Many years ago, we decided Freeport in the Bahamas was not worth getting off the cruise ship to see. There was very little to do and fewer things to see. A recent sailing on Carnival Cruise Lines newly rebuilt Carnival Read More …
Sailing from Florida‘s Port Canaveral, an easy 45 minute drive/transfer from Orlando International Airport (MCO), there are a number of excellent pre-cruise hotel choices available. One we like as a best value for family travel is Embassy Suites, specifically the Read More …
The end result of transforming 1996’s Carnival Destiny into flagship-quality Carnival Sunshine has us throwing around a lot of numbers. 25 branded elements of Funship 2.0, all in one place after a $155 million dry dock, Carnival’s most ambitious to date, have created Read More …
Carnival Sunshine began sailing from Port Canaveral this week on a series of Caribbean cruises and is the first ship in the Carnival Cruise Lines fleet to have all elements of their FunShip 2.0 initiative in place. It may also be the only ship Read More …
To those who have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas, we have some bad news: When the ship launches, she will not be in North America for very long. In a surprising turn of Read More …
Positioning Carnival Dream to sail from New Orleans, Carnival Cruise Lines becomes the port’s largest cruise operator with two ships carrying more than 400,000 passengers annually. That’s good reason for the Fun Ship cruise line to be excited about the deployment. Read More …
Carnival Sunshine just finished her first North American assignment, a series of sailings from New Orleans, after a $155-million makeover. The cruise ship formerly known as Carnival Destiny, was stripped to bare metal in most public areas. Then rebuilt with Read More …
In this series, River Cruising On An Ocean Cruise Budget, we began by suggesting that it is possible to experience a Viking River Cruise in mid-range accommodations for what one might spend on the upper end stateroom of most major ocean cruise lines. Total Read More …
We have been covering a lot of ground with river cruises lately, and for good reason. River cruises, namely Viking River Cruises fit very nicely into our narrative that closely relates travel to experiencing the world and in turn gaining Read More …