It’s your first cruise and you’re dutifully reading the cruise line’s pamphlet on what to expect on your upcoming voyage. Your heart skips a beat when you reach the section on clothing: Two formal nights! You haven’t been that dressed up since the prom (more years ago than you’ll even admit). You got great deal on the [...]
02 November
(Note: Alas, this article, which ran in 2007 is still, unfortunately true. The advice is still timely)
My blood started to boil the moment I picked up this week’s issue of New York Magazine with a timely cover story: “Airport Hell”. If you’ve flown in the past six months without a delayed or cancelled flight, lost luggage [...]
03 September
Oh dear.
I just returned from a cruising aboard the 5,100-passenger Norwegian Dream to learn that the head of Holland America admits he’s “thinking” of building a 3,000-passenger cruise ship. You don’t say something like this to a journalist unless it’s certain that the formal announcement will follow in a few months.
And while the biggest ships [...]
09 July
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
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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.
