…e new and specific cruises that work around the no sail in reigns like the United States and many countries in Europe Updated 27 April with new Azamara sailings UK Domestic “Staycation” Cruises Only available for UK residents. All require vaccines unless noted Celebrity Cruises Silhouette (under 18s allowed with PCR test) Cunard Queen Elizabeth Disney Magic (Final dates and vaccines TBC) Fred Olsen Borealis and Bollette (Vaccines TBC) Hurtigruten…
…s on cruise ships, as crimes on sailings that originate from or end in the United States, must be reported to the FBI under the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010. Every quarter an incident report appears on the US Department of Transport website, split by crimes including homicide, suspicious death, missing people, assault, theft of over $10,000, and sexual assault. A criminologist, Dr. James Fox, publishes a regular study of this data…
…e Dominican Republic in March 2022, passengers had to be flown home to the United States where the cruise started. Unfortunately, many had followed advice to travel without a Passport and use other identification, which is possible for US citizens on Caribbean cruises starting and ending in the USA. Their return was delayed as the US Embassy had to work on getting them emergency ones, adding a lot of stress and upsets. You never know what can happ…
…t to maintain status, you will need to gamble some. There are some cruises that she won’t gamble on at all because she have another 5 or 6 cruises booked with them. YOU MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE EMAIL TO GET OFFERS! This is only for the United States offers. Jen went on one MSC Cruises sailing through a head-hunter, and she had a horrible time and would not go back. However, they do send her regular free offers. Happy cruising and BE GAMBLE AWARE in the…
…k Show on the site of the old Ketchikan Spruce Mill. Two lumberjack teams, United States and Canada, battle it out in increasingly spectacular and crowd-pleasing wood chopping competitions. It’s done tongue-in-cheek and a really fun activity. Red Light Past Not far away is Creek Street. These are original and colourful wooden buildings on stilts built over the Ketchikan Creek. It was Red Light District from the early 1900s right up until 1954. Eac…
…rance from Paris via Los Angeles (or also via Seattle for Air Tahiti Nui). United flies there from San Francisco. But airline choices are limited. And I found it is costly. For example, June next year an economy flight costs from $2,600 (£2,000) from Europe, and $6,000 (£4,700) in business. From the West Coast, it’s from $1,600 return in economy up to $3,600 business. The cruises are also crazy expensive, even considering the inclusions. For examp…
…The other great place to go cruising is along the Mississippi River in the United States of America. The Mississippi River is a magnificent historic river. And you can go on river cruises and really explore the old history of the South, the Civil War, slavery. And also just take in the beautiful scenery of the old plantations. For music fans, you can also, on many of the cruises, go to Memphis and, of course, visit Graceland, Elvis Presley’s home….
…ute ride to the beautiful Kunozan Toshogu shrine. A shrine for the man who united Japan. The only way up here before the cable car were 1,000 stone steps. After exploring, it was Back on the cable car and onto the observation platform to see Mount Fuji. Sadly, it was too cloudy. So, next we went to Miho No Matsubara with its 30,000 pine trees and 5km beach. Still the clouds obscured Mount Fuji! Back at the port, it was time to explore the bonkers…
…if it is something not discussed much. All ships sailing in and out of the United States must submit stats on crime, and the number one reported crime is sexual assault. In fact, just under 70% of crimes reported on ships are sexual assault, and almost always committed by a passenger. The statistics are public as the USA Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010 requires reporting, and a quarterly report is published online. The next major cri…
…Sexual assaults being the most reported on ships sailing in and out of the United States, which are mostly Caribbean cruises. The next is physical assault, so fights. So, a reminder to be aware and not let your guard down totally – especially if using that drinks package heavily! But also think about off ship safety in the Caribbean. Off Ship Safety Although the Caribbean is busy, and maybe because of it, it is important to know that many of the p…
…he drug cartels and gangs use to move drugs up from South America into the United States. But that seems to have changed. Seven days before my stop there, I read of escalating gang issues, with what appears to be a gang hit where a man having lunch with his family at a restaurant not far from the Punta Langosta cruise port was shot dead. The increase in gang battles and crime was so serious that the Mexican authorities sent in the National Guard,…
