Hey everybody! To celebrate my co-blogger’s birthday, I wanted to share my favorite post of his, so enjoy! Happy birthday Jordan! Hey blog readers, it’s Mikey and I just wanted to give you a quick background on Jordan and RCI Fans! Jordan Bailey, a fellow teen cruiser, has built an incredible and amazing website with tons of […]
Sailing the high seas since 2004, Costa Magica is yet another innovative vessel that graces the captivating waters around the globe. She sails for Costa Cruises (the number one cruise line in Europe) to an array of destinations—both inside and out of European waters. Costa Cruises is under The Carnival Corporation’s umbrella, which explains Costa Magica’s close resemblance […]
The Norwegian Gem Christened in October of 2007, The Norwegian Gem was NCL’s newest Cruise Ship until the Norwegian Epic was released in the summer of 2010. I have now sailed onboard twice, and the Gem is one of my favorite ships because of it’s great food, entertainment, and overall look and feel of the […]
The AP is reporting that a British cruise ship passenger went overboard.from the Allure of the Seas, which is the world’s largest cruise ship cruise ship. Royal Caribbean states that another passenger allegedly saw the British passenger, age 30, go over the railing from his stateroom on the Allure. The cruise line then apparently verified the overboard by viewing images from closed circuit […]
On Sunday, January 29, 2012 multiple passengers were disembarked from Holland America Line’s ms Westerdam. They were to made to leave the vessel after not complying with the DAM muster drill procedures (most likely not showing up.) Holland said in a statement today… “The drill included alarm blasts and announcements throughout the ship, including instructions that failure to participate would […]
On January 29th a 26 year old man fell to his death from a upper deck of the Carnival Fantasy’s lobby. At the time, the ship was docked in Nassau, Bahamas and the death was investigated by local Bahamian authorities. He was declared dead on the spot and his official cause of death has been […]
Video Credit: The Ocean Escape YouTube Channel Norwegian Gem is nothing less than her name boasts. She sails with a four-lane bowling alley*, a rock-climbing wall, 6 hot tubs and the hahalarious Second City Comedy Troupe. The preceding and more internal finds aboard this innovative ‘Freestyle Cruising’ vessel make her not just a rare gem, but a genuine […]
Costa Cruise Line’s recent disaster has many wondering if cruise ships are safe. Blame for the terrible and avoidable accident has been squarely blamed on Captain Francesco Schettino – a captain with the cruise line since 2006. This tragedy could have and should have been avoided by simply following company protocols. Schettino’s decision, for whatever […]
This was my tenth cruise and 8th on Royal Caribbean. This was by far the best cruise I have ever taken. The food was excellent. On the second night there was the filet of beef for dinner and it was outstanding. The crew members were the nicest and the ship was as clean as could […]
Issued into service in 1999, Norwegian Sky has been a gracing the high seas, dazzling thousands, for a little more than a decade. In 2004, Norwegian Sky was renovated and transformed into Pride of Aloha. While Pride of Aloha, she operated under NCL America Line sailing the Hawaiian Islands all year round. After servicing NCL America for four years, she was […]
She weighs 153,000 gross tons, can hold over 4,000 passengers, has bowling allies, a rock-climbing wall, and a full size aqua park! Only one word can describe a vessel of this magnitude: E-P-I-C! Issued into service in July 2010, this innovative vessel has become the newest attraction to an array of cruisers all over the […]