The right price………………………………………$1,409 January 17, 2012: 12 nights Ship: Celebrity Silhouette Departure: Bayonne, New Jersey return Bonus: Balconies just $1,658 Contact: Celebrity Cruises * * * All of us who love cruising often wonder about how the “regular” ships from the big cruise lines compare to the luxury ships, when all the costs are added… Continue reading Cruising Notes from the Boats
Tag: Navigator of the Seas
Cruise Ships and Muster Stations
We’ve almost come to the conclusion that the mandatory muster station drills are in the same boat as the seat-belt drills on airplanes. Nobody’s listening, in part because most of the people have heard it all before, and know — or at least think they know — what to do in an emergency. The cruise… Continue reading Cruise Ships and Muster Stations
Captain and Kid — Make A Wish
What does the captain of a cruise ship do on a sea day, when your vessel is more or less on auto pilot, in a body of water so large there is no land to be seen in any direction? If you’re Patrik Dahlgren, master of Navigator of the Seas, you walk a mile with… Continue reading Captain and Kid — Make A Wish
The Place All the Hellion Tourists Go
GEORGETOWN, Grand Cayman — Heaven may have its doves of peace and birds of paradise, but did you know that Hell has birds, too? We saw them, one white and two black, flitting from the jagged tops of the blackened limestone that everybody visiting Grand Cayman is told: “This is Hell.” And it is. In… Continue reading The Place All the Hellion Tourists Go
So You Wanna Be a Navigator
This will be our first time on the Navigator of the Seas. Many years ago, Nancy requested that I be “her driver.” I think she said something about being Miss Daisy. I agreed, on the condition that she be the navigator. So here we are, on a ship named after her kind of people, so… Continue reading So You Wanna Be a Navigator