Last week I had the pleasure of spending time onboard the Caribbean Princess. It really was a fantastic vacation although I would be hesitant to call it a cruise since the bulk of our time was spent in San Juan. If you are wondering what I am talking about when I say “the bulk of our time was spent in San Juan”, what I mean is our ship broke down. Although I flew down to San Juan, Puerto Rico during the middle of the previous week, I boarded the ship Sunday March 11, for a Southern Caribbean cruise. We were to arrive in St. Martin at approximately 10 am that Monday, but didn’t actually make it there until 2:45 pm on Monday. There was something [...] Read more »
Fire Disables Costa Allegra
Ever since last when the Costa Concordia ran aground off the coast of Italy, the cruise line has been in the news. Today the spotlight is once again focused on the cruise line after a fire on board another one of its ships. Currently the Costa Allegra, sister ship to the Concordia, is adrift near Alphonse Island about 200 miles southwest of the Seychelles. It seems that a fire broke out in the generator room disabling power to the ship. The Allegra left Madagascar on Saturday carrying 636 passengers and 413 crew members on board. It is being reported that everyone on board the ship is safe. Local Authorities as well as cargo ships in the area have been alerted and rescue efforts are now [...] Read more »
22 Cruise Ship Passengers Robbed at Gunpoint
Over the last couple of years I have been pretty critical of Mexico tourism. There’s just something about finding severed heads in the streets that takes the shine off of beautiful beaches and Aztec ruins, but that’s just me. Over the last year it seems like the cruise industry climbed on board with putting customer safety above potential profits by drastically reducing cruises to the area. However, a fair number of cruise ships still do visit the area. Across the board, cruise lines have reduced Mexico cruises by about 15% with some areas obviously being hit more than others. Ports along the Caribbean side like Cozumel and Costa Maya have hardly been impacted by a reduction, while ports like Mazatlan have lost nearly 80% of [...] Read more »
