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…
Traveling with a food allergy can be a challenge. As someone that has done it a lot I am here to tell you it doesn’t have to be what stops you from flying away – although right now COVID and/or COVID related travel restrictions might. There are times that it has been incredibly frustrating or…
I grew up sailing in inside cabins on last minute deals, usually in the Caribbean – the logic was always that you could save the difference between that inside cabin and a balcony and use it towards another cruise. Thanks to that mindset I have been on quite a few cruises in my lifetime. I…
I was chatting with one of my friends from cruise ship life the other day about the future of cruising. The future of cruising for us though isn’t just about when you can sail away to a tropical paradise again. For us it affects our work, our relationships, and so much of our futures. There…
I’ve been thinking about cruising a lot lately. Whether it’s because everyone is talking about the CDC extending the No Sail Order until the end of the month, the prospect of cruises actually starting back up someday, maybe, or if it’s the relatively constant question of what ship, where, and when my hubby will go…
At the beginning of my career working on cruise ships I was offered a contract that was going to Hawaii. I thought it was an incredible once in a lifetime experience. What I found was that my naïveté of cruise ship life was showing. The reason being, that while Hawaii is beautiful and wonderful, if…
Since our ship is being sold I have gotten asked by a lot of people what ship my husband will be assigned to next and where that ship will go. The cruise industry is largely still in shut-down mode and and we haven’t (and don’t expect to) hear about where his next assignment will be…
My love of cruising was pretty much cemented when at 8 years old on my first cruise on the Big Red Boat from the now defunct Premier Cruise Line I won a cruise playing win-a-cruise bingo. Here I am, a few decades and more cruises than I can count later, still in love with it….
One day you are wading out in the water as tropical fish swim by, the water the palest shade of turquoise leading up to a soft white sand beach with lush palm trees and a small mountain in the background calling you like you’ve somehow become a character in Moana. The beach isn’t crowded and…
From glaciers and hiking to beer and crab, Juneau has a bit of everything. But, is Juneau the best port in Alaska? Cruising in Alaska is amazing. It is literally beautiful everywhere you go. It is one of my favorite places to cruise and visit. For lack of a better word, at some point in…
