Before Michael Phelps, there was Mark Spitz. Seven swimming gold medals at an Olympics the world almost wished had never happened…Munich, 1972. At the Games where 11 men of his faith perished at the hands of terrorists, Spitz set world records in all his events, an achievement which surely would have dominated Munich. Spitz parlayed… Continue reading A Mark Spitz Experience For Windstar
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Grand Prix a Windstar Winner
Last year, we wrote a blog about going on a Windstar cruise to the Grand Prix of Monaco, and what a cool experience that would be if you had even the slightest interest in Formula One cars. We had no intention of re-visiting the subject this year. Then a nice woman at Windstar sent us… Continue reading Grand Prix a Windstar Winner
And The Ships' Names Will Be…
Windstar announced this week the name of its fourth ship, the first of three the luxury line purchased from Seabourn and scheduled to begin its new life one year from now. It currently sails as Seabourn Pride (right) and next year will become Star Pride (below). Now this is just a wild guess…but when the… Continue reading And The Ships' Names Will Be…
Norwegian Captains a Special Group
We've never met Hakan Svedung. Nor Evans Hoyt. But we hope to meet them. A lot of people who cruise clearly have, since together these two captains have spent 65 years at sea. Their next assignment(s) is the Norwegian Breakaway. They'll be co-captains of Norwegian's newest ship when it leaves New York Harbor next month… Continue reading Norwegian Captains a Special Group
Fly Free to Your Cruise…for Life???
Our son was telling us the other day that when people use capital letters on the Internet, it means they're shouting. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? This comes to mind because of an ebook we heard about which "teaches you how to save money on any cruise." Hmmm…stay out of the casino? It's a discounts book written… Continue reading Fly Free to Your Cruise…for Life???