by dunhampotter | Jan 30, 2009
Do I need a passport to cruise? It’s the biggest question from readers and travel agents say there’s plenty of confusion regarding the U.S. State Department’s guidelines. Here’s the real deal with cruising and the new passport rules launching June 1, 2009. Passport...
by dunhampotter | Jan 23, 2009
On a seemingly perfect cruise, retirees Sol and Arline Bernstein set sail on a November Mediterranean cruise on Princess Cruises’ Grand Princess. The couple was celebrating Sol’s 80th birthday in grand fashion by touring Europe’s most famous sites from Rome to...
by dunhampotter | Jan 16, 2009
Launched last month in Naples by Sophia Loren, the MSC Fantasia is billed as “the most beautiful ship in the world.” Indeed, the 133,500-ton, 3,900-passenger vessel is a stunner, full of Italian ambiance. MSC Cruises is little-known in the U.S, but it’s the fastest...
by dunhampotter | Jan 9, 2009
Adventurous senior citizens Fred and Willa Kubasta were excited when they booked their South American dream cruise on Holland America Line’s Amsterdam. The 38-day voyage leaving in March would sail from Buenos Aires to Seattle and visit numerous exotic ports of call...
by dunhampotter | Dec 12, 2008
At this time of year, just about everyone devotes a column to predictions for the year ahead. I don’t have a crystal ball, but I can tell you the shape of things to come on the high seas in 2009: no fuel supplements (for now), massive tonnage, new luxury, greener...
