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.
[xyz-ihs snippet=”001″] AD — Earlier yesterday in Venice, Italy, the Carnival Breeze briefly encountered a scary situation. Carnival Cruise Lines says, that yesterday, at approximately 6:20 pm Italian time (12:20 pm eastern US time) during embarkation in Venice, Italy, the Carnival Breeze became disengaged from the dock following wind gusts of up to 70 miles per hour. […]
Hi All! It’s Allan from Embark (@EmbarkAt). I’ll be checking in over the next few days as I head out on a three-night cruise aboard the Carnival Inspiration. It departs out of Long Beach, CA on Friday afternoon, docking in Ensenada, Mexico on Saturday, a relaxing day at sea on Sunday and then back to […]
Norwegian Cruise Line is introducing a new Specialty Dining Package, “Signature Trio,” that gives guests the unique opportunity to pre-purchase three specialty restaurants prior to sailing at a special rate. Guests who take advantage of Norwegian’s Specialty Dining Package can experience three of the line’s most popular specialty restaurants: the steakhouse, French bistro and Italian […]
Cruise Itinerary Changes/Cancellations – Updated 8/26 at 4:00pm Tropical Storm Isaac has currently impacted 12 itineraries. PLEASE SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE TO SEE ALL ITINERARY CHANGES FROM CARNIVAL, NORWEGIAN, AND ROYAL CARIBBEAN. Itinerary changes will be posted as soon as possible. Sometimes we may be delayed in posting, so please always check with your cruise […]
So as many of you already know, thanks to the generosity of Norwegian Cruise Line, I spent last Saturday touring and eating lunch onboard the beautiful Norwegian Gem in New York City. This tour was my first experience with Norwegian Cruise Line and “Freestyle Cruising” and honestly, I loved it! Firstly, the atmosphere as you’re embarking is so […]
(8/20 4:02pm) Rumors have been swirling on cruise message boards all week, Carnival Cruise Lines is currently testing an all-inclusive drink package on the Carnival Victory. This rumor has recently come out from multiple passengers on board the Carnival Victory, which is currently sailing a 7 night southern Caribbean cruise. It is said that the […]
Yesterday, the Holland America Line ship, Volendam, responded to an emergency call from the Baranof Wind, a nearby sinking sightseeing boat. Around 11am local time, the local Coast Guard station received an emergency call from the Baranof Wind. The sightseeing boat had apparently collided with rocks just inside Glacier Bay and it was quickly taking on water. The Coast Guard then […]
Good afternoon everybody! I know you are all excited to know if you won one of 3 raffles from this past week. We had hundreds of entries, but there could only be 7 winners. All of these winners were chosen at random by this online random chooser to ensure a completely random choice. Well, I won’t keep you in […]
Welcome to the “Cruise Like A Norwegian” Raffle! The “Cruise Like A Norwegian” raffle is now closed. Thank you to all of you who have entered the raffle. The 3 winners will be chosen soon and they will be announced on Saturday, August 18th at noon EST. Thank you again and good luck! Norwegian Prize […]
Welcome to the “Signature of Excellence” Raffle! The “Signature of Excellence” raffle is now closed. Thank you to all of you who have entered the raffle. The 3 winners will be chosen soon and they will be announced on Saturday, August 18th at noon EST. Thank you again and good luck! Prizes Each of […]
Happy Wednesday everybody! So I was wondering the other day which cruise line my readers cruise the most, so obviously this thought called for a blog census. So here it is, the 2012 Mikey’s Cruise Blog Cruise Census. Let me know which cruise line your loyalty belongs to by voting in the poll below. I tried include […]
So are you ready for a third raffle to celebrate Mikey’s Cruise Blog’s 1st birthday? I hope your answer is yes, because tonight at midnight (August 15th) you can enter our latest raffle contest, the “Signature of Excellence” raffle with prizes generously donated by Holland America Line. On Wednesday, August 15th starting at 12:00am until August […]