If you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all, right? Cruisers who have been to the islands, will quickly tell you this is a long standing myth! Each island has a different flare, it’s own personality due to cuisine, traditions and yes, even landscape! Of course nearly … [Read more...]
Eight Danish Delights in Copenhagen
From humble beginnings as a Viking fishing village in 1043, Copenhagen rose to become Denmark’s capital five centuries later. It is a city filled with 17th and 18th-century buildings, parks, gardens and canals. An eminently walkable city—many attractions are within walking … [Read more...]
Fall Foliage Cruise of New England: Part 3 and 4
Welcome back to part two of cruise hosts Steve and Wendy Bodenheimer's Fall foliage cruise though New England and Canada. Part 3: More Ports Bar Harbor, Maine Our third port was Bar Harbor, Maine. This is most people’s favorite port, even though we don’t get to dock here. It … [Read more...]
Cruising’s Quest For More Varied Cuisine
Cruise Ship Dining Options Demystified Two decades ago, dining aboard a cruise ship was a straightforward affair: Dinners were either early-seating (served at around 5:30 p.m.) or late seating (at around 8 p.m.) Tables were set, and you dined with the same guests and enjoyed the … [Read more...]
Floating Cities At Sea
Oasis of the Seas, and its sister Allure of the Seas, are so large that the only way designers could think of to help consumers conceptualize them was to divide the vessels up into neighborhoods. Imagine, ships so big that they can have a Central Park, with more than 10,000 … [Read more...]