News item: Carnival Live will return in 2016. This is good news. Carnival cruisers clearly enjoyed paying modest fees to attend the concerts on ships while in port. Entertainers must have liked the idea of flying into a port, performing for a night or two, and flying home — or they wouldn’t keep coming… Continue reading Carnival Live — Who’s Next?
The Venice Cruise Controversy
One of the cruise stories that just refuses to go away is Venice. Here’s a recent headline from The Daily Telegraph, in London: “Giant cruise ships ‘crushing the life out of Venice.’” This is a story that’s been going on for years, and there’s no end in sight. What it boils down to is this:… Continue reading The Venice Cruise Controversy
Cruise World Getting New Anthem
The newest cruise ship coming to America is, in reality, more than six months old. Among other things, that means Anthem of the Seas will have any little glitches eliminated by the time it heads off on its first Caribbean cruise a week from today. Royal Caribbean’s newest Quantum Class ship arrives in New York… Continue reading Cruise World Getting New Anthem
Freighter Cruising A World Of Its Own
There’s something curious and funny about what might be called the latest trend in cruising. Take a freighter. This seems to be an “industry” that’s growing, although nobody’s racing to build new freighters, or rush them off to the nearest tourist hotspots, or find the latest water slide to lure people on board. In fact,… Continue reading Freighter Cruising A World Of Its Own
Friday File: Día de Los Muertos
If you’ve ever disembarked from a cruise ship in Mexico at this time of year, then you know what that means. Maybe you know even if you’ve never been in Mexico on “Day of the Dead” weekend, which oddly enough coincides with Halloween. To the Mexican people, this is a far more serious time —… Continue reading Friday File: Día de Los Muertos