By Eric Goldring
I am fascinated, and baffled, by what is now happening with the Regent Voyager and its passengers. While Regent Seven Seas is encountering what can only be considered the “perfect storm” of logistical and public relations nightmares, there are some passengers who are demanding perfection…when they were given an “out”
With hurricane season well and truly upon us (Thanks to Fay, Gustav, Hanna, Ike and…) there are a few things which need to be mentioned; highlighted by the USA Today report about the Mutiny on the Carnival Miracle. First, any passenger traveling to the Caribbean between August and October must
I am now back from my cruise. I am well rested and, while the product really is not for me, fairly impressed with most aspects of my cruise. I left off with St. Maarten. It was, well and truly, overwhelming to see the Freedom of the Seas, Mariner of the
We were greeted with the news of Gustav, which is projected to take the same cruise we had scheduled: Haiti, Jamaica, Grand Cayman and Cozumel, we made a hard left (East) and are visiting St. Thomas and St. Maarten. This gives us 2 extra sea days and 2 ports I
It has been a very interesting 24 hours aboard Royal Caribbean’s Mariner of the Seas. With approximately 3,735 passengers onboard, with quite a mix of ages, ethnicities, languages and socioeconomic classes, there is much that I have observed and some that just disappoints. Overall though, it has been more tolerable
I promise I will not bore you with the minutia of taxi rides and pre-cruise meals in this travelogue, but rather will try to give some perspective from a travel agent’s and a parent’s points of view as I venture back into the world known as mass market cruising. On
I am frequently asked if the generic question of I would recommend taking a ship’s tour. My answer invariably is, “It depends.” And it depends on a number of factors. The first thing I look at is whether there is anything unique about the tour. In October I am taking
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