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The Intelligent Cruiser’s Guide to Booking a Cruise

Other than the question of, “How do I sneak alcohol onto my cruise ship”, the question that I get asked the most is what is the best way to book a cruise.  As you can see this is a very generic question, one for which there is no easy answer.  In fact even now I [...]


Looking For Affordable Snorkel Gear?

Normally when I cruise I like to snorkel in a port or two. Usually what this means for me is renting snorkel gear at whichever beach I visit. Now when approaching snorkeling in this manner there are some pros as well as some cons.
Pros

Don’t have to pack snorkel gear – airlines are tacking [...]


Cruise Booze Report: Carnival Victory

So, as you all know I recently took a cruise on-board the Carnival Victory sailing out of San Juan, Puerto Rico. While I do plan on making a few posts on how that cruise went, the subject of this post is “booze smuggling”.
Over the last few months it has been reported that Carnival has [...]