Cruise ship changes that allow you to pick the time for dinner — as well as the cuisine style and a table for two or a few close friends — are partly responsible for the continuing increase in the popularity of sea vacations. Comfort food, casual dress and anytime eating are among the top draws…
Through the years of renting cars in Florida, I’ve been all over the Internet. My expeditions have yielded dozens of cars from websites and rental companies, with varying degrees of success. Goal for my latest Florida car rental was hanging out with the pelicans in the Keys (Photo by David G. Molyneaux, TheTravelMavens.com) The cost…
After doing 180 miles per hour on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this week, I ticked off another item on my lifetime Bucket List. I’m not a great fan of motor racing, but this was an opportunity too cool to pass up. Squeezing a passenger into a modified racing car at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The…
Oasis of the Seas has resumed cruising toward Cozumel Wednesday afternoon after rescuing a fishing boat from the Caymans that was dead in the water with an engine that would not start. Captain Trym Selvag stopped the Oasis, sent two engineers to fix the problem (after a security team checked out the fishing boat). The…
At sea, a cruise ship captain sometimes invites a group of passengers to join him for dinner at his private table, which typically is large and well set, placed in the middle of the main dining room. Those occasions have diminished with the increased size of new ships. Most captains of big ships now eat…
I am in New Zealand a week already and still don’t know what day it is. Every day I need help to find the answer. The local paper indicates today is Wednesday, but my computer, which is on New York time, says today is Tuesday, election day. If today is Wednesday, how come I don’t…