So much is made of the sizes of cruise ships, isn’t it? Some cruisers think biggest is best. Some think smaller is better because of its intimacy. There is, naturally, no correct answer. In reading about cruise ships, we came across an interesting measurement. Take the size of the ship (measured in “gross tonnage”) and… Continue reading Space Ships…or Space on Ships
Tag: Celebrity Millennium
New Panamax Ships and the Canal
We were having lunch with our friend and colleague Phil Reimer, author of Ports and Bows, yesterday. Somewhere between the breakfast burrito (yes, some people do have breakfast burritos for lunch but she doesn’t want to advertise it) and the Caesar salad, the subject of the Panama Canal came up (better the Canal than the… Continue reading New Panamax Ships and the Canal
Millennium, Macs, Wine & More
This was a tough one to pass up for us. A cruise from Vancouver to San Diego. It’s a wine cruise. Also a Mac cruise. If there are two things that have long been a part of our lives, they are wine and Macs. It gets better. The ship is the Celebrity Millennium, a ship… Continue reading Millennium, Macs, Wine & More
More Than Chefs Cooking at Celebrity
On our last two Celebrity cruises, Millennium (above) and Eclipse, the food was exceptional. Evidently, a lot of people feel the same way. Why evidently? Because Celebrity — according to cruise writer Fran Golden, while subbing for Gene Sloan at USA Today — is increasing prices for some of its specialty restaurants. In this economy,… Continue reading More Than Chefs Cooking at Celebrity
An Xpedition with a Capital 'X'
On our most recent cruise to South America, somewhere around the equator we were told about cruising the Galapagos Islands. At the risk of showing our ignorance, we first had to learn how to say it, and then how to spell it (we were okay with the “islands” part), and even now there seems to… Continue reading An Xpedition with a Capital 'X'