Today, the Queen Mary 2 leaves New York for its traditional Atlantic crossing to jolly ol’ England. This is one Cunard cruise that is guaranteed to be smooth. Even if the big ship encounters choppy waters, the smooth and silky voice of James Taylor will soothe the expected 2,500-plus passengers roaming her decks. This is… Continue reading James Taylor: smooth singing, sailing
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Aloha, Hawaii: Fewer Cruise Passengers
Hawaii is always going to be something of a niche market for cruising. For one thing, you have to really like looking at open water, for days, to sail there from the mainland. Figure on five, maybe six. For another thing, vacationers going that far often want to see as much of Hawaii as possible,… Continue reading Aloha, Hawaii: Fewer Cruise Passengers
Freestyle Flashback: What's Up?
Here's an item that strikes at the very heart of our love of cruising. Dinner reservations on Norwegian. As you may have read here before, we came back to cruising because Norwegian was the first cruise line NOT to insist on fixed dining. No traditional times. No identical dining partners, night after night. All of… Continue reading Freestyle Flashback: What's Up?
The Captain's 'Norwegian' wife
They met on a cruise ship, as many captains and their mates for life do. She was from Trinidad and Tobago. He was from Norway. Not exactly the blueprint for a match made in heaven…or even the Western Hemisphere. "Sorry if I'm getting carried away," says Captain Tore Grimstad, whose ship is Royal Caribbean's Allure… Continue reading The Captain's 'Norwegian' wife
Allure Of The Seas: Captain Tore
You step onto the "biggest cruise ship in the world" and — to use Royal Caribbean vernacular, you are WOW-ed. That's what the majority of around 6,000 people experience every week, when the Allure of the Seas sail out of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale if they're seeing the big ship for the first… Continue reading Allure Of The Seas: Captain Tore