Queenly Rendezvous All Over – Queen Mary 2 and the Queen Mary

Carnival Cruise Lines seems to be working the “Rendezvous Circuit” for all its worth with the three Queens of its subsidiary, Cunard Line.    Last month we posted about the   “Royal Rendezvous” in New York harbor –  “Cunard Takes Manhattan … Continue reading

Ten Years of Cruise Ship Fires and Carnival Confetti

A weird dissonance between two cruise stories struck me recently.   On one hand, Carnival Cruise Lines is “the official confetti sponsor of the Times Square New Year’s Eve 2011 celebration.”   As reported by the the Maritime Executive “the sponsorship includes multiple opportunities to associate the … Continue reading