In trying to give you a personal look at things that happen in cruising, we’re always on the prowl for interesting subjects, people, places, opinions, prices and just stories. Sometimes the stories are so good — either in writing or content, or both — that we think you should simply be directed to them. Today,… Continue reading Richest Of The Rich In Cruising
Tag: USA Today
Making That Final Resting Place At Sea
People have been buried at sea, by choice and by misfortune, since the beginning of time. Is it a sign of the apocalypse that more people are requesting that their final resting places be where there will never be a headstone. Apparently so. In fact, Carnival provides burials at sea as a service. It's a… Continue reading Making That Final Resting Place At Sea
Crui$e New$ That’s Cry$tal Clear
Somewhere between the end of the unbelievable third round of the British Open and watching our favorite baseball team lose yet another game yesterday, we got wind of a cruise news bulletin that is going to mean more to Brad Pitt, or Will and Kate, or Lebron James than it’s going to mean to the everyday… Continue reading Crui$e New$ That’s Cry$tal Clear
Cruise Transparency Reaches Shower
USA Today's cruise writer, Gene Sloan, authored a blog last week which began: "One of the best views from Celebrity Cruises' next ship, the 3,030-passenger Celebrity Reflection, will be from the shower of its top suite." Maybe he could also have written "of the shower." The shower, you see, overlooks everything and has see-through glass.… Continue reading Cruise Transparency Reaches Shower
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