By Eric Goldring
This afternoon I took a tour of Seabourn’s new offices and chatted with a number of the Seabourn staff, both old and new. Actually, I was the first official visitor of Seabourn’s new offices! They are still unpacking boxes, but the offices are up and running. (I even had a
Up early for our train ride to Vancouver and we have our second sunny day in a row. The Amtrak station is, to say the least, a bit tired and a mere remnant of its important past. The train, however, was just fine. Our four hour journey went quickly with
Our journey begins with an ordinary flight on an overcrowded plane leaving from an airport jammed with families like mine getting away for Spring Break. As I am sure my regular readers can guess: one of our bags was lost. (This trip should be different?) Fortunately, it founds its way
How to Make a Seemingly Ordinary Cruise Itinerary Extraordinary I have to admit that when I booked my family’s April 17, 2011 Pacific Coast cruise on the Crystal Symphony my focus was more on “getting on the ship” and doing so when my children were on Spring Break than I
I find it remarkable that Cruise Critic continues to allow Host Dan to prostitute the Seabourn message board so that misinformation can reign supreme. As the most recent example, there is presently a thread about who will be the master of the Seabourn Quest. A long time poster, Martita (the
I know that many people, including Mark Conroy, have been a bit bitter and off-put by my claims over the past two years that Regent Seven Seas Cruises pretty much no longer exists as a DISTINCT entity/brand and that it is, little by little, being subsumed within Oceania Cruises. Today
I preface this article by stating that I do like the Oceania Cruises product and that much of the onboard experience is quite good. But there have been growing cries of unfairness by Oceania Cruises as to how it treats some of its passengers. It is, alas, not the onboard
I am so happy to be able to announce that Captain Geir-Arne Thue-Nilsen has officially been named the Master of the Seabourn Quest. He will be boarding the Seabourn Quest on June 3, 2011 (the same day I board her) and will take the keys to his ship (‘er, I
I analyze and opine not only on various cruise lines, but on specific aspects of those cruise lines based upon a literal “boat-load” of knowledge and in many instances it is, at least to me, beyond obvious that certain things will work or will not, are luxury touches or are
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