Cruise.com offers a terrific price on a seven day Holland America cruise sailing round-trip from San Diego to Mexico. Departing Saturday, February 2, 2008, HAL’s Oosterdam visits Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta with three days at sea. Per person, double occupancy fares start at $469 (inside); $514 (outside); $694 (balcony) and $964 (suite). [...]
28 November
Since I love open seating dining, spacious cabins, casual dress and small ships, Cruise West’s new South Pacific cruises make my mouth water. The company’s flag ship, Spirit of Oceanus, will visit some of the most exotic isles in the South Pacific on 11- to 16-night voyages to unspoiled places like Tahiti, Fiji, the Solomon [...]
26 November
Cunard Line has taken possession of the 90,000-ton Queen Victoria at Fincantieri, one of four major ship yards in Europe. While considerably smaller than the 140,000-ton Queen Mary 2, she will have the exclusive Queens Grill and Princess Grill. Passengers will find a West End-style theater with private boxes and a two-story library. Victoria will leave [...]
26 November
A Canadian expedition vessel, the Explorer, struck submerged ice today in Antarctica and, at press time, is sinking. Some 154 passengers and 54 crew members abandoned ship as she slowly sank near the Antarctic peninsula. An Argentine rescue center in Ushuaia, the southern most city on the continent, was notified at 11:30 p.m. EST that the [...]
23 November
In a decade and a half of covering the cruise industry, I’m rarely surprised by anything that happens. But this morning, as I perused the offerings of a few cruise agencies, my jaw fell open. HUH? One month out I discovered space available on the Christmas and New Year’s sailings of dozen or so ships. Normally these voyages are sold [...]
20 November
“This Christmas, unsuspecting college students and their parents may discover dangers on some cruise lines including serious injury and death.” Just one sentence in a press release from a maritime lawyer, put out over the Internet today. Of course we’ve all read that taking a cruise is putting your life in jeopardy. Over the weekend, [...]
19 November
Last week Carnival Corp. said it was adding a $5 per person, per day fuel surcharge for Carnival Cruise Lines, Cunard Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America and Costa Cruises. As expected, the rest of the cruise lines followed suit.
Norwegian Cruise Line said effective Dec. 1, 2007, it will assess a fuel surcharge of $7 per person, [...]
16 November
A friend once quipped that I’m a “shipaholic” and, yes, I plead guilty. Here are my picks for the ten best reasons for taking a cruise.
10. My steward brings breakfast to the stateroom and I sit sipping coffee on the balcony with no time pressure.
9. The ultimate freedom of days at sea, when I can [...]
15 November
I’m not suggesting that it’s time to begin disembarking from that great journey known as life. But the world is a large place, and I’m passing along my top six cruise itineraries, just in case you want make sure you don’t miss the highlights. Too many cruisers limit their focus to the Caribbean, Mexico and [...]
13 November
Effective Nov. 11, the discount travel company Best Fares is having a special sale on Carnival cruises for veterans and active military, as well as their families and friends, for the month of November on departures through Aug. 8, 2008. In addition to the Caribbean and Mexico, savings are available on Carnival sailings in Alaska [...]
08 November
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ShipCritic Blog is a labor of love by Anne Campbell, a journalist who has been covering the cruise industry since 1993. Why a blog? This newfangled technology is the best way of interacting with cruisers, both first timers and veterans, who also share a passion for seeing the world by ship.
