I mentioned last week that Shirley and I are currently on the Royal Caribbean Legend of the Seas, around the South Pacific. And we have been having a great time – but that doesn’t mean that everything is going exactly to plan … Even as we sailed from Brisbane, we knew there was a fair chance that…

It’s curious how every cruise-line … in fact, every ship … differs from each other – and yet there is a certain sameness about them all, as well. Shirley and I are currently on the Royal Caribbean Legend of the Seas, sailing toward New Caledonia. This is our sixth cruise, on our fifth ship –…

Here’s a question: What, in Marketing terms, is a promise worth? The reason I ask is because Princess has just released what it’s calling its “Come Back New” promise. Many fellow cruise-bloggers have waxed lyrical about that promise – of new excursions, and new Curtis Stone restaurants, and new GastroPubs, and TV show tie-ins, and better…