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An Interview with Mariner of the Sea’s Guest Service Manager, Chris Laidlaw

While on board the Mariner of the Seas this past week, I had the chance to sit down with the Guest Service Manager, Chris Laidlaw. We were able to talk about his position on board and what some of the challenges can be for the crew while sailing in the Mediterranean. Along with the audio, […]

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Cruize Cast – Ep. 56 A First Mediterranean Cruise Experience featuring Mikey Faust

This week, Mikey Faust of Mikey’s Cruise Blog tells us all about his first Mediterranean cruise aboard the Mariner of the Seas.  He highlights the cities of Barcelona and Rome and compares and contrasts Europe to a Caribbean cruise.  Cruise news features stories of a shore excursion accident and a new law which might affect […]

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Cruise Sponsored Tour Bus Crashes in St. Martin

Earlier last week, a tour bus carrying 36 passengers from Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas plunged off the side of a road into a ditch on the Caribbean island of St. Martin after a traffic accident. The passengers on board the bus were just leaving Loterie Farm, a treetop ropes course and zipline adventure, when the bus driver made an evasive […]

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Norwegian To Host Second Annual #SeaTweetup Cruise on Norwegian Sky

Norwegian Cruise Line will host the second annual #SeaTweetup cruise on board Norwegian Sky from October 12-15, 2012. The social media infused sailing departs from Miami and will set sail on a weekend getaway to the Bahamas, visiting Nassau, Bahamas and Norwegian’s Private Island, Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas. The interactive cruise, coordinated by influential members of […]

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Cruise Ships Passing Cruise Ships (Video)

I put together a little video that shows some cruise ships I encountered while on my recent Meditarranean cruise on board Mariner of the Seas. Enjoy!   -Mikey

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Mariner of the Seas – Day 1 – Embarkation (Video)

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Just a quick update after embarking in Rome.

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#MikeyOnMariner – Day 7, The Last Day

Sorry for the delay on this post, but here it is! — I woke up around 7:00am on Friday to get a very early start to my last day on board Mariner of the Seas. After eating a quick breakfast in the Windjammer Cafe, which consisted of strawberry french toast and some bacon, I made my way back down to our […]

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#MikeyOnMariner – Day 6 – Sardinia & An Interview with Mirko Taraba

Good evening everyone! It has been a great day here on board the beautiful Mariner of the Seas. We are currently sailing away from Sardinia into a day at sea. Today was another great day. I visited one of Sardinia’s beautiful beaches today, but instead of telling you about a boring beach, I would like […]

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#MikeyOnMariner – Day 5 – Palma de Mallorca

Good evening everyone! It is currently 10:45pm here on board the beautiful Mariner of the Seas as we sail away from the sunset of Palma de Mallorca and into the night sky towards Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Today we were in the city of Palma on the island of Palma de Mallorca, Spain. We docked at […]

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Crown Princess Suffers Electrical Fire

It was reported earlier today that the Crown Princess has suffered small electrical fire in one of her passenger cabins. The fire began in one of the passenger cabins and was automatically extinguished by the fire fighting system. This incident occurred as Crown was sailing on the Ionian sea, during a cruise between the ports Corfu and […]

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#MikeyOnMariner – Day 4 – Barcelona, Spain

    Ahoy everyone or should I say hola after spending the day in Barcelona? It is currently 10:30pm here on board the beautiful Mariner of the Seas as we sail away from Barcelona, Spain and towards the beautiful resort island of Palma de Majorca. Currently as we are sailing the Costa Magica is sailing […]

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#MikeyOnMariner – Day 3 – Ajaccio, France

Good evening everyone! It is currently 10:30pm here on board Royal Caribbean’s Mariner of the Seas and we are currently sailing at 20 knots en route to Barcelona, Spain. We will be docking at 9:00am tomorrow morning. Anyway, enough about tomorrow, that’s for tomorrows blog. Today we were in the beautiful island city of Ajaccio, […]