Introduction Are you itching to travel? Want to make sure that you have the most perfect trip imaginable? If so, then you need to make sure that you’re prepared before you depart! After two years of little or no travel, we know folks may be a little rusty on their travel skills. If you want …

The Titanic disaster was more than 100 years ago, and it remains a vivid, cautionary tale. Have we truly learned from the mistakes of the past? Today, are there enough lifeboats on cruise ships sufficient to save every single person on the ship? With the combined numbers of passengers and crew, the capacity of today’s …

Given all of the safety precautions in place, it’s hard to imagine that someone could fall overboard while on a giant cruise ship. Yet, it happens. Surprisingly, dozens of people fall overboard each year (not counting the pandemic-year suspension). So, exactly how does someone fall off a cruise ship? Let’s explore the ways. A voyage …

Due to their enormous size, cruise ships require an astonishing amount of power to keep them moving through the water. While cruise ships are generally not designed for speed, they do possess the ability to travel at higher speeds than their average cruising speed to escape adverse weather or assist other ships needing help. So, …

Introduction Of all the industries affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, travel was one of the hardest hit. As the virus spread throughout 2020, countries that varied in lockdown intensity were united in restricting international travel. Even where travel was possible, only a small handful of people wanted to risk traveling abroad or didn’t want to …

When I started telling our friends and family that we had booked an August cruise on Royal Caribbean’s newest ship, Odyssey of the Seas, the reactions were . . . concerned. Which was understandable. We all saw the news of various disastrous sailings around the world in 2020. Events that ultimately led to a complete …