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
Tag: San Diego
Disney Bids Good-bye to San Diego
When it comes to Disney, San Diego has an inferiority complex. It's just down the road from Disneyland, too far to capture any of the residuals that come with tourists, and far enough that Los Angeles remains a better option for cruise ships. So when the Disney Wonder stopped in what is arguably southern California's… Continue reading Disney Bids Good-bye to San Diego
Costa Concordia: Something Good
The cruise industry will always remember the Costa Concordia. If it's not a modern-day version of the Titanic, its impact on the industry is of titanic proportions. That part happened on Thursday, eight months and seven days after the Concordia keeled over in Mediterranean waters off the Italian coast, killing 32 passengers. Thursday's fallout was… Continue reading Costa Concordia: Something Good
A Reason to Celebrate in San Diego
Much is made of the inaugural voyages by cruise ships, anywhere and everywhere in the world. There are parties, and confetti, and dignitaries, and broken champagne bottles, and toasts. What about cruise ship terminals? Tomorrow in San Diego is the inaugural arrival for a new terminal that was officially opened on the weekend. It’s called… Continue reading A Reason to Celebrate in San Diego
Smooth Sailing in San Diego
On our most recent cruise, one of the ports new to us was San Diego. Not the city, the port. We’ve spent a lot of time in the city, but coming at it from the water was new, enlightening and a little chaotic. Last year, we disembarked at the port in New Orleans, to be… Continue reading Smooth Sailing in San Diego