Viking’s Cruise Showers are the New Gold Standard Jason Leppert August 8, 2017 Ocean Cruising, Popular Cruising, Viking Ocean Cruises, Viking Sea, Viking Sky, Viking Star PHOTO: Viking Ocean Cruises’ spacious entry-level stateroom shower on the Viking Sky. (photo by Jason Leppert) Let’s call a spade a spade: Stateroom showers on cruise ships are often ridiculous. The vast...
Mrs. Popular Cruising: The Value of a Cruise Vacation admin August 8, 2017 Cruise Tips, Ocean Cruising, Popular Cruising Photo by Heidi Leppert ~ Carnival Vista docked in St. Kitts while Celebrity Eclipse sails away. I am a bargain hunter. It makes me positively giddy when I get a 30% off coupon for Kohl’s and combine that...
More than ‘Third Times the Charm’ for Viking Jason Leppert August 7, 2017 Ocean Cruising, Popular Cruising, Viking Ocean Cruises, Viking Sky PHOTO: Viking Ocean Cruises’ third new Viking Sky in Tromso, Norway. (photo courtesy of Viking Cruises) Ordinarily, when a third of anything comes out, one might be tempted to think, “well, third times...
The Genius of Carnival’s Children’s Museum Exhibit Jason Leppert August 4, 2017 Carnival Cruise Line, Cruise News, Ocean Cruising, Popular Cruising PHOTO: Carnival Cruise Line exhibit at the Miami Children’s Museum. (photo courtesy of Carnival Cruise Line) Carnival Cruise Line and the Miami Children’s Museum recently revealed a remodeled section of...
Carnival Rewards Agents with Greater Commissions Jason Leppert August 3, 2017 Carnival Cruise Line, Cruise News, Ocean Cruising, Popular Cruising PHOTO: A sunlit Carnival Sunshine steaming to her next port-of-call. (photo courtesy of Carnival Corporation & plc) During the month of September, Carnival Cruise Line will give travel agents the...
Carnival Horizon Construction Steams Ahead Jason Leppert July 31, 2017 Behind-the-Scenes, Carnival Cruise Line, Cruise News, Ocean Cruising, Popular Cruising PHOTO: Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Horizon under construction at the Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera, Italy. (photo courtesy of Carnival Cruise Line) On schedule for its April 2018 debut, Carnival...
What’s Your Ideal ‘Mancation’? Jason Leppert July 29, 2017 Alaska, Cruise Destinations, Ocean Cruising, Popular Cruising PHOTO: Alaska Railroad locomotive pulls Princess Cruises guests. (photo by Jason Leppert) It’s official: According to a survey conducted by ManTripping and #MenWhoBlog, an Alaskan cruise combined with a...
‘On the Road to Alang’ Cruise Ship-Breakers Film Review Jason Leppert July 28, 2017 Behind-the-Scenes, Ocean Cruising, Popular Cruising PHOTO: Cunard’s S.S. Ivernia in her prime. (photo via Flickr/Municipal Archives of Trondheim) I’ve had the pleasure of becoming friends with acclaimed cruise travel journalist and ocean liner historian...
Don’t Miss Norwegian’s ‘Meet The Winemaker’ Cruises Jason Leppert July 27, 2017 Cruise News, Norwegian Cruise Line, Norwegian Escape, Ocean Cruising, Popular Cruising PHOTO: The Cellars, a Michael Mondavi Family Wine Bar on Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Escape. (photo by Jason Leppert) Beginning in September, Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Escape and Norwegian...
Imagining a Disney Legacy Cruise Ship Jason Leppert July 27, 2017 Disney Cruise Line, Ocean Cruising, Popular Cruising When Disney Cruise Line announced it was upping its new ships coming to the fleet from two more to three, my wife and I began to think about possible names. One idea she had was the Disney Legacy as a...
