New to Cruising?

Experienced cruises who are familiar with the intricacies and subtleties of cruising know what aspects of the cruise experience they like and don’t like. They can easily do a little online research or chat with their travel agent and find a cruise line that mostly meets their needs. However, for those [...]

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Avoiding Permanent Weight Gain from Cruising

A recent Swedish medical study indicates that even a few weeks of over indulging, binge eating with little activity, can lead to permanent weight gain. For those of us who love to cruise, a cruise with unlimited food and days spent laying by the pool may sound all too similar to the [...]

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Beyond the Caribbean: Different and Exotic Cruise Destinations

A woman on a cruise ship once said “We like cruising, but this will be our last one. We’ve been to the Eastern Caribbean and the Western Caribbean. So this Southern Caribbean will be our last one.” Such a shame to think that this person could be limiting herself so much. [...]

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Pros and Cons of a Christmas/Hanukkah/Holiday Cruise

For many working adults and families, the Christmas Holidays present the only opportunity for them to get away on an extended vacation. These prime holiday weeks vary from year to but generally run from the weekend before Dec 24th to the weekend after Jan 1st. In some years this Christmas Holiday season also [...]

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Venomous Snake Free Vacation

Sorry about the snake picture, but Yikes, I need a snake free, or at least venomous snake free vacation! As my moniker suggests, I live in Arizona, a desert environment where snakes are common. This year they have been especially prolific in my yard. The two non-poisonous Bull snakes we [...]

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Great Dining Can Make a Great Cruise.

Traditional dining on a cruise ship can be both a blessing and a curse. The photo to the left, shows us enjoying our large table with people who were total strangers to us prior to the cruise. With fixed seating dining, we had the advantage of an assigned place [...]

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Cruisetalk Comments on Plans for A La Carte Restuarant on Queen Elizabeth

Would you pay $6 to $7 for classic French dishes like escargot on your next Cunard cruise? Just a few days ago Cunard announced that company officials were considering the idea of “a la carte” pricing in the Queen Elizabeth’s top restaurant, the classical french, Verandah. No menu details have been [...]

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Surprising Smoking Poll Results Are In

The surprising results of our reader smoking poll are in. What is probably most surprising is that we had 43% or our readers prefer a smoke free ship. Readers may remember that Carnival tried to respond to this demand with its smoke free Carnival Paradise. However the ship rarely [...]

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Oasis of the Seas to be Featured Discovery Canada, Tues June 2nd, Nat. Geo on June 10th, 8pm Eastern

(Update, this segment will be shown on the National Geographic Channel in the US under the title “Man Made: World’s Largest Cruise Ship” on Thursday, June 10th at 8 pm Eastern. Check your cable or satellite listings for showings in your area. It will air again at 11 pm, and on [...]

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A Sad Goodbye to Celebrity Mercury

Celebrity Cruises announced that in Feb 2011, the Mercury will be leaving the Celebrity fleet to move to the Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. joint Venture with TUI. This announcement had been rumored in the “Blogosphere” for months now as, unlike its sister ship the Century, the Mercury did not receive an extensive make over [...]

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