Answer to the April 23rd Contest

OK – here’s the answer to the contest I started on April 23rd because I didn’t receive any correct answers.
It is Oranjestad, Aruba!
 
I took a Southern Caribbean cruise on the Adventure of the Seas and one of the stops included Aruba. The cruise begain in San Juan and also stopped at Curacao, St. Maarten, and St [...]

More Contest Clues

Ok, I’m a little surprised that no cruise crazy has identified my port city in the April 23rd Cruise Crazy Contest. I’ve had some good answers submitted but nobody has guessed the right place yet.
So I’m going to give you two more pictures as clues to see if you can get the right destination. Good luck!

If [...]

Close Call!

Have you seen in the news that another cruise ship was attacked by pirates off the Somali coast? It happened Saturday and they tried to hijack the MSC Melody, an Italian cruise ship. See photo below of the ship.

 
The MSC Melody is an older ship, it was build in 1982. It isn’t large either by [...]

Another interesting website

Do you read or look at this website Cruise Daily News?
I like to check it frequently for the latest cruise news. They gather information from all over the world about cruises and cruise ships. Their stories sometimes contain interesting photos too of ships or ship construction.
Not too long ago they posted a story about the NCL [...]

Cruise Crazy Contest

Time for another cruise crazy contest – don’t you think?
Can you name the port city from the picture below? If so, you win a FREE bottle of Cruise Addict Withdrawal Pills, A “Cruise Addict” awareness band, and a foam stress relief ship that’s used in my book as a therapy for cruise addiction withdrawal. 
Here are the clues: [...]

Cruise Crazy Photos

Do you have a favorite cruise crazy photo? Maybe it’s a photo of you boarding a cruise ship and acting crazy because you’re so happy to finally be back on a ship. Or maybe it’s your favorite photo of you acting crazy while on a cruise. Or maybe it’s your favorite cruise photo because it’s of [...]

Amazing Oasis of the Seas video

Have you seen this video? It was posted in November 2008, but I just found it on TravelWeekly’s UK website.
This video is really interesting because it shows how big the ship is, highlights a couple of major areas of the ship (Rising Tide Bar and Central Park), and includes engineers from the shipyard describing/explaining each of [...]

Queen Mary 2 – Part 3

I hope you enjoy my third video from my cruise aboard the Queen Mary 2.   This video shows more of the interior of the ship including the Queens Room, the Kings Court buffet, the Britannia Dining Room, the library, and Illuminations which is the only planetarium at sea.
I went to a show at Illuminations and it was wonderful. [...]

Mosaic Welcome on the QM2

Did you get a good look at the “Welcome” picture on the Queen Mary 2 that I included in my Part 2 cruise video on the QM2?  I hope you were able to get a good view of it.
If not, I’m posting the photos below. I really appreciate mosaic art. This welcome photo is stunning when [...]

Queen Mary 2 Cruise – Part 2

Below is part 2 of my cruise aboard the Queen Mary 2. This includes more video of the outside of the ship and the parts of the interior including the center atrium. There will be more to come in part 3 soon!

Enjoy!
Dr Kruz Nutty