Category: Beyond Cruising
Cruise Ships Too Big? Buy A Yacht. No, Really
The largest cruise ship in the world, Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas is set to sail soon. The ship will have 20 decks, seven swimming pools, six water slides, 2,350 crew and 7,600 passengers at maximum capacity. If that Read More …
Port Canaveral Adds EV Charging Stations
Port Canaveral is teaming up with Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) to bring six state-of-the-art FPL EVolution® Level 3 fast charging stations to the Port. This exciting initiative will significantly expand electric vehicle (EV) charging options for visitors, cruise Read More …
Carnival Rescues Ship Disaster Survivors
Search Continues for Additional Missing Crew Members from Cargo Vessel (PRESS RELEASE) MIAMI, Dec. 13, 2023 – Carnival Vista’s team saved six men stranded in the ocean near the Dominican Republic early this morning after a small cargo vessel capsized Read More …
Travel Tuesday Best Places For Winter Sun
This Travel Tuesday, many travelers dream of getting away from the cold winter months and having a week or two of blissful sunshine. In fact, thirty-five percent of Americans typically travel to a warm vacation destination during the winter months to escape the Read More …
Wait. A Wave Pool Bigger Than 11 Football Fields?
A Florida company is proposing to build a surf park at a soon-to-close landfill in the Orlando area. The 44-acre surf park would include a pool larger than eleven football fields and capable of creating waves as high as 10 Read More …
Beauty Queen Visits Female Deck & Engine Officers
Women’s Equality Day celebrates and honors the women’s suffrage movement and acknowledges the hurdles that women have had to overcome in their stride toward equality and progress. Miss Universe R’Bonney Gabriel, along with fellow titleholders Miss Universe Aruba 2022 Kiara Read More …
Want to Fight Climate Change? Don’t Poach Gorillas (or Elephants, Hornbills, Toucans, etc.)
Overhunting of large-bodied wildlife that eat fruit and disperse large seeds can make forests less able to store or sequester carbon. This is because these animals disperse seeds from tree species with high carbon stock capacity. When these animals are Read More …
Best Cities For Nightlife Also Have Cruise Ports
A new study has revealed seven cities in the United States that are also cruise ship homeports which rank in the Top Ten Best Cities For Nightlife. BetMGM analyzed multiple factors that contribute to how great a city is when Read More …
Holland America Line Celebrates National Dog Day
Joska, a black Labrador Retriever, has cruised with her Dutch owners, who are both legally blind, more than 700 times with Holland America Line. She is one of the most traveled dogs in the world and has sailed to Alaska, Read More …