So what are the chances of entering a contest and winning the grand prize, a cruise every year for the rest of your life? Evidently, 1 in 115,000. That’s how many people entered a Carnival contest called the “World’s Leading Cruise Lines Marketing Challenge.” Consumers (who were cruisers, obviously) gave Carnival input on new TV advertising concepts.… Continue reading A Lifetime Of Carnival Cruises
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One Deck Chair…Why Not Four?
There’s an old joke about a man who’s sprawled across three loungers on the deck of a cruise ship. He is warned by the crew that he must move or risk being “arrested” by the cruise cops. The man lays there looking up in silence. Finally. the removal squad is called. Again, the man is… Continue reading One Deck Chair…Why Not Four?
Carnival A Super Bowl Winner, Too?
If you were among the millions of viewers who watched the Super Bowl yesterday, chances are that you saw Carnival’s commercial. Whether it gets many votes in the Super Bowl ad polls or not, it could surely win an “unexpected” award. The voiceover by JFK…really? Something good about having “salt” and “water” together? A… Continue reading Carnival A Super Bowl Winner, Too?
Cruise For Football Fan With Heart
While everybody’s talking about deflated footballs, in advance of the Super Bowl, are you interested in a tale of inflated sportsmanship? If so, read on… After the Seattle Seahawks won their trip to Phoenix for Sunday’s big game, one of their fans (PJ LeDorze) noticed a disconsolate Green Bay Packers fan outside Seattle’s CenturyLink Field.… Continue reading Cruise For Football Fan With Heart
Rockers to perform…on Cunard?
You know you’re getting old when it catches your attention that Crosby, Stills and Nash are going to be performing…because they’re getting old (Crosby 73, Stills 70, Nash 72). What really makes you feel that way is that they’re performing on ships from the fleet of Cunard, the most staid and proper cruise line of… Continue reading Rockers to perform…on Cunard?