Cruise vacations are unique and unlike any other vacation package. But with so many cruise lines, ships of all sizes, cruise packages and great ports of call to choose from it can be a challenge to decide on just one. Smaller cruise ships offer the benefits of being less crowded and are able to go where the big ships can't. The larger cruise ships, some resembling floating resorts, will have more on-board amenities such as a casino, activities for kids, and can provide a carnival-like atmosphere.
There are themed cruises if your desire is to mingle with celebrities, professional athletes, learn gourmet cooking, or just travel to exotic destinations with a group of like-minded cruise aficionados. While most cruises are convenient and all-inclusive, our online cruise journal wants you to know the whole story – those little details, tips and tricks that only those in the industry can tell you. Our cruise experts can help make your cruise not just good, but memorable!
Posted April 2nd, 2010 at 9:08 am in Cruise News
Disney Cruise Line is slowly trickling out details on its under-construction Disney Dream. The 128,000-ton, 2,500-passenger vessel is the first new Disney ship in over a decade, and is set to launch in 2011.
Disney Cruise Line is slowly trickling out details on its under-construction
Disney Dream. The 128,000-ton, 2,500-passenger vessel is the first new Disney ship in over a decade, and is set to launch in January, 2011.
The Disney Dream™ is the majestic third ship in the Disney Cruise Line fleet. Boasting 14 towering decks, a ship length of 1,115 feet and a maximum width of 125 feet, the 128,000-ton vessel includes 1,250 staterooms and has the capacity to comfortably accommodate 4,000 passengers—along with the over 1,458 Crew Members who tend to the needs of every cruise Guest each and every day.
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Posted March 31st, 2010 at 8:18 pm in Low Carb
Here is a tip from a former marine who gained too much weight after leaving the Marine Corps.
You don't have to dedicate yourself to any diet plan or low-carb regimen to lose weight. Just substitute what you might eat in carbs with fat instead, bacon vs donuts, cheese vs cereal, or a sandwich with mayo without the bread. Doing this will have much less impact on insulin levels, where upswings cause weight gain.
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Posted March 31st, 2010 at 7:44 pm in Low Carb
When I was a kid I used to watch in awe as my Dad chowed down on a sandwich he made with liverwurst or other deli items (usually a Dagwood size, if you recall what that was and if you are too young to know about a Dagwood sandwich, well, just think huge). He would rub his hands together in anticipation, open his mouth as wide as he could, and take these monster bites, rolling his eyes and moaning with pleasure. He didn't restrict his great white shark bites to just sandwiches either, just about anything he consumed was done in a manner that suggested it might be his last meal.
Of course, later on when my mouth could handle it I too started eating like my Dad, a way that I convinced myself had me enjoying food more. I didn't just pick up this eating style during my stint in the Marine Corps, although I ate fast because I either had to or was in a hurry to get somewhere. The marines will tell you "eat all you want, but eat all you take". Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted March 11th, 2010 at 6:31 am in Cruise News
If you like to cruise, it doesn't get any better than Crystal and for the 13th consecutive year Crystal Cruise Lines has been named "World's Best Large Cruise Line" by readers of Travel and Leisure Magazine & Condé Nast.
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Posted December 11th, 2009 at 9:58 am in Cruise News
That's the way the headline should have read but instead the media gives us: Drama at sea: U.S. Coast Guard rescues alleged cruise ship jumper off Florida coast.
Stories about a crew member jumping from a cruise ship in Miami harbor to escape immigration issues are not very exciting and reflect badly on the whole immigration thing but if a person bothers to read the whole article it's pretty easy to infer what really happened.
A crew member, not a passenger, took a flyer off the back end of Royal Caribbeans Majesty of the Sea as it was approaching Miami harbor. Why? No one is talking right now but the ship did what it was supposed to do, radioed the Coast Guard with a "man overboard" call, turned around and assisted in pinpointing the man in the water. The Coast Guard picked him up and he is now in a Miami hospital being treated for injuries sustained by a seawater enema.
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and the other cruise operators that take us on water-borne adventures work really hard to ensure their passengers comfort and safety. These ships are so majestic in size that anything that happens on them can get totally blown out of proportion.
When headlines like these appear the cruise PR firms go into damage control mode. Just a whisper of any kind of trouble on a cruise ship can effect thousands of bookings, many resulting in canceled cruises from the nervous Nellies among us. That costs the cruise line money, money that is later made up by rate increases passed on to the consumer.
All because some reporter needed some drama for a non-story.
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