownsville, Texas. That’s the place where two hurricanes/tropical storms have made landfall this year, but that’s life in any of the Gulf of Mexico port cities and towns, of which there are four that are home… Continue reading Notes on the Boats