Maui Fire Update

Aloha, Please see the latest update from the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority regarding the devastating wildfires affecting areas on Maui. Please share this information as broadly as possible. We will continue to keep you informed. Mālama pono,John Monaha...

Celebrity Cruise Lines Increases Gratuities

Celebrity Cruise Lines Celebrity Cruise Lines has announced that as of July 11, 2023, they will be increasing their daily gratuities amounts to $18.00 per person per day. This new gratuity rate of $18.00 will be charged for inside, Oceanview, and ver...

Our pre-cruise adventure (of sorts)

Our pre-cruise adventure (of sorts) We live in Virginia, we are cruising out of Bayonne, NJ tomorrow on the Royal Caribbean Anthem of the Seas. What normally should have been a 4-4.5 hr. drive took us 7 hrs. Had we decided to drive up tomorrow, we wo...
Alaska Reopens To Cruising in 2021!

Alaska Reopens To Cruising in 2021!

Alaska Reopens To Cruising in 2021! The first cruise ship in nearly two years has been welcomed back to Alaska Alaska Reopens To Cruising in 2021! Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas visited Ketchikan, Alaska after a cease of operations due ...

Carnival Cruise Lines Introduce “Carnival Live Concerts”

WSA: Carnival Cruise Lines has announced a first-of-its-kind experience in the cruise industry If a year was tucked inside of a clock, then autumn would be the magic hour. Victoria Erickson Carnival is offering cruisers the opportunity to experien...

Carnival Cruise Lines Introduces Dr. Seuss @ Sea

USA: A Fun and Fantastic announcement from Carnival… You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So… get on your way! – Dr. Seuss From the whimsical and always wonderful world of Dr. Seuss comes Ca...

Tampa To Host Two Royal Caribbean Ships

Royal Carribean: In November 2014 Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines will have two ships departing from the Tampa Cruise Terminal. It isn’t that life ashore is distasteful to me. But life at sea is better. Sir Francis Drake It’s newest ship will be...

New Cruise Lingo App Introduced

Bermuda: Celebrity Cruise Lines has introduced a new ‘Cruise Lingo’ app available now for smartphones and it is free to download. If you’re trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use their...

Norwegians in Belize?

Belize: That is right, Norwegians in Belize! We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment Hilaire Belloc Norwegian Cruise Lines recently completed the purchase of 75 acres of island property on Harvest Cay, off the southern side of the is...