Perhaps like you, one day we'd like to cruise around the Hawaiian Islands. In our world, it's like cruising in paradise. Typically, this means booking passage on Norwegian's Pride of America, which for seven years now has been in the rather unique position of being able to navigate a couple of old laws that almost… Continue reading Island Competition for Pride of America?
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Norwegian, New York Now and Forever
Here, in a New York minute, is how much cruising has changed: In 2003, Cunard's Queen Mary 2 sailed out of the shipyard as the longest, widest, tallest passenger ship ever built. It weighed 148,528 gross tons, was almost four football fields long (377 yards) and 45 yards wide. She carried — and still… Continue reading Norwegian, New York Now and Forever
Norwegian Epic: Calling All Pirates
News bulletin (well, news item): Norwegian announces new line-up for Legends in Concert on the Epic… This is a recycled headline, because Norwegian changes its "Legends" cast every few months, and this announcement is about the cast that boards the Epic in November. But this time, it is a little different. The performers who are… Continue reading Norwegian Epic: Calling All Pirates
Does Cruise Growth Leave You Cold?
As somebody who loves to cruise just about anywhere, I'm always eager to hear about how the industry's growing. If nothing else, it means that others are discovering something we were fortunate enough to discover a long time ago. So when the European Cruise Council and the Cruise Lines International Association compile data that demonstrates… Continue reading Does Cruise Growth Leave You Cold?
Cruise Transparency Reaches Shower
USA Today's cruise writer, Gene Sloan, authored a blog last week which began: "One of the best views from Celebrity Cruises' next ship, the 3,030-passenger Celebrity Reflection, will be from the shower of its top suite." Maybe he could also have written "of the shower." The shower, you see, overlooks everything and has see-through glass.… Continue reading Cruise Transparency Reaches Shower