As I watched CNN and MSNBC interview passengers disembarking from the ill fated cruise aboard the Splendor, passenger after passenger stated that no one explained to them that the cruise ship had been disabled due to a fire. Several passengers said only that thee was "some smoke." One of the reporters on CNN responded "that’s incredible!" upon
A fire broke out this morning in the engine room on the Carnival Splendor during a cruise to the Mexican Riviera (Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas.) Passengers were told to move from their cabins to the Lido Deck on the upper level.
The fire burned from around 6:00 a.m. until it was extinguished around 9 a.m. according
CCN Travel has an interesting article this morning "Cruise Line Chief: We’re in a Better Place." The cruise line’s President Adam Goldstein talks about the "enormous excitement" generated by its two new mega cruise ships, the Oasis of the Seas which debuted last December and the Allure of the Seas which is now sailing from
The fun thing about writing your own blog, or running your own law firm, or having your own donut shop for that matter, is that it provides you with an opportunity to be competitive with other blogs, law firms and donut shops.
One of my goals this year was for Cruise Law News (CLN) to
I am fascinated regarding what travel writers and cruise experts write about these days.
Gene Sloan’s blog on USA Today called CruiseLog features a debate on which Royal Caribbean cruise ship is bigger, the new Allure of the Seas or the Oasis of the Seas. I suppose comparing the gargantuan Excess of the Seas with the monstrous Indulgence of the Seas (with over
This week I have been visiting my parents in El Dorado, Arkansas. It is always great to get back to my roots in my home town in Southern Arkansas – which has about the nicest and friendliest people in the country.
Yesterday I ran out to a local thrift store to look at vintage books and records (I found a 1958 Elvis Presley LP – G.I.
Most cruise passengers who sail on luxury cruises to the Caribbean, Mexico or Europe have a false sense of security. They think that if anything goes wrong during the cruise, the cruise line will take care of them. But when passengers get sick, the reality is that the cruise line will dump them off of the cruise ship as
Last month I ran across an interesting blog called No Cruises In Placencia which focuses on the plight of the tranquil fishing village of Placencia, Belize which Royal Caribbean has targeted as a future site for a new port for its cruise ships.
Placencia is located in southern Belize, and is described as one of the most beautiful locations in Central America where it
