Monday, January 11, 2016
Porthole has some unique predictions for new fees
Cruise fees are here to stay. Room service, activities, and more to come. For people who love to cruise it is a serious issue. But that doesn't mean you also can't laugh at some of the ridiculousness. Porthole Magazine's blog posted a facetious list of future fees. It's funny and on the nose. Porthole sees a day where you pay for a tender or even a squirt of hand sanitizer. Let's hope no one from a cruise company reads their list...they might get new ideas.
Friday, January 8, 2016
Cruise Needs' Tweets of the Week
— CruiseCelebrity (@ade_rob) January 5, 2016
Top 10 Disney Cruise Must Do’s for Kids with Video & Photo Details #DisneyKids #DisneyCruise ... https://t.co/EmPfQUobTB new @classymommy
— nicole feliciano (@Momtrends) January 8, 2016
The Everything Guide to Planning a Cruise - https://t.co/LjnlpcLskU #cruise #travel pic.twitter.com/ZWqth56ZgT
— Erin Gifford (@Kidventurous) January 8, 2016
— Julia Martinez (@juliajuju96) January 7, 2016
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Popular Cruising's Disney Dream review
Popular Cruising is back with another solid and thorough review of the Disney Dream. Watch it to learn more about Disney's latest enhancements.
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Carnival expands room service fee programs
Back in April we predicted the Carnival's room service fee charges were just the beginning. On Tuesday, the world's most popular cruise line announced that their room service fee structure will now apply to all Carnival ships. The test on three ships last spring was clearly a success.
Our advice is to just skip room service. We have yet to find a cruise ship where food is not plentiful and readily available. Even if you have a great room and great view, there are sure to be other great places to eat on board.
Now that the charge has been rolled out to all Carnival ships, it is only a matter of time before it spreads to more ships within the Carnival Companies. It is also just a matter of time before other formerly included services get fees attached to them.
Our advice is to just skip room service. We have yet to find a cruise ship where food is not plentiful and readily available. Even if you have a great room and great view, there are sure to be other great places to eat on board.
Now that the charge has been rolled out to all Carnival ships, it is only a matter of time before it spreads to more ships within the Carnival Companies. It is also just a matter of time before other formerly included services get fees attached to them.
Monday, January 4, 2016
Why doesn't Holland America have better Youtube content?
Holland America has beautiful ships, excellent crews and a wonderful reputation. They are remaking their logo. They have new ships coming online. Yet it still feels like some of their marketing is an afterthought. Take their Youtube content for example. They put up this video above about the custom chocolates made for their ships. It is interesting enough, but doesn't have the purpose or production value of many of the shorts produced by other cruise lines. HAL doesn't even have the same sort of variety and quality that their sister Carnival brands do.
We hope that HAL invest a little more in their online videos in 2016. They have a very loyal fan/customer base who would embrace the medium, plus it might get a few more customers to try their ships.
Friday, January 1, 2016
Cruise Needs' Tweets of the Week
#flawless view onboard @SeabournCruise of Ushuaia before we head to the #DrakePassage #cruiselife #dreamcomestrue pic.twitter.com/Wnv6s9Sd8U
— Sery Kim (@missserykim) December 27, 2015A WRECK-IT RALPH Buffet: All the Desserts on a #DisneyCruise: https://t.co/g1jNcj7M4m by @justjenn pic.twitter.com/ijsDP05xO1
— Nerdist (@nerdist) December 30, 2015Being in a hot tub whilst at sea #CruiseLife 🙆 👌 pic.twitter.com/F35Af1DcRd
— Cruise Nation (@Cruisenation) January 1, 2016@DisneyCruise @TheDCLBlog First look at the Magic from the Wonder pic.twitter.com/riLMAkAu6X
— Jennifer Rowell (@j_rowell42) December 30, 2015
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)