Sailing the Atlantic Ocean aboard Celebrity Summit. Photo © 2010 Aaron Saunders It’s official: I love the fog. Today, there’s still something deep and mysterious about sailing through foggy conditions.  The sea is generally quite calm, and there’s an unsettling stillness in the air: no birds are around, [...]

There’s a reason I don’t normally write about hotels on this blog.  Despite their relevance to cruisers – most of whom will stay in at least one either before or after their voyage – I just don’t find them to be all that fascinating. 

There are hotels I prefer, of course – everyone has [...]

I’ll be the first to admit it: the posts this week have been a little, well, lackluster.

But it’s OK, because I’m taking the opportunity in the next week and a half to do something I write about often: take a cruise.  So, between work, packing, and general family life, things have been a little [...]

CBC is reporting that new emissions regulations, set to take effect for all cruise ships sailing to or from Canadian waters, have already caused their first ‘casualty’ as UK-based Fred.Olsen Cruises announced they would no longer visit Canada’s Eastern coast when the regulations take effect in 2012.

At the heart of the issue [...]

 Enjoy more of this and less crowded airports aboard all Royal Caribbean European sailings.
Photo © Aaron Saunders

Picture this: you’re in Europe, about to disembark from the ship that’s been your home for the past two weeks.  You have to be up and out of your cabin [...]