Okay, so I’m about to date myself. Strange expression that…dating yourself. Does it mean taking yourself to a movie? Can you have two popcorns? Does that mean you not only have the questions, but the answers? And how do you say goodnight? Never mind. In my youth, just a few decades ago, I was an… Continue reading In Pursuit of the Byrds-Man
Epic Break for Single Parents
The word on the water, as opposed to the word on the street, is that Norwegian is trying to accommodate the single parent…just like it was the first cruise line to accommodate the single traveler. Typically, a single parent brave enough to take three kids on a cruise would pay full fare for the first… Continue reading Epic Break for Single Parents
Inaccurate Criticism of Cruise Ships
This is an excerpt of a reader’s comment about cruising, a comment we stumbled across on the Internet: “Cruisers are not aware of the acute environmental damage that they are doing to water and air sheds. Cruise ships are small mobile cities that dump their sewage into oceans and spew toxic emissions into the air.”… Continue reading Inaccurate Criticism of Cruise Ships
Cruise Directors, Caffeine Don't Mix
Que Hundermark would be from South Africa if he hadn’t spent the last 15 years in 76 countries arranging for and providing entertainment for everyone from a sheikh in Dubai to a customer on a cruise ship. He is a Cruise Director, which means he’s always happy because his job is to make sure everyone… Continue reading Cruise Directors, Caffeine Don't Mix
One Man's Mission: Cruise Ship or Bust
An agricultural designer/engineer (basically a 9-to-5 geek) takes a ride on a cruise ship because his aunt has an extra bed in her cabin. It is the first time he has been on a cruise ship…the first time he has SEEN a cruise ship. He is mesmerized. “I loved the socializing,” says Que Hundermark, the… Continue reading One Man's Mission: Cruise Ship or Bust