If you’ve ever wanted to cruise to Hawaii you might wonder why so many cruises start in North America versus starting in Hawaii. Why is that? Or, maybe you’ve noticed that all cruises to Alaska either start or end in Canada, or has a stop in Canada along the way. It’s not that cruise companies…
I’ve written a bit about how the ability to be flexible in this situation is what keeps you sane and functioning. That hasn’t changed in the last month, as we have no idea where we’re going. I seem to have gotten to a complacent level of that though as at this point I don’t really…
Today we arrived in Manila, Philippines where we are sitting at anchor outside the port. We happen to be sitting at anchor surrounded by 21 other cruise ships. So for today, we’re not going to talk about the intricacies of quarantine and testing protocol for yet another country. Today we’re going to talk about cruise…
Welcome to the questions post! Thank you so much for people that have reached out to ask how we are doing onboard and what is going on. So, without further adieu, here we go! Q: Where are you going? /When will you get there? A: What excellent questions! Each time I have written a “Where…
It has been nearly a month since the passengers were disembarked from the ship in Fremantle, Australia, and as you can guess things are a bit different. While the economic impact of sailing without passengers is massive, both for the cruise line and the ripple effects to the crew working on board, this post is…
This is my story of living on board a cruise ship during the coronavirus epidemic. Our ship is healthy, does not have COVID-19, and has now disembarked all of the passengers. We are currently making our way to Fort Lauderdale from Fremantle, Australia. (You read that right – literally half way around the world.) This…
