Photo of Cruise Destination San Juan

San Juan is unique amongst Caribbeanisland cruise ports. It is a major city just like you find on themainland of North America or Europe. It dwarfs the other Caribbeanisland cruise ports.

Cruising Boston and Manhattan Ship Pics

Spring has finally come to thenortheastern United States. Leaves are on the trees and theflowering plants are in bloom.

With the Spring, the northeasterncruising season begins. Ships come up from their winter bases inFlorida and the ships that stay the winter in the northeast start tochange their itineraries to include places like Bermuda, Canada andNew England.

Photo Essay Menus Dining Guide Ship Pic

I have always liked Holland AmericaLine's Eurodam and so I was quite pleased to find the ship performingso well when I cruised on her recently.

Norwegian Breakaway's Captain Pics

This week we are eaturing severalarticles in which Norwegian Breakaway speaks for herself.

Photos of Disney Dream Cruise Ship Pics

This week our primary focus is the Disney Dream of Disney Cruise Lines. The Dream was the third shipbuilt for Disney. But while she maintained the traditional oceanliner look of Disney's two earlier ships, she is a much larger ship. In addition, she was built at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany,which is known for its quality.

Abandon ship of Queen Elizabeth 2 Pics

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Last month was the 21^stanniversary of the grounding of Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) off ofMartha's Vineyard Massachusetts. This accident required theevacuation of the passengers from the ship and severely damaged theship.

I happened to be aboard during thatcruise. It was a typically pleasant QE2 cruise to Canada and NewEngland up until the accident. Then it became something of anadventure. Inasmuch as no one was hurt by the accident, the suspenselay in how we were going to get ashore and what would happen to whatwas then thought to be the last of the great ocean liners.

Carnival Splendor Revisited Pics

The first time that I saw Carnival Splendor was a few months after she entered service in 2008. She wasdoing a series of Caribbean cruises from Miami before heading aroundSouth America to her new home port, Long Beach, California. Thisyear, she returned to the East Coast to take up station as CarnivalCruise Lines' year-round ship in New York. In between much hashappened to the ship including a fire that attracted media attentionand subsequent repairs and upgrades that did not get much newscoverage. Consequently, I felt it was about time to go back and lookat the Splendor again to see what kind of cruise experience she isproviding these days.

Alhambra, Cruise port Malaga, Spain Pics

When I was growing up, I rememberhearing of the Alhambra. It was most likely in connection withWashington Irving's writings, as his house was not far from ours. However, the image stayed in mind of this beautiful castle in Spain. This image was only reenforced as I grew older and read countlesstravel articles discussing the romance of the Alhambra.

Norwegian Breakaway Photo Tour Pics

The reason why Norwegian Breakaway isan important ship tends to be obscured by her size, all of the newfeatures aboard the ship, the Peter Max painting on her hull and byNorwegian Cruise Line's decision to base its new ship, not in Floridabut rather in New York City. She is an important ship because she isa further refinement on a new model of cruising.

Great Stirrup Cay Cunard's Queen Elizabeth Ship

Norwegian Cruise Line's private island,Great Stirrup Cay, keeps changing. Despite a hurricane last fall,Norwegian continues to make noticeable progress on its ambitiousplans to develop this Bahamian island into a vacation paradise. Newbeaches have been created and landscaping has been done to thefinished sections.