Oceania: One Delicious Cruise Preview
A husband and wife from Houston write about (and take photos of) cruises, just like we do, so it will come as no surprise that we are friends. But we knew Harry and Joan Shattuck many, many years...
View ArticleA Bit of the Big Ships Out West
Somewhere in the Hawaiian Islands, the cruise ship called Rhapsody of the Seas is getting ready to introduce the Oasis-Allure look to cruisers on the West Coast of North America. Since their arrivals...
View ArticleBridge Clearance Issue Growing
On many of our cruises, we inevitably wind up talking about ship size with people who work in the industry. One such discussion with a ship's captain led to the revelation (for us) that there's a...
View ArticleCelebrity Cruises and the Olympic Way
News item: It's estimated that more than one-billion people will tune in for this year's Olympic Games in the host city of London, and Celebrity Cruises has arranged the rare opportunity for guests...
View ArticleCruise Tour Guide — This ‘Senor’ is Best
It's easy to find a good tour guide when you buy a shore excursion from a cruise line. These are professionals at what they do, and if they didn't do it well they just wouldn't last. Sometimes you...
View ArticleOceania Cruises: The Twins Are Alright
Only in the family of cruise ships can siblings be born 15 months apart and be called twins. As parents of boys born 14 months apart, it seems like a reasonable time to have an addition to the...
View ArticleCruise Ship Safety Moving to New Level
Again, a sobering moment about cruising. Again, a news item that makes people nervous about going…anywhere. Again, a reminder about the world we live in today. In case you missed it, police in Germany...
View ArticleHolland America Ups the Veggie Fare
Hands up, if you know somebody who has or has had cancer. Hands down, if you've thought about eating better because of it. We've never been vegetarians. One of us (hands up) is more of a carnivore than...
View ArticleMarseilles: Two Ports Busier Than Ever
MARSEILLE, France — We loved this first-ever Mediterranean seaport the last time we were here. Then we remembered why. We'd been travelling the roads of France with two teenagers and a pre-teen,...
View ArticleValencia Inspires an ‘F’ Word
VALENCIA, Spain — As we departed this port stop during the Oceania Riviera's Christening Cruise, one word seemed to cover the experience of visiting Valencia. Fascinating. When the America's Cup came...
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