Celebrity Equinox – Dining With the Captain and the Reidel Wine Seminar

Goldring Travel August 28, 2009

The great thing about a great cruise is that so many great things are happening you don’t have enough time to write about them as quickly as you like…because there are other great things to be done. Our next day, August 24th, was a sea day. It nicely allowed us to rest up before four

Celebrity Equinox – Traditional Celebrity Touches and Some Nice Offship Experiences

Goldring Travel August 22, 2009

On the Celebrity Equinox there are a number of “traditional” touches that Celebrity Cruise Lines continues ranging from complimentary iced towels and water greeting you when you return to the ship to complimentary sorbet passed out in the afternoon around the pool to the lack of announcements to the staff, without exception, saying hello as

Celebrity Equinox – Wine Matters and So Does Your Veranda

Goldring Travel August 21, 2009

The wine issue of which I had referred was a comment printed in the first Celebrity Today. It mentioned chilling red wine for twenty minutes. While I knew this was crazy, my DW “had” to mention it to the sommelier at Murano. Oh, what drama! How could this be said? Everyone was in disbelief, so

Celebrity Equinox – Luxury Touches Here, There and OK, Not, Everywhere…But There Are Lots of Them!

Goldring Travel August 20, 2009

We decided to spend our day in Naples by taking the ferry over to Capri. While people were lined up probably 50 deep to buy tickets for the 10:30 am ferry I walked down the ticket booth and found virtually no line for the 10:00 am ferry. We had run, but we made it. (I

Celebrity Equinox – Settling In Made Easy

Goldring Travel August 19, 2009

We arrived at the Celebrity Equinox at noon with our luggage efficiently taken and we were quickly ushered through security and to Concierge Class check-in, where we were met by no line at all. In about five minutes we were onboard. It was, pretty much the most efficient check-in ever. With our staterooms not ready

Celebrity Equinox – The Adventure Begins…With a Bump or Two

Goldring Travel August 18, 2009

So everything and everybody was ready to go…and then the car to take us to the airport didn’t so up. Fortunately, I left us more than enough time and had a Plan B, so we piled all the luggage in the car and drove to an airport parking service with valet. We even had time

Celebrity Equinox – The Prologue to the Travelogue

Goldring Travel August 11, 2009

On Sunday my family embarks on a 13 night cruise on the brand new Celebrity Equinox. Our cruise is roundtrip Rome with port calls in Naples, Italy; Athens and Rhodes, Greece; Kusadasi, Turkey; Haifa and Ashdod, Israel and Alexandria, Egypt (overnight)…with four sea days. We will be overnighting off the ship in Israel and in Egypt. I

Which is the Best Luxury Cruise Line – Another View

Goldring Travel August 3, 2009

I guess I asked for this. I pointed a number of my readers to Ralph Grizzle’s Avid Cruiser website as I posted his short video on Seabourn Odyssey’s cuisine. So today I read Ralph’s post about which is the best luxury cruise line. He mentions Seabourn, Silversea, Regent Seven Seas, Crystal and SeaDream Yacht Club.

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