Posing, posing, posing…on high seas

Vanity, thy name is photography. Let us begin by pointing out that we take hundreds — no, thousands — of pictures. We’re not even in all of them! But the idea of getting our pictures…oops, portraits…done after private consultation, unlimited shoot time, unlimited pictures (portraits) and a photo review is… Maybe we’re just not sophisticated… Continue reading Posing, posing, posing…on high seas

Curious Host for Carnival Cruise

We try to be tolerant when it comes to giving people who go wrong another chance. We understand that cruise lines are looking to reduce the age level of their demographic. We believe that somebody is guilty of nothing until proven so, and we know that you have to take what’s on Wikipedia with a… Continue reading Curious Host for Carnival Cruise

Chipwrecked in the Caribbean

If you’ve been on a Western Caribbean cruise and made port stops at Cozumel, Roatan, Belize and Costa Maya, you now having something in common with the chipmunks. Or with The Chipmunks. Their new movie is in the theaters on Friday. It’s called Chipwrecked and one of the differences between them and you (and other… Continue reading Chipwrecked in the Caribbean

Carnival Liberty an hors d'oeuvre

Our cruise blog teammate Phil Reimer, who has been writing about ships and ports and the eateries and people on both, has spent this week on the Carnival Liberty. His impressions are posted daily on his cruise blog, portsandbows.com. The Liberty is the first Carnival ship to go 2.0. In Celebrity’s world, this is called… Continue reading Carnival Liberty an hors d'oeuvre

Cruising's F&B Consolidation

This is never included in the food-and-beverage announcements from cruise lines, but it seems to us they’re having some difficulty in (a) keeping their specialty restaurants busy and (b) dealing with complaints from passengers who feel they’re being nickeled-and-dimed every time they’re thirsty. As evidence of our supposition, we offer two items as evidence: 1.… Continue reading Cruising's F&B Consolidation