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Words and LOTS of pictures, if the link works!, by John Pond. Over a lunch with Sally Macmillan and Deborah Dickson-Smith of Cruise Passenger Magazine, we discussed much of the new technologies, especially Facebook. If you are not friends with Cruise Passenger Magazine and myself on Facebook, we would love you to be.
Anyhow, to get [...]
Words, Joanna Hall. Photo, Ben Hall
The Alaska cruise season runs for about four months, but the true Alaska summer is quite short, with about four-to-six weeks of hot weather. Today wasn’t one of those summer days! In fact, on arrival into the small port of Skagway, the wind was blowing quite ferociously, and it was [...]
Words, Joanna Hall. Photo, Ben Hall
Getting up at 6am while on vacation seems a tad rude, but for a cruise of Tracy Arm it was worth the effort. The weather was pretty awful to start with, however, but by the time we inched up towards Sawyer Glacier two hours later, the cloud lifted a bit [...]
Words, John Pond, Editor at Sea. At possibly, one of the best cocktail parties I have been to this year, the most charming Ann Sherry, CEO of Carnival Australia, which operates P&O Cruises, announced that their newest acquisition, Pacific Pearl would give Australian and New Zealand passengers more choice than ever before.
One of Pacific Pearl’s [...]
Words, Joanna Hall. Photo, Ben Hall
After a relaxing sea day it was time to explore Ketchikan, which dubs itself “Alaska’s first city”. Last year we stayed on the water to venture into Misty Fjord, so this year we decided to step onto dry land and visit the area’s newest attraction – the Alaska Rainforest Sanctuary. [...]
WORDS JOHN POND: PACIFIC PEARL: Last night Carnival Australia CEO Ann Sherry, AO,announced the great features we can expect on P&O’s latest ship, due for our shores later this year. Will publish some of these outstanding features later today. Photo Ann and myself. Thank’s Ann for a great night, can’t wait to sail on Pacific [...]
Words, Joanna Hall. Photo, Ben Hall
It had been some 20 years since I last visited Seattle…..arriving on a Pan Am 747 from London! As a result, the city seemed entirely new to me again, and as the newest Alaska cruise jumping-off point, it’s a dazzling destination. The only problem I can see with the city [...]
Words & Pictures, John Pond, Editor at Sea. I often hear complaints from cruisers about their enormous bills at the end of a voyage. Is it possible to spend zero dollars (excluding tips)? Yes, it is (with a few caveats)!
First of all, I don’t drink alcohol which straight away is an enormous saving. I [...]
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