With each day, and each violent activity often linked to terrorism, reasonable people who like to travel get even more reasonable. Or concerned. Or paranoid. Or even scared. Pick an adverb. The uncertainty of traveling abroad — be it in one direction to Europe or in the other to Asia — understandably may leave North… Continue reading The Modern Problem Of Picking A Port
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Eighth Cruise Wonder, Anyone?
A writer for Conde Nast Traveler, Ondine Cohane, has produced the “Seven Cruise Wonders of the World.” It’s a clever idea and, like all such lists, highly subjective. Picking up on it, Princess Cruises now has a contest for cruisers to add No. 8. The top prize is to sail away to one of the… Continue reading Eighth Cruise Wonder, Anyone?
Friday File: Memories of 9/11
It was 14 years ago today that the world changed forever. The twin towers of New York crumbled into dust and debris, taking down with them close to 3,000 lives. Cruise passengers who've been to New York in succeeding years have been among the visitors who've had a change to watch the rebuilding of the… Continue reading Friday File: Memories of 9/11
Deal Too Good, Too Late To Be True
Normally, we let our “Daily Deal” deliver some value cruises for you to consider but once in a while there’s something extraordinary that deserves an even better treatment…A couple of days ago we had one — you do notice that’s past tense, right?…It was a Transatlantic trip on Allure of the Seas, the (starting) price… Continue reading Deal Too Good, Too Late To Be True
New York: 'Hello, Quantum of the Seas'
It was just over a year ago that the world was “introduced” to Quantum of the Seas in New York. The quotation marks are because what those of us who were in Manhattan that day saw was conceptual. Drawings, artistic conceptions, videos and promises by Royal Caribbean CEO Richard Fain that it would be the most technologically… Continue reading New York: 'Hello, Quantum of the Seas'