Anybody who has been on more than a few cruises is inevitably going to be asked: “What’s your favorite…ship…destination…cruise…port…activity…restaurant…?” There are no correct answers, given that everybody’s cruising taste is different in every area. Sometimes, it’s incredible how much stock all of us put in recommendations of others, qualified or not. Cruise passengers pay… Continue reading Cruise Critic Editors' Best Of…Cruising
Tag: Crown Princess
Norovirus — The Navy’s Solution
The latest norovirus episode on a cruise ship — 172 people ill on the Crown Princess in Los Angeles this weekend — has raised an old story about the U.S. Navy. It’s about how the Navy more or less prevents such outbreaks on its ships. With more than 3,000 sailors and marines on ships, the… Continue reading Norovirus — The Navy’s Solution
San Francisco's New Cruise Terminal
As cruise ports go, San Francisco is…well, awkward. Too far north to be a launching point for cruises to the Mexican Riviera. Too far south to be the point of origin for ships heading for Alaska. So it’s in between, a port in the heart of a major city, yet given the same type of… Continue reading San Francisco's New Cruise Terminal
Timeline For Boarding 6,200 Passengers
ON BOARD ALLURE OF THE SEAS — Here you have the biggest cruise ship in existence. Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas. It carries 6,000-plus. On this cruise, 6,200 and change. That means in the space of about four hours, that many passengers must be processed in the cruise terminal and boarded onto the ship.… Continue reading Timeline For Boarding 6,200 Passengers
City By The Bay, Concerts By The Bay
In San Francisco, there's a lot of optimism about cruising. In September, the new James R. Herman Cruise Terminal will welcome its first ship and, the optimists hope, open the door to a new era of cruising for the city by the bay. The first ship will be the Crown Princess. It will be followed… Continue reading City By The Bay, Concerts By The Bay