If you happen to be going on a cruise next week, you will be interested in this. And if you're not going on a cruise, you will be interested in this. Mother Nature is giving us a fireworks show, and it's logical that high on the list of places to watch it will be from… Continue reading Sky Day at Sea Sensational?
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Cruise Suits, Sickness and Singapore
Headline: Costa settles for $1.31 million The first reaction to this was something like "Who bought off the Italian judge?" However, on digging deeper (it's called reading further), the settlement over the Costa Concordia accident last year is really a fine that means no criminal charges against the cruise line, ending potential liability with the… Continue reading Cruise Suits, Sickness and Singapore
The Cruise Line Known for Tragedy
Bobby Orr turned 65 this year. Also born the same year (1948) were the World Health Organization, Terry Bradshaw, South Korea, Billy Crystal and LP records. Also…Costa Cruises. For almost 64 years, Costa was a cruise line known mostly to Italians, somewhat to other Europeans and hardly at all to North Americans. Then came —… Continue reading The Cruise Line Known for Tragedy
Stunning Announcements for Cruisers
You don't want to miss these announcements from cruise lines… Carnival announced that if any passengers are on a ship that's disabled at sea, for whatever reason, they will be entitled to lifetime passes on all Carnival ships for every member of their families, including in-laws and spouses and ex-spouses. The new policy goes into… Continue reading Stunning Announcements for Cruisers
Maritime Lawyer Raises Questions
Like most people who cruise, we tend to accept the occasional accident or fire or incident on a cruise ship. Yet we do so without knowing what "occasional" really is. Jim Walker thinks he knows. Walker is a well-known "maritime" lawyer, which means he provides a legal voice to anybody in the cruise industry who… Continue reading Maritime Lawyer Raises Questions