Princess Cruises promises simplicity, techy service, with introduction of Ocean Medallion in the Caribbean
Most small towns are not on the beaten tourist track. In Alaska, big ships get you to some communities. Small ships and ferries can get you to more, such as delightful Petersburg.
Sea Cloud in London I am flying to Scotland tonight for a quiet Friday in Edinburgh, while most of the world has its eyes on another part of the United Kingdom, the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. Terrific place to be, London, especially if you've got a place to sleep for the night, such…
If you cruise on the new Carnival Magic, what you will see is: Carnival’s first Italian restaurant, first Caribbean pub, first draught beer labeled just for Carnival, first ropes course, a host of family deck games, and three flashy production shows. New interior designs make the ship brighter and more cheerful than its sister Carnival…
Carnival Cruise Lines has introduced the first ropes course on a cruise ship. The 230-foot course on the new Carnival Magic, now cruising in the Mediterranean, is so well planned that anyone of moderate athletic ability will be able to get around. Yet, if you want to tackle the course at a different pace and…
Like nearly every other passenger on the new Disney Dream cruise ship, I rode the AquaDuck water coaster during a recent preview sailing. The Duck was fun, wet, and easy. I liked it so much I did it twice. You sit on a raft similar to an air mattress, with pockets for one or two riders, front and back.…
Like travel, baseball is one of my passions, which I satisfy in my midlife years with shared season tickets to watch the Cleveland Indians — and a franchise in a cerebral game called Rotisserie. Ours, I'm sure, is the only Rotisserie baseball league in the country with a Poet Laureate. Every April, a group of…