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Wednesday, July 6
From the slow but steady department: Reports indicate that Norway is
making steady progress toward its new home in Asia. At the end of last week,
about five weeks after it was towed out of Bremerhaven, the oceangoing tug
was reported rounding South Africa enroute to Port Klang.
Friday, June 24
From the killing the golden goose department: When the internet first came to
cruise ships a couple of years ago, on most ships you could either sign up for a
specific number of minutes or, if you really planned to spend some time in the
internet cafe, you could get an unlimited plan. It seem that none of the ships
offer those unlimited plans any longer and we wondered why. One major internet
provider to ships told us it wasn't a case of wanting to charge more, although
that happens now for really heavy users. Instead they found that one person
would sign up and pass the log in around to lots of people on the ship, even
strangers, thus costing the internet provider lots of revenue. Those people's
generosity then is still costing you money today.
Wednesday, June 22
From the is anyone working department: RCCL found that most passengers
visiting their website access it from work rather than home. Now a message from
your boss: "Get back to work!"
Tuesday, June 14
From the really connected department: Wi-fi on cruise ships isn't new, but
most have it only in a few public areas. But on Pride of America you can work on
your laptop just about anyplace you happen to be on the ship. Pride of America
has wi-fi available in 90% of the public areas (the places where it isn't are
places you wouldn't want to use your laptop anyway), and all the cabins have Ethernet
connections. Standard rates will apply, and you can log on with a single account
no matter which type of connection you happen to be using at the moment. (Tip:
be sure to take a short Ethernet cable with you for in-cabin use.)
Friday, June 10
From the talk of the ship department: Call it a private joke, but male passengers aboard Pride of America
will have something to chuckle about that their female companions won't. In the
men's restrooms aboard the new ship, NCLA has installed humorous cartoons above
the urinals. Don't look for the feature to disappear since they are inlaid into
the tile walls. There are no such cartoons on the inside of the stall doors in
the women's rooms. It may be discrimination, but on a recent preview visit to the
ship, women were lined up to visit the men's room, but none of them were
requesting a similar feature in the ladies' room.
Wednesday, June 1
From the still moving right along department: When Celebrity drydocks Century
next year for a major upgrade they expect to add about 200 tons of steel to the
ship, yet they expect it to affect cruising speed by only about a tenth of a
knot.
Thursday, May 26
From the room to spread out department: Star and NCL confirmed that the
classic Norway left Bremerhaven on Monday under tow to its new duties in Asia.
Star spokesperson Jane Poh told CND that they don't have a firm date yet when
the ship will arrive in Port Klang. As far as the future use of the ship, Poh
said, "Star does have a few options in mind but we are still not prepared
to make it public yet." Even though Norway isn't sailing under its own
power, Poh said it's not deserted; there are 26 crew members aboard.
Tuesday, May 24
From the what's this all about: Celebrity is preparing a major
announcement the middle of next week regarding Century. They say they consider
it "very exciting." The line is going to great pains to keep the
details under wraps, but the way they are doing it indicates a
higher-than-normal profile to the announcement.
Friday, May 20
From the everybody for himself department: Last week a married couple was
missing from Carnival Destiny and presumed to have somehow gone overboard. The
ship spent more than twelve hours searching the area for them as part of team
also comprised of vessels from three countries' coast guards. Because of the
time spent searching, the ship could not make its regular call at Aruba and
announced to passengers they would substitute a call at St. Maarten the
next day. It's hard to believe, but while they were still searching, there were
passengers at the purser's desk demanding a full refund of their cruise fare because
they weren't going to get to visit Aruba. (They didn't get it.)
Thursday, May 19
From the ready to go department: Lloyd Werft has set everything for
a high-profile handover ceremony on Monday, June 6 for Pride of America.
After handover, the ship will sail for Dover for a day's worth of inaugural
festivities for the UK media before setting sail on its transatlantic crossing,
which is being sold in Europe and the UK. The ship will be named in New
York on June 17.
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