If you like last-minute deals, if you're close enough that you can get to Baltimore by tomorrow and if you've always wanted to go on a cruise to nowhere…well, you can. The Carnival Pride spent the last three days in nowhere waters, which is to say sitting by the Baltimore cruise port and waiting… Continue reading Carnival Making the Best of Sandy
Tag: Caribbean cruises
Pricing a Caribbean Cruise
Just on a whim, we decided on the weekend to see what you'd be looking at if you decided — on a whim — to escape the anticipated (and certain) blahs of winter and go on a Caribbean cruise. We discovered four cruise lines with almost the same cruises, so that we're not comparing… Continue reading Pricing a Caribbean Cruise
Oasis, Allure to get a sister?
It will soon be three years since Oasis of the Seas raised the bar on the size of cruise ships, by many hundreds of berths and millions of dollars. Perhaps like no other ship before it, Oasis became known as the "biggest cruise ship in the world" — a title other vessels have worn with… Continue reading Oasis, Allure to get a sister?
Dining Getting Royal Treatment
We spent last weekend in Las Vegas, because that's what people who like Jimmy Buffett do when he's playing his tunes for you and 15,000 of your closest friends. And speaking of friends, a woman of our vintage said "Did you eat lots of food?" after we returned, because that's what Vegas used to… Continue reading Dining Getting Royal Treatment
Gavin MacLeod, The Captain and More
Part 3: The post-Love Boat Years The TV series The Love Boat ran from 1977 to 1986. For the quarter century that has followed, both characters have continued to entertain television aficionados and cruise ship passengers alike. While there's so much more to Gavin MacLeod than Captain Stubing, they share one majorcharacteristic. If the Captain… Continue reading Gavin MacLeod, The Captain and More