THE RIGHT PRICE…………….$1,799 November 7, 14; Miami to Barcelona, 15 nights, Celebrity Solstice. Bonus: two nights at the end in Barcelona, plus one-way airfare back to Miami. Contact: Online Vacation Center All prices are per person based on double occupancy and available at time of posting. * * * More evidence that cruising is growing… Continue reading Cruising's Nautical Notebook
Tag: Carnival
Where Do Dollars End in the Gulf?
As we sat watching the environmental and fiscal tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico reach its eighth week yesterday — we’re CNN junkies — a couple of cruise-related thoughts passed through our minds. One is the obvious…how is all this oil going to affect cruise ships in and out of New Orleans, Mobile and, eventually,… Continue reading Where Do Dollars End in the Gulf?
Conservationists, Cruisers Do Charleston
Something’s becoming clear to those of us with a fundamental ignorance of Charleston, South Carolina. This southern city is just different. Possibly different from anywhere else in America, a fact which gets the attention of people who like cruising, ahem, because of the recent Carnival ship shuffle. But first, a little history lesson. Charleston has… Continue reading Conservationists, Cruisers Do Charleston
Baby's Birthplace a Carnival
Okay, so maybe we’re old-fashioned, but the idea that a woman would give birth on a cruise ship means…oops, somebody goofed. Like airlines, cruise lines have rules about how many weeks a mother-to-be can be, or can’t be, before she’s allowed on the ship. Just before the Memorial Day weekend, on the Carnival Paradise, one… Continue reading Baby's Birthplace a Carnival
Cruising's Nautical Notebook
This just in… IS THE PRICE RIGHT?…………….$479 (oceanview $587) October 3-24-31, December 12; Los Angeles to Mexico (return), 7 nights, Mariner of the Seas, Royal Caribbean. Bonus: onboard credit. Contact: travelocity OFFER ENDS MIDNIGHT TONIGHT All prices are per person based on double occupancy and available at time of posting. * * * There was… Continue reading Cruising's Nautical Notebook