At last count, Seuss at Sea was on 20 (and soon to be 22) of Carnival’s 24 ships, so it’s safe to assume the cruise line wouldn’t make that big an investment unless it knew what a hit it would be. And so it is, among the kids who participate and the parents who can… Continue reading Friday File: Carnival’s Hit Seuss At Sea
Tag: Celebrity cruises
Malta’s Day Sign Of Cruise Future
Photo by John Haslem (Wikimedia Commons) Somewhere we read that 1 in 4 people don’t know where Malta is. That means three-quarters of us do and, while we couldn’t have come up with the co-ordinates on a map, we knew it was in the Mediterranean Sea — well, sort of — and that there must… Continue reading Malta’s Day Sign Of Cruise Future
Friday File: Women Of The Sea
This week, Kate McCue was chosen to become the first American woman to captain a cruise ship for one of the mainstream lines. Next month, she’ll slide behind the wheel (or joystick) of the Celebrity Summit to break yet another gender barrier. That is the ultimate position for a woman on a cruise ship, of… Continue reading Friday File: Women Of The Sea
Chef’s Table A Princess Delight
ON THE STAR PRINCESS — Of all the “specialty restaurant experiences” you can have on a cruise ship, the creme-de-la-creme is the Chef’s Table. That’s where you pay a fee to be part of a small group of passengers whose dining begins where the menu begins, in the galley. It almost defies description, but we’ll… Continue reading Chef’s Table A Princess Delight
Captain McCue, First For U.S. Women
Next month, Kate McCue will become Captain Kate McCue, the first U.S. woman to be the “master” of a major cruise ship. She’ll have climbed to the top of that “mountain” when she guides the Summit…Celebrity’s 14-year-old ship of the same name. The 37-year-old McCue will not be the first female cruise-ship captain (Sweden’s Karin… Continue reading Captain McCue, First For U.S. Women