Sometimes in life it can be a little too easy to think the grass is greener on another side. That job is better, my job is worse, etc. I recently ran into someone with a bit of this attitude in a Facebook group. He had some opinions about cruise ship Captains and Officers “only” working…
Life is getting more and more normal and cruising is doing the same. It’s great to be back exploring the world. Most of the time people on cruises are looking to explore a bit more of the world, get some fresh sea air, and relax a little bit. Let’s be honest though, we’ve all seen…
There is a lot to think about to when choosing the best cruise to Alaska in 2024 So you want to cruise to Alaska! What an incredible place. I’ve been lucky enough to cruise to Alaskan hundreds of times (literally!) as both a cruise ship crew member and as a passenger over the past 13…
A cruise ship is a small floating city. For some cruise ships, between passengers and crew they are pretty much the size of small cities. To keep a small city running there are a lot of various jobs that need to be done. Today we’re going to review some unusual cruise ship jobs. These are…
There was some big excitement recently when Viking Cruise Line announced their 136-day World Cruise. And, for good reason. We’re all living in this lock-down world and the promise of 4 months of pampering on Viking seems pretty incredible. Here’s the thing though – World Cruises are more common than you might think! These round…
I get it. You’re already taking a week off of work and vacation days are precious. You picked a cruise going out on a Sunday so you could fly out a day before the ship leaves. You’ve heard stories of people running to the ship, of flight delays and cancellations and you won’t let that…
A couple of years ago I was lucky enough to find myself on a 30 day Incan Empires cruise – from San Diego down to Lima, Peru, and back up. One of our ports on the way back to San Diego was Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala. Guatemala is home to some incredible coffee and while there…
It may surprise people to learn that during the whole COVID cruise ship shut down, or more eloquently put by many a cruise line PR person “voluntary pause of global ship operations”, there are still crew on cruise ships. Now, not all the crew by any stretch, but enough to fulfill what is known as…
