Family Cruise Travel Gear Favorites

Travel by ship can make for the best family vacations ever. The inclusive nature of family cruising locks down the price of options that are variable when traveling by land or air. Transportation from place to place, meals, lodging, and entertainment Read More …

Warm Weather Travel Gear: Another Fashionable Bag, This One Actually Cool

So, we’re about halfway through Wave Season, traditionally one of the most popular times of the year to buy a cruise.  This is also a popular time for the makers and promoters of travel gear to share their products for our consideration. Read More …

Repurposed For Travel: Kraken Pro Razer Headphones

Once on the cruise ship, we have a high degree of confidence in the ability of cruise lines to take good care of travelers.  But we have to get there first and that often means flying.  After trying a number of Read More …

Repurposed Travel Gear Works For Cruising Too

While it may be hard to believe, there are other ways to travel than by ship.  You will probably die if you attempt this as all forms of travel other than by cruise ship is evil.  Still, those strange forms Read More …

Seabourn Ovation Summer Sailings Start Today

Ultra-luxury cruise line Seabourn, returns to Northern Europe today with new Seabourn Ovation which began service in May. As the fifth ultra-luxury ship in the Seabourn fleet. Seabourn Ovation will spend cruise through Scandinavia and the UK before an October Read More …

Viking Passion Play Focus Highlights Limber, Growing Fleet

Just added, a thoughtful addition to the 2020 Viking River Cruise Season: The Passion Play. Performed every ten years, the dramatic presentation depicts the Passion of Jesus Christ: his trial, suffering and death. For a number of religions, The Passion Play is a traditional part of Lent. Read More …

Here We Go: Follow Along On Our Carnival Mediterranean Cruise

This Sunday we sail round-trip from Barcelona aboard new Carnival Horizon.  Currently on her inaugural voyage, the latest Vista-class ship from Carnival Cruise Line will visit seven classic Mediterranean ports of call. Beginning in Spain, our Carnival Mediterranean cruise will Read More …

Comes Back New Promise Applied, Sapphire Princess Returns

Sapphire Princess recently completed a dry dock remodeling in Singapore adding enhanced onboard spaces and product innovation. The goal: keep the good reports coming in on one of the most desired ships in the fleet.  As Sapphire Princess returns to Read More …