{"id":24054,"date":"2015-05-08T01:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T08:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=24054"},"modified":"2015-05-08T01:00:44","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T08:00:44","slug":"friday-may-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=24054","title":{"rendered":"Friday File: Unforgettables Of Cruising"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p3\" style=\"font-size: 13.3333339691162px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\">For all the sights and sounds of cruising, the best memories are often the people you meet. Most of them, you will never see again but lots of them are unforgettable for one reason or another. We&rsquo;ve chosen a few from our cruise photos files, each accompanied by why we found them so unforgettable&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"font-size: 13.3333339691162px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cozumel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cozumel\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24154\" height=\"551\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cozumel.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"font-size: 13.3333339691162px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\"><b><i>Her name is Margarita and with her husband Santiago, they operate a highly affordable car rental place in Cozumel. The cars are &ldquo;experienced&quot; and their owners are caring.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 13.3333339691162px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/John-Maxtone-Graham.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"John Maxtone-Graham\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24157\" height=\"752\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/John-Maxtone-Graham.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 13.3333339691162px;\"><b><i>A well-known author, John Maxtone-Graham (in his mid-80s now) is a delightfully entertaining speaker who specializes in ships and ocean &ldquo;crossings.&rdquo;.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 13.3333339691162px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Ecuador-singer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ecuador singer\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24155\" height=\"789\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Ecuador-singer.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 13.3333339691162px;\"><b><i>The only thing sweeter than this young Ecuadorian woman&#39;s smile is her voice. She sang for passengers on a tour bus, who rewarded her by purchasing a silk scarf.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 13.3333339691162px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cabo-busker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cabo busker\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24153\" height=\"763\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Cabo-busker.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 13.3333339691162px;\"><b><i>We have no idea who this musician is, but he jumped onto a public bus we were riding in Cabo San Lucas, sang a couple of songs in Spanish, and jumped off.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 13.3333339691162px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Tracy-Mourning.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tracy Mourning\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24158\" height=\"775\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Tracy-Mourning.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 13.3333339691162px;\"><b><i>Tracy Mourning is best known as wife of Alonzo, the former NBA star, but she&rsquo;s also Godmother of the Carnival Breeze and a tireless worker for good in Miami.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 13.3333339691162px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Gr.-Bahamas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gr. Bahamas\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24156\" height=\"726\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Gr.-Bahamas.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 13.3333339691162px;\"><b><i>Marlon Carey skillfully turns tree branches into walking sticks, which he sells at a stand in Freeport: &ldquo;I make a decent living, and it keeps me out of trouble.&rdquo;<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 13.3333339691162px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Alaska-owl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alaska owl\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24152\" height=\"730\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Alaska-owl.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 13.3333339691162px;\"><b><i>Once &ldquo;parents&rdquo; of a burrowing owl, we were intrigued by this horned owl in Alaska, especially when his handler said he objected when her husband showed up.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"font-size: 13.3333339691162px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\"><u><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><em><strong>In the news&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\">&bull; Royal Caribbean to order fourth Quantum Class ship for delivery in 2019<br \/>\n\t&bull;&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\">Viking&#39;s third &#39;ocean&#39; ship, the Sky, delayed from 2016 until early 2017 [Travel Weekly]<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 12px;\"><em style=\"font-size: 13px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"><strong>T<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 12px;\"><em style=\"font-size: 13px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"><strong>oday<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><em style=\"font-size: 13px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"><strong> at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.portsandbows.com\"><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">portsandbows.co<\/span><\/a>m:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><em style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"><strong>Norwegian moves makes cents<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12028\" height=\"125\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DailyDeal-2-e1334202169354.jpg\" title=\"DailyDeal-2\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carnival.com\/cms\/fun\/ships\/carnival_glory\/default.aspx?shipCode=GL\">Carnival Glory<\/a><br \/>\n\t7 nights<br \/>\n\tSeptember 12, 2015<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.miami.com\/\">Miami<\/a> (return): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.islacozumel.com.mx\/\">Cozumel<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.belize.com\/belize-city.html\">Belize<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roatanet.com\/\">Roatan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caymanislands.ky\/\">Grand Cayman<\/a><br \/>\n\tInside: $359<br \/>\n\t<strong style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">Cost per day: $51<\/strong><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carnival.com\">www.carnival.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For all the sights and sounds of cruising, the best memories are often the people you meet. Most of them, you will never see again but lots of them are unforgettable for one reason or another. We&rsquo;ve chosen a few from our cruise photos files, each accompanied by why we found them so unforgettable&hellip; Her&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=24054\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Friday File: Unforgettables Of Cruising<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,1893],"tags":[137,154,660,912,72,35,26,27],"class_list":["post-24054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deals","category-photos","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-carnival","tag-carnival-glory","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruises","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24054\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}