We’ve only met, over the years of cruising, one ship’s captain we didn’t like — and that's likely because he never gave us the chance to like him (“I don’t do interviews”). This is a colony of mostly men who are all personable, often funny, always accommodating and forever fascinating. These are our top ten,… Continue reading Photo Essay: Captains of the Seas
Tag: Captain Tore Grimstad
The Captain's 'Norwegian' wife
They met on a cruise ship, as many captains and their mates for life do. She was from Trinidad and Tobago. He was from Norway. Not exactly the blueprint for a match made in heaven…or even the Western Hemisphere. "Sorry if I'm getting carried away," says Captain Tore Grimstad, whose ship is Royal Caribbean's Allure… Continue reading The Captain's 'Norwegian' wife
Allure Of The Seas: Captain Tore
You step onto the "biggest cruise ship in the world" and — to use Royal Caribbean vernacular, you are WOW-ed. That's what the majority of around 6,000 people experience every week, when the Allure of the Seas sail out of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale if they're seeing the big ship for the first… Continue reading Allure Of The Seas: Captain Tore