{"id":24714,"date":"2015-07-03T01:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T08:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=24714"},"modified":"2015-07-03T01:00:04","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T08:00:04","slug":"friday-121","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=24714","title":{"rendered":"Friday File: Signs, signs, everywhere\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 13.3333339691162px;\">When you travel on cruise ships, you often encounter signs that have strange, double or hidden meanings. Or maybe they&rsquo;re just clever, prompting the shutterbugs to snap a few photos. And that&rsquo;s what we&rsquo;ve done, for your enjoyment (and ours) this week&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 13.3333339691162px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Lima.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lima\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24759\" height=\"414\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Lima.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 13.3333339691162px;\"><b><i>This was in <a href=\"http:\/\/limaperu.ca\/\">Lima<\/a>, Peru and we didn&rsquo;t need a Spanish-English dictionary to get the picture, but maybe we should&rsquo;ve because it probably doesn&rsquo;t mean what you&rsquo;re thinking.<\/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\/07\/Alaska-bus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alaska-bus\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24755\" height=\"488\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Alaska-bus.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 13.3333339691162px;\"><b><i>Everybody on a shore excursion takes a bus, often trying to find the right one &mdash; this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alaska.com\/\">Alaska<\/a> bus driver for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.princess.com\/learn\/ships\/tp\/index.html\">Star Princess<\/a> passengers had a with a sense of humor.<\/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\/07\/Hell.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hell\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24758\" height=\"488\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Hell.jpeg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 13.3333339691162px;\"><b><i>Truly the only time any of us want to visit Hell, which is in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caymanislands.ky\/\">Grand Cayman Islands<\/a>, and &mdash; yes &mdash; it&rsquo;s re-assuring we&rsquo;ll be able to send postcards back home.<\/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\/07\/Aruba.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Aruba\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24756\" height=\"678\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Aruba.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 13.3333339691162px;\"><b><i>At a snack bar in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aruba.com\/\">Aruba<\/a>, near the &ldquo;Natural Bridge&rdquo; the primary tourist attraction until it collapsed 10 years ago &mdash; and now home to a sign <\/i><\/b><b style=\"font-size: 13.3333339691162px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\"><i>that&nbsp;<\/i><\/b><b><i>speaks for itself.<\/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\/07\/Costa-Rica.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Costa Rica\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24757\" height=\"707\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Costa-Rica.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 13.3333339691162px;\"><b><i>A sign from the wilds of Costa Rica and our first thought was of a feeding frenzy so we didn&rsquo;t know if it was wise to proceed &mdash; except for the women, of course.<\/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\/07\/Valencia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Valencia\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24760\" height=\"488\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Valencia.jpg\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 13.3333339691162px;\"><b><i>In case you&rsquo;re wondering what the dietary desires are for the locals in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.turisvalencia.es\/home.aspx\">Valencia<\/a>, Spain, these eels are always on the menu and in the butcher&rsquo;s (?) shops.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\" style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 13.3333339691162px;\"><u style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; font-size: 13px;\"><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; Fourth of July sales for many cruise lines a reason to pause the celebrations<br \/>\n\t&bull; Incentives for b<span style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\">ooking early on Oceania include new ship Sirena in 2016<\/span><br \/>\n\t&bull;&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\">Work stoppage at Fincantieri&#39;s Shipyard where Carnival Vista is being built<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><em style=\"font-size: 13px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"><strong>Today 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>Cruising through glaciers to Vancouver<\/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.royalcaribbean.com\/findacruise\/ships\/class\/ship\/home.do;jsessionid=0000BP_pWlcJhLwppsRdAi1AHYF:12hdhubrs?br=R&amp;shipClassCode=VI&amp;shipCode=GR\">Grandeur of the Seas<\/a><br \/>\n\t8 nights<br \/>\n\tSeptember 17, 2015<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimorecity.gov\/\">Baltimore<\/a> (return): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.portlandmaine.com\/\">Portland<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barharborinfo.com\/\">Bar Harbor<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofsaintjohn.com\/\">Saint John<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.halifax.ca\/\">Halifax<\/a><br \/>\n\tInside: $804<br \/>\n\t<strong style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">Cost per day: $100<\/strong><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalcaribbean.com\">www.royalcaribbean.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you travel on cruise ships, you often encounter signs that have strange, double or hidden meanings. Or maybe they&rsquo;re just clever, prompting the shutterbugs to snap a few photos. And that&rsquo;s what we&rsquo;ve done, for your enjoyment (and ours) this week&hellip; This was in Lima, Peru and we didn&rsquo;t need a Spanish-English dictionary to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=24714\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Friday File: Signs, signs, everywhere\u2026<\/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":[16,32,1893],"tags":[45,1735,89,912,72,819,35,396,682,1965,247,26,27,957,33,178,919],"class_list":["post-24714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-photos","tag-alaska","tag-aruba","tag-costa-rica","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruises","tag-grand-cayman","tag-grandeur-of-the-seas","tag-new-england-canada-cruises","tag-peru","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-princess-cruises","tag-royal-caribbean","tag-star-princess","tag-valencia","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24714","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=24714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}