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

How Liberty of the Seas Launched the Career of a Teenager from Florida

  Sometimes you wonder how life can continue to be stranger than fiction, and yet it does. Many times, in a nice way. Like the story of Xana-Kai Nash, a Florida teenager who parlayed a first-time experience on a cruise ship into what are — as of this season — two world championships. We stumbled… Continue reading How Liberty of the Seas Launched the Career of a Teenager from Florida

Show Goes on for Quantum of the Seas

NEW YORK — It was sunny yesterday in Lower Manhattan, just like it was on that fateful Tuesday more than 11 years ago, when the landscape of not just Manhattan but the world changed. Yesterday was another sunny Tuesday when nobody in America had much to cheer about, and Royal Caribbean had little choice but… Continue reading Show Goes on for Quantum of the Seas

Into The Heads at the Top

It’s hard for anybody to get into the heads of the people who run cruise lines to find out “What are they thinking?” Unless “anybody” is USA Today, whose cruise writers Gene Sloan and Veronica Gould Stoddart had both the foresight and the opportunity to spend an hour with five CEOs/Presidents from the cruise industry.… Continue reading Into The Heads at the Top