By Eric Goldring
Love it or leave it, it really doesn’t matter. While you may never want to step foot on her or you can’t wait to play in Central Park and watch the Aqua Show high dive, the ship is really something to marvel. OK, I compared the Seabourn Odyssey to the
I was contacted by Warner Brothers marketing arm about a contest on The Bonnie Hunt Show, the Fan-Tastic Voyage Contest, where you can win a cruise for you and nine of your friends on Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas…which makes its debut tomorrow. If you would like to enter
It has been announced to day that Zagat (of restaurant survey fame) is releasing a survey of cruise ships. the results, once again, make me ask “Why?” and “Who is actually surveyed?”. Preliminary information is that a mere 2,379 “frequent” cruisers (those who have taken 9.5 cruises on average). In
Today the Seabourn Odyssey arrived in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. It is great to finally see this new ship arrive in the United States. And, for some contrast, here is a recent photo of her sister, the Seabourn Sojourn. OK, she needs some work, but see above to see how great
One nice things about having a ship built at Fincantieri is that you have great confidence it will be delivered on time. Regardless of any other issues, Silversea is blessed with having the Silversea Silver Spirit being delivered as it should be…and, it would seem, in a properly cleaned condition.
I was looking for some inexpensive cruises and found that you can sail on Celebrity in late November on a 7 day Mediterranean cruise or a transatlantic cruise for as little as $399 + taxes,with verandas just breaking the $1,000 mark. If you are looking for a great deal on
After too many months of frustration, courtesy of the “geniuses” at Ektron (the developer of the forum software Goldring Travel was using), totally new forum software has been installed and the new forum is up and running. There will be a bit of lag as I transition over all of
When Prestige Cruise Holdings purchased Regent Seven Seas Cruises from Carlson it really had no idea how bad things were on one of the ships, the Navigator. And since that day it has struggled with pretty much unthinkable conditions ranging from “little things” like brown water to defective air conditioning,
As many of you know I am not only a travel agent, but a lawyer whose practice is focused in large part on superyachts and the maritime industry. On Friday, the New Jersey Appellate Division announced a decision ruling, for the second time, in favor of my client in a
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