Within the last week, we've had two sets of friends tell us they're going on a cruise through the Panama Canal this year, and they were looking for a little expertise from us. We've made one trip through the famous Canal…and we're experts! Hardly. We do have the "experience" of going through the little Panama… Continue reading Cruising the Canal a Road to Knowledge
Tag: Queen Mary 2
Cunard's Queen Mary 'Presidential'
It was touching — for us anyway — to read that the George Bushes crossed the Atlantic on the Queen Mary 2 this month. Those are the George "41" Bushes, whom we have come to admire…politics aside because cruising, and people like us who write about it, have no interest in examining the West Wings… Continue reading Cunard's Queen Mary 'Presidential'
Classic Celebrities Cruise Celebrity
You don't have to be old to like this theme cruise…you just have to like old movies. And if you know who Robert Osborne and Ben Mankiewicz are, you probably qualify. For those who don't, Osborne (prime time) and Mankiewicz (daytime weekends) are the hosts of Turner Classic Movies, the cable channel that caters to… Continue reading Classic Celebrities Cruise Celebrity
Cunard Cruise Ships All 'Apple Up'
How long, somebody was asking us the other day, have you been "Mac people"? How long is forever? It was a high school teacher who introduced us to the world of Apple. If only the people at Cunard had met Gordon DeVito when we did. By our estimation, it was at least 20 years ago… Continue reading Cunard Cruise Ships All 'Apple Up'
Getting Married the Cunard Way
If we didn’t know better, we’d say with just a drip of sarcasm that the reason it took Cunard 172 years to do weddings on their ships, it’s because they wanted to get it right. The real reason, however, is that British law prohibited weddings on British ships. When one of its stablemates, Carnival, had… Continue reading Getting Married the Cunard Way