CRUISE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS ADOPT NEW MUSTER DRILL POLICY

The Cruise Industry Associations made the following announcement today regarding their new muster drill policy.
February 09, 2012 —
Best Practice Identified Through Cruise Industry Operational Safety Review
LONDON –The global cruise industry today announced a new emergency drill policy requiring mandatory muster for embarking passengers prior to departure from port. The new policy follows the industry’s announcement [...]

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With So Many New Options There are Few Excuses for Not Following the Dress Code

I see so many posts on cruise boards that ask “The dress code says “this” but can I get away with “this” instead?” Quite frankly, I find it hard to believe with the relaxation of the dress codes and so many other options available to cruisers, that a perspective cruiser would not plan to [...]

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Some Thoughts on Containing Norovirus Outbreaks

Norovirus is in the news again with several ships having a few hundred sick passengers.  The  ships were sanitized between cruises to prevent further spread.   While I do believe that the media tends to over sensationalize the cruise ship outbreaks, I wanted share some thoughts and research on the issue.
However, this week Princess took drastic [...]

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Making Sense of Online Reviews

When deciding which cruise line to take or even to take a cruise at all, many people turn to online consumer reviews for help.    However, these types of reviews can be misleading if one doesn’t have a system for making sense of them.  Cruise Talk would like to offer up the following tips for understanding [...]

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Upgrades: Keeping the Option either Open or Closed

Cruise lines occasionally offer passengers free upgrades if they are over booked in a certain category or for some other reason cannot offer them the room they originally booked. For cruisers who have booked the best room that they could afford with no particular regard to location on the ship, an upgrade can be a [...]

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Why I’ll Still Cruise

The Concordia accident won’t change my cruise plans and I want to take a few minutes to comment why.
First, I want to acknowledge the extent of the tragedy. I can’t imagine the pain and suffering of the families who lost loved ones in this horrible tragedy. I believe that this incident is the largest loss [...]

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Going to Give Celebrity Select Dining a Try

In an complete reversal of everything I have always loved about the cruise ship dining experience, my husband and I have decided to give Celebrity Select Dining a try.
Select Dining offers passengers flexible dining times rather than a fixed time and table.   Passengers can select a dining time for each night online before the [...]

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New Survey On Concoridia Affecting Your Cruise Plans, Results in for Ship Tour Survey

We have a new survey regarding your cruise plans in light of the recent Costa Concordia tragedy. Will you change your plans or do you think this type of incident is rare and continue to cruise?  Perhaps you might choose another line or different type of ship.  Please take a few minutes to give us [...]

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Cruise Talk Comments on Concordia Disaster

In the wake of the horrible Costa Concordia grounding and deaths of at least 5 people, Cruise Talk offers up the following thoughts on the incident and the overall safety in the cruise industry.
Behavior of the Captain
Early reports seem to indicate that the Captain, against Costa policy, ran the ship against rocks while performing a [...]

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Update on Concordia Accident

Rescuers and recovery divers continue to search the partially capsized Costa Concordia which ran aground in near the island of Giglio, Italy on Friday Nov 13, 2012.
The divers and firemen have rescued three people who remained stranded on the ship. Firemen found a South Korean couple, who were on their [...]

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