Category: Theme Cruises
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Boston Harbor Cruises, Linguistically Considered
A Boston Harbor cruise (or Boston Harbour cruise, for our British readers) is either a cruise offered by a company that is actually called “Boston Harbor Cruises” (or BHC), or it is any cruise that takes place in the Boston Harbor. Of course, the cruises offered by Boston Harbor Cruises are in fact cruises that take place in the Boston Harbor, but the point is that BHC does not have a monopoly on these short sailings in the harbor. There are also a number of regular cruises from Boston (i.e., multiple-day voyages offered by cruise lines), but these aren’t really Boston Harbor cruises for reasons we will outline below. Thus, there are Boston Harbor Cruises (with all capital letters) and Boston Harbor cruises (with one lowercase word), with the former being a subset of the latter, and there are also regular cruises from Boston that happen to depart from (where else?) the Boston Harbor. Understandably, you might not have followed all this, so below we explain what Boston Harbor cruises are in greater detail. Read more […] -
Crystal Cruise Dancers (Dance Hosts)
Here’s another job to add to the “dream occupations” list, at least for a certain type of person: being an official dancer, or what is often called a “dance host,” on Crystal Cruises, the luxury cruise line. Basically, a Crystal Cruise dancer (or Crystal Cruise dance host – dancers are hosts and hosts are dancers) does nothing but dances with solo women or men all night on board ships that sail all over the world. For their dance services, the dancers are rewarded with free travel to exotic locations around the globe on a luxury cruise ship. Not a bad way to live, right? Read more […] -
Great Cruises for Guys
There are hundreds of different cruise vacations, so just about everyone, from young children to the elderly, can find some sort of trip that fits their requirements. It is therefore not surprising that there are a number of great cruises for guys in particular. Many cruises for guys, so-called, could of course be enjoyed by women as well, but overall they are themed in such a way as to appeal to men, and some necessarily target men and men alone (e.g., a bachelor party cruise). Below we detail some of the great cruises for guys out there, detailing what they are and pointing you in the direction of our previous treatments of specific types of cruises. Read more […] -
All-Inclusive Cruises: Is Alcohol Included, and is it “All You Can Drink?”
For good or ill, one of the primary reasons people want to take all-inclusive cruises is for the unlimited supply of alcohol. When you are on an all-inclusive cruise with alcohol included – these are sometimes labeled “all you can drink” cruises – you can rack up as large of a bar tab as you want and never have to worry about paying it. However, it is important to note that not every all-inclusive cruise includes unlimited alcohol, and also that some regular cruises (i.e., non-all-inclusive cruises) offer “all you can drink” packages for an extra fee. To sort this out, we have compiled a guide to alcohol and all-inclusive cruises which will point you to cruises on which you can drink an unlimited amount of alcohol. Read more […] -
How to Book a Circle Line Cruise
There are two companies that offer Circle Line cruises: Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises at 42nd Street and Circle Line Downtown. They originate from the same company (Circle Line), which explains their similar names and business missions, but they are nevertheless distinct companies. This presents certain challenges to those attempting to book a Circle Line cruise. For one, there is ample room for confusion; unless you’re familiar with New York City sightseeing cruises, you wouldn’t know that the two Circle Line companies are fully separate and therefore offer totally different cruises. This means that not only are there more options to sift through, but also that they must be booked in separate ways. This doesn’t make booking a Circle Line cruise difficult, at least not as an action in and of itself, but it does mean that a little guidance is helpful. For this reason, we have explained all you need to know about booking a Circle Line cruise below. Read more […] -
Circle Line Cruises
Circle Line cruises are not really cruises in the sense that we normally use the term. The cruises operated by Circle Line (which actually can be one of two companies) are basically sightseeing tours of New York City on a boat, not multiple-day journeys to far-off lands. The latter type of cruises – which are in fact just regular cruises to most people – are offered by cruise lines, and both the Circle Line companies are smaller, more regional enterprises than cruise lines. (We suppose it’s best that neither Circle Line is a proper cruise line, as then it might be called the Circle Line Cruise Line, which strikes as obnoxiously rhythmic.) As we said, Circle Line can actually refer to two different companies – Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises at 42nd Street and Circle Line Downtown – so in addition to explaining what Circle Line cruises are, we’ll also explain why two companies with the same basic name offer more or less identical services. Read more […]
