Author: Cruiser Evan
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Hornblower Cruises
Hornblower Cruises, more expansively known as Hornblower Cruises and Events, offers a variety of short cruise trips in cities across the country, but primarily in California. Hornblower’s offerings are quite diverse, so it is hard to define a typical Hornblower cruise, but a celebration of some kind – for a holiday or private event – is often at the center of a cruise. A Hornblower cruise generally includes a meal and drinks, which are spread out over a three- or four-hour sailing. Hornblower Cruises therefore isn’t a vacation cruise line, but rather a company that uses their boats for dining cruises and to host private events, and to occasionally provide ferry services. Since the company offers so many different cruises, we thought it would be helpful to explain exactly what they do in the following concise guide to Hornblower Cruises. Read more […] -
Whale Watching Cruises in Seabrook Beach, New Hampshire: A Guide
The whale watching cruises in Seabrook Beach, a small town near the New Hampshire-Massachusetts border, are fairly limited, but what is available is good. The waters off the coast of New Hampshire are one of the best places in the world to whale watch, and you are virtually guaranteed to see a whale when you take a cruise from a place like Seabrook Beach. (Indeed, the company that offers whale watching cruises in Seabrook Beach, Eastman’s Docks, has a 99 percent success rate, and if you don’t see a whale, you can ride a future cruise for free.) Below we provide some information about whale watching off the New Hampshire coast, as well as detail the whale watching cruises in Seabrook Beach. Read more […] -
Whale Watching Cruises in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire: A Guide
We have written about whale watching in New Hampshire in general, and now we are focusing on the specific whale watching opportunities in the state’s coastal towns – in this instance, Hampton Beach. The whale watching cruises in Hampton Beach are fairly limited, and below we give you everything you need to know about them. However, it is worth keeping in mind that the New Hampshire coastline is quite short, so Hampton Beach is close to the other departure points along coast. So, if whale watching in Hampton Beach doesn’t work out, there are other options to pursue. Read more […] -
Valentine’s Day Cruises in Newport Beach, California
If you are in Newport Beach on Valentine’s Day, there are two types of cruises you can take. You can take a brunch or dinner cruise with Hornblower Cruises, or you can take a shorter cruise with Newport Landing that does not include a meal. Between the two companies’ offerings, there are a lot of different ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day in Newport Beach on the water, and below we explain what is available in one concise guide. Read more […] -
Francesco Schettino, Captain of Costa Concordia, Found Guilty of Manslaughter
A little over three years ago, the Costa Concordia struck rocks off the Italian island of Giglio, initiating a massive shipwreck that killed 32 people and led to the largest salvation of its kind in maritime history. The captain of the Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino, was found guilty of causing this disaster by an Italian court on Wednesday. He was also found guilty of 32 counts of manslaughter and of abandoning ship. He was sentenced to 16 years: 10 years for the manslaughter charges, five years for causing the wreck, and one year for abandoning the sinking vessel. Read more […] -
Valentine’s Day Cruises in Norfolk
Compared to the other cities we’ve been writing about in connection with Valentine’s Day cruises, Norfolk is quite small. However, thanks to the presence of Spirit Cruises and its ship Spirit of Norfolk, there are several Valentine’s Day cruises in the Virginia coastal city. Below we outline all of the Valentine’s Day weekend cruises in Norfolk, which range from romantic dinner cruises to the late-night “R&B Moonlight Cruise with Theressa Brown.” Read more […]