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 Maiden of the Mist
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When my wife and I were shopping for our next cruise, we briefly considered a sailing from Dubai to Rome, before we realized that the flight to Dubai is prohibitively long for someone with severe fibromyalgia. It’s a shame, however, because steaming around the Arabian Peninsula sounds rather exciting these days. From the New York Times: Pirates chased [...]
Seen at the Daily Mail: [T]his mighty vessel [the Celebrity Solstice], the largest ever passenger ship, dwarfs all that stands next to it, making the thousands of spectators which came to see it’s launch look little more than ants as they waved the graceful ship out of the port. The 315m-long ship is so wide it [...]
My wife and I were talking about vacation plans, and holiday travel….and, well a bit of websurfing turned up a Royal Caribbean cruise we couldn’t pass up. So, we’re now booked on Explorer of the Seas for its Christmas 2009 / New Years 2010 sailing out of Cape Liberty (Bayonne), New Jersey. It’s a 14-night itinerary [...] 
In a post I composed while my wife and I were on our cruise this summer, I noted that there seemed to be a lot of complainers on the ship. An article in the New York Times has me thankful that the complainers on Crown Princess weren’t as obnoxious as some observed recently on Sapphire Princess: “First [...]
Yes, I know that we’ve been back now for over two months. However, I’ve been lazy and it’s taken me this long to get around to getting some of the video I shot uploaded to YouTube. It’s not great quality (first video I’ve ever shot, much less my first uploads to YouTube), but I thought I’d [...]
OK, so it took longer than I intended to get this done, but better late than never. One trademark of life onboard the Crown Princess was the daily delivery of the Princess Patter, the onboard newsletter that provided a rundown of the daily activities as well as exhortations to buy more stuff from the ship’s vendors. While [...]
In case you’re interested, additional pictures from the cruise are now up in the photo gallery.
Sail-in into Brooklyn was absolutely beautiful, despite the hour. I woke up around 5:30 to the lights of Long Island out the window, and my wife joined me on our balcony as we went under the Verazzano Narrows Bridge and the New York City skyline came into view. I was able to get a [...]
Written at 415pm, Wednesday 5 September on Crown Princess at 36°9.55′ N, 73°8.82′ W Well, we’re back in temperate regions, and it’s a nice warm (not hot), not too humid day. It’s the first day that I’ve been really comfortable outside since embarkation day. It’s been a good cruise, but I think I’ve definitely established that [...]
Written 830am, Wednesday, 5 September on Crown Princess at 33°28.40′ N, 72°46.39′ W The cruise has been good for my wife. The steamy weather, which I complain about, has been good for her fibro, and she’s rested up from her shore excursions. So, after she spent an afternoon in the spa, we actually made [...] |
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