Author: Cruiser Evan
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The Booze Cruises of NYC
If you find yourself in New York City (particularly Manhattan) one evening, eager for some time on the water and a couple of drinks, there are several “booze cruises” that can fulfill both of your desires simultaneously. Or, if you find yourself in New York City, eager for some time on the water and a couple of dozen drinks, you might elect for one of the all-inclusive booze cruises, or the booze cruises with an open bar, depending on how the company advertises the fact that you can drink as much as you want on board. With all-inclusive alcohol or not, the booze cruises of NYC provide a unique (and for many raucously enjoyable) experience in a city with no shortage of nightlife opportunities. What are the booze cruises of NYC, and what can you expect on one? Read more […] -
Pullmantur Cruises
It’s a little ironic to be writing about Pullmantur Cruises in English, as the company primarily markets itself to Spanish speakers (in both Spain, primarily for European cruises, and South America, for Caribbean cruises). However, Pullmantur Cruises does serve non-Spanish-speaking passengers (and the company’s site is also in English), so our readers might have some interest in taking a cruise with Pullmantur, even if they don’t know a lot about them because they escape the cruise line’s advertising efforts. We, however, do know a bit about Pullmantur Cruises, so below you will find a basic overview of the company. Read more […] -
Repositioning Cruises: Which Cruise Lines Offer Them?
Repositioning cruises serve a crucial function in the global cruise industry, but they are often overlooked. This is at least partially understandable, given that only certain people can realistically take repositioning cruises, and also that cruise lines often don’t explicitly advertise these voyages as “repositioning cruises.” This latter point is important, as it can cause people to operate on the mistaken assumption that not many cruise lines actually offer repositioning cruises. In fact, almost all the major cruise lines, and a number of smaller cruise lines as well, operate repositioning cruises. They have to relocate their ships somehow, and they may as well transport their vessels with lots of paying customers on board. Read more […] -
Disney Cruises from Galveston, Texas
The first Disney cruise ship sailed from Galveston, Texas in September of 2012. The last one sails barely over two years later, in January 2014. So, if you have any interest in taking a Disney cruise from Galveston, you better book one in the next few months, or if you arrive at this article after January 2014, you’ll have to look for one departing from Florida, which is where all Disney cruises will be departing from shortly. If you happen to fall into the after-January-2014 category but still want to take a Disney cruise from Galveston, sorry to be the bearers of bad news – the advertisers of the impossible, if you will. However, you can read below about the Galveston Disney cruises that once were (and presently are), and you will also discover what has replaced them. You can of course still take a Disney cruise, just not from Galveston. Read more […] -
The Capital Jazz Cruise
The Capital Jazz Cruise, technically (and more grandiosely) called the Capital Jazz SuperCruise, is one of several jazz cruises that take place each year. The Capital Jazz Cruise is, not surprisingly, presented by Capital Jazz, which operates a radio station (Capital Jazz Radio) and puts on a festival (Capital Jazz Fest) each year in Washington, D.C. Clearly, Capital Jazz is a unique enterprise – it is part radio station, part festival organizer, and part cruise ship operator. It is only the last function of Capital Jazz that we are interested in, however, so we’ll leave the rest behind. The Capital Jazz Cruise of 2013 is disembarking in just a couple of weeks, and there are still available spots, or if this is too late of notice, you can also already sign up for the Capital Jazz Cruise of 2014. But we are getting ahead of ourselves. What exactly is the Capital Jazz Cruise? For that matter, what is a jazz cruise in general? To these questions we turn our attention. Read more […] -
Cruises from NJ
Cruises from New Jersey – often written “cruises from NJ” for those who can’t be bothered to type a few extra letters – are more precisely cruises from the Cape Liberty Cruise Port, which is located in Bayonne, New Jersey, just across the New York Harbor from Brooklyn. (For those unfamiliar with the geography of this sprawling metropolitan region of the country, Bayonne lines the Eastern side of the harbor.) New Jersey isn’t generally thought of as a cruise departure point – if vacationers think of cruises from the Northern East Coast of the U.S. at all, they generally think of cruises from New York City – but there are in fact a number of cruises that leave from Cape Liberty in New Jersey every year. These cruises from NJ are overwhelming offered by Royal Caribbean International, although Celebrity Cruises offers a few as well. If you are interested in (or just curious about) taking a cruise from New Jersey, keep reading, as all the basics of this port of departure are covered below. Read more […]
