Despite the current state of the economy, people are still going on vacation and taking cruises. When the economy started to look somewhat better, it was assumed that the cruise lines would immediately start raising cruise fares and those fantastic fares we had been accustomed to would soon become a thing of the past. But… Read More
LATE BREAKING NEWS: Two passengers onboard the Norwegian Dawn, a Norwegian Cruise Line ship, that docked this morning at the Black Falcon Cruise terminal in Boston, died. These are considered separate incidents and State Police were on the scene after the ship docked at 6:30 am. According to the Boston Globe, the first passenger was… Read More
If you haven’t heard, St. Mary’s College of Maryland is having a housing problem. According to the Cruise Log in USA Today, this small liberal arts college chartered a 301-passenger ship, the Sea Voyager, for displaced students. The students had to leave two on-campus dorms due to mold inside the dorms and now more than… Read More
Here we are again on the MSC Poesia for our ship tour. The public spaces on the ship are definitely ones people will talk about. Take, for example, this area in front of Kaito Sushi Bar. There is a beautiful marble sculpture at the center and if you look carefully at the wall, there is… Read More
On a cold, rainy day in Boston in October (October 20, 2011), I ventured off for a ship inspection on a MSC Cruises ship, the MSC Poesia. I parked at the Black Falcon Cruise Terminal/Cruiseport Boston and fully expected to walk over to the same spot where the NCL Dawn was docked for our cruise… Read More
Cruise Roll Calls and Why They Work Worried about the crowds on your next cruise? Or are you more like everyone else who gets worried about having no one to hang out with on your next cruise? Granted you’ll be there with your friends and family, but who doesn’t like to make some new friends… Read More
We recently spent a week on Norwegian Cruise Line‘s Norwegian Dawn on a cruise from Boston to Bermuda. Our cabin was cabin 9638, an oceanview stateroom with balcony, category BA. View this short video to get an idea of what this cabin looks like and it’s overall size. If you haven’t sailed before or are… Read More
How lucky were we to sail on Norwegian Cruise Line‘s Norwegian Dawn on August 5, 2011 out of Boston? In my last post we had just sailed out of Boston, so now we’ll take a look at the ship. We had a balcony cabin (BA), cabin 9638 on deck 9. Normally, I book months or… Read More
Whole Roasted Beef Tenderloin in a port wine reduction with market fresh vegetables and whipped potatoes Too many pictures and places and not enough time! I didn’t want to move on completely to the NCL Dawn before finishing up with the beautiful Ruby Princess. Last time we looked at a few of the cabins, but… Read More
Although we live in Boston, we have never sailed out of our home port so why not try it out? We decided on a Bermuda cruise out of Boston on Norwegian Cruise Line and the Dawn and I am so glad we did. As mentioned in a prior post, we decided to spend the night… Read More
