If you do Google "Regal Princess" (as we did), you will find that most of the results on the first page are about a ship that "will" make its debut in 2014. Even Wikipedia writes of it in the future tense. So it may surprise you to learn that the Regal Princess is already here…here… Continue reading A Quiet Princess Slips into Cruise Waters
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Changing World Of Cruise Ship Balconies
Many cruisers (including these two) will do everything possible to enjoy a balcony stateroom on a cruise. There are people, we're told, who simply won't go on a cruise if they can't get one. How times have changed. Once, balconies were at such a premium that they cost twice as much as an inside stateroom.… Continue reading Changing World Of Cruise Ship Balconies
Man The Cannons For Two-Ship Standoff
The die is cast. The combatants have been chosen. The dates have been more or less chosen. Mano-a-mano…or shipo-a-shipo. The Norwegian Breakaway vs the Anthem of the Seas. The Battle of The Apple. That would be the big one, as in New York. Now that Royal Caribbean has made it official that Anthem of the… Continue reading Man The Cannons For Two-Ship Standoff
A Quantum Leap From April 2014
It was just one year ago. In New York City, home to Quantum of the Seas, Royal Caribbean unveiled its newest and greatest ship at a press conference. The head honchos from the cruise line, Richard Fain and Adam Goldstein, were there. So was Kristin Chenoweth, the new ship's Godmother-to-be. There was one word on… Continue reading A Quantum Leap From April 2014
MSC Revving Up The Battle Of Big Boats
In the cruise-ship world of big-bigger-biggest, MSC is getting into the game. The Italian-based cruise line — its acronym stands for Mediterranean Shipping Company — is adding two ships to the fleet over the next five years. One of them will be the biggest ship…drum roll, please…ever built by a European shipowner. Nobody's challenging Oasis… Continue reading MSC Revving Up The Battle Of Big Boats