Having just completed a 4-day cruise on the Norwegian Sky, we thought it would be worth providing some insight on such “short” cruises. Everybody has different reasons for squeezing a cruising experience into three or four days: 1. It’s an introduction for anyone professing to dislike cruising without ever having been on a cruise. 2.… Continue reading The Long and Short of Short Cruises
How Carnival's Old Year Turned Happy
Carnival was due for some good news. In November, the Splendor caught fire off the coast of Mexico/California and, while nobody was hurt, there was a lot of bad press. In December, the Inspiration was caught in high winds and high seas off Tampa, delaying its arrival at its home port in Florida by a… Continue reading How Carnival's Old Year Turned Happy
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On the Night Before Christmas…
…there is wrapping to do, and food to be enjoyed, and family time to be savored, and maybe even some 11th-hour shopping. Translation: With little time left for doing a Christmas Eve blog, we’re turning this space over to Alan Fox, whom we’ve never met. He is the Chairman and CEO of Vacations To Go… Continue reading On the Night Before Christmas…
Br-r-r…the Frigid Side of Cruising
The ice and snow you’re looking at in this photo is on a cruise ship. A cruise ship that made a wrong turn perhaps? Don’t they all follow the sun, or at least the warm? The ice and snow you’re looking at in this photo is on a Disney cruise ship. Okay, who said Snow… Continue reading Br-r-r…the Frigid Side of Cruising