“I've never been on a cruise, do you think I'll like it?” It's a question I'm asked quite a bit and the answer I usually give is, “they're not for everyone, but definitely worth trying!” For many the thought of spending a week on a ship is pure bliss, for…
Norovirus. One word that strikes fear into cruisers. You've seen the stories in the news about boatloads of people becoming sick with the gastro bug that makes its way through cruise ships quicker than bed bugs in a cheap hotel. Since January, the Centers for Disease Control have listed Norovirus…
It's National Beer Day, the day to celebrate the hoppy beverage that quenches the thirst of millions every day, and during a cruise on Royal Caribbean's Quantum-class cruise ship, Quantum of the Seas, there's no better place to celebrate than at Michael's Genuine Pub. The brainchild of James Beard Award-winning chef…
On the morning of March 29, 2015, the captain of the Holland America Line cruise ship, ms Noordam came over the ship's intercom with a request for any passenger with type O- blood to report to the medical center as there was an ill passenger in need of a blood…
It didn't come as much of a surprise to me when I was looking over my website stats and saw that the most popular series of cruise reviews was for my time spent on the inaugural sailing of Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas out of Bayonne, NJ. [caption id="attachment_7504"…
