The Right Price………..$979 Ship: Celebrity Equinox, 11 nights, Fort Lauderdale (return) Departures: April 11 Ports: Cozumel (Mexico), Roatan (Honduras), Puerto Limon (Costa Rica), Colon (Panama), Cartagena (Colombia), George Town (Grand Cayman) Bonus: Veranda $1,209 Contact: Celebrity Cruises * * * File this one under “What took so long?”…Princess Cruise Lines announced it will be televising… Continue reading Cruising Notes on the Boats
Getting to Your Stateroom…Early?
How important is embarkation day to you — once you’re on the ship? We need a little help with this one, because getting into your room quickly is either very important or not a big deal. As in…very important not to have to sit around the ship waiting for the staterooms to be available…or not… Continue reading Getting to Your Stateroom…Early?
Small Things for Cruisers to Remember
Time for another look at packing for cruising… Don’t forget to take these few simple things — some may be on everyone’s to-pack list, but some might be a welcome reminder: • A small first-aid kit…a few band-aids, antibiotic cream, aspirin, upset stomach relief, all packaged as small as possible. These things are generally expensive… Continue reading Small Things for Cruisers to Remember
New Ways to Fill Cruise Bucket
For Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, a Bucket List meant things like riding motorcycles on China’s Great Wall, laughing till they cried and kissing the most beautiful girl in the world (it turned out to be Nicholson’s on-screen granddaughter in the movie). For country singer Tim McGraw, it meant — in a song — riding… Continue reading New Ways to Fill Cruise Bucket
Saving an Ancient Mariner
One of the things we’ve enjoyed about doing this blog six days a week for more than a year (yes, it’s been that long!) is learning things about ships, old and new. Marine history had not really been on our must-do list, yet every once in a while we find something that, to us, is… Continue reading Saving an Ancient Mariner