Mike Faust is an avid world traveler, often found traversing city streets in Asia and Europe rather than his home city of Boca Raton. Mike has touched down in 39 countries, set sail on 35 cruises, and flown over 400,000 lifetime miles.
After achieving a goal of raising $3 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital over a three-year period with their Care to Play: Carnival for St. Jude Kids campaign, Carnival Cruise Lines has expanded upon its partnership by becoming the Official Celebration Partner at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and has committed to a goal of raising […]
In response to competing cruise lines adding ships to the Caribbean market in the summer of 2014, Royal Caribbean has announced that new, shorter cruises will be offered from South Florida beginning in early 2014. The newly revitalized Vision of the Seas will begin sailing 4 and 5 night Caribbean cruises from Port Everglades beginning on April […]
Norwegian Cruise Line has announced that Nickelodeon will offer the Nickelodeon at sea experience aboard the line’s soon to be newest ship, the Norwegian Getaway. Guests sailing on Norwegian Getaway will have the opportunity to cruise with SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Dora the Explorer and Diego, among other favorite Nickelodeon characters; as well as participate in a […]
A big step against public smoking has been taken by a small-ship cruise line. Crystal Cruises announced yesterday that beginning in 2014, smoking will be banned from all bars, restaurants, staterooms, and all other public areas. The only exceptions – the Connoisseur Club and a few areas on exterior decks. Here is the word from Crystal via their […]
Good morning cruisers! I am excited to announce that I will be touring the Caribbean Princess on April 27th whilst docked in Port Everglades. I have never sailed nor toured a Princess ship, so I am excited to learn more about the Princess experience. As usual, I will post a ship tour with a brief […]
Royal Princess is nearing the end of her construction in Monfalcone, Italy and will debut in Southampton on June 9th. The Royal Princess will the make her maiden Mediterranean voyage on June 16th beginning in Southampton and ending in Venice, Italy. Click the play button above to check in on the progress being made on one of […]
As the Carnival Sunshine enters into her final stages of construction, it’s time to check in on the progress being made throughout Carnival Sunshine’s restaurants. The Carnival Sunshine will host a number of restaurants onboard including, Guy’s Burger Joint, Blue Iguana Cantina, Havana Bar, Ji Ji Asian Kitchen, Cucina del Capitano, Fahrenheit 555, and her two main dining rooms. […]
According to local news stations in Tampa, a suspicious package has been found at the Port of Tampa. The package was found on a crate intended to be loaded onto Royal Caribbean’s Jewel of the Seas. The suspicious package was detected by a team of bomb sniffing dogs from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office during routine cruise […]
Today marks the 140th anniversary of Holland America Line’s first sailing, making Holland America Line the oldest cruise line sailing. Holland America Line was founded in 1873 under the name, Netherlands-America Steamship Company. Holland’s first ship was the Rotterdam, which sailed its 15-day maiden voyage from the Netherlands to New York City on October 15, 1872. Originally, Holland […]
Royal Caribbean has announced that the Navigator of the Seas will be the first ship in the Royal Caribbean fleet to sport the newly unveiled virtual balconies aboard the Quantum of the Seas. On Tuesday, Royal Caribbean unveiled the innovative virtual balcony for interior cabins. Basically, each interior cabin will have a 80″ monitor against the innermost wall […]
20 days from today, the Norwegian Breakaway will be officially christened and launched in her brand new homeport, New York City. The Breakaway is currently alongside in Bremerhaven, Germany and is scheduled to begin her journey to the Big Apple on April 28th (my birthday :)) with a cruise from Rotterdam to Southampton, which will continue on to New York City a day […]
It is now being reported that the Carnival Ecstasy has suffered a minor power disruption on her way back to Port Canaveral. These reports came from guests currently sailing on the ship, some suggesting that the ship experienced an engine fire. While reports of a fire are unconfirmed, Carnival has confirmed that the ship experienced […]