Summer cruise season here in Seattle – the Stuck at the Airport homebase – runs from mid-April through mid-October. And this summer a record-breaking 2.1 million passengers have reservations on 330 vessels heading north to Alaska in search of wildlife, glaciers, mountains, forests, fjords and more. We flown, but never sailed, to Alaska. Yet this […]
(This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for NBC News) Lots of people will be getting their sea legs this summer. Ports have been packed with cruise ships over the last few years, as vacationers flock to ever larger vessels and operators race to accommodate a surge in post-pandemic bookings — many […]
The Stuck at The Airport cruise team recently sailed as a guest on the Viking Radgrid on Viking’s Paris & the Heart of Normandy itinerary. Here are some snaps and notes from the trip in case you’re thinking of heading that way once all the stories start flowing about the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics and […]
The Stuck at the Airport cruise review team has been on assignment on a ship for the past two weeks making our first transatlantic voyage from Rotterdam, The Netherlands to New York City. We’ve been on Holland America Line’s Rotterdam, which is recreating the line’s very first voyage, which took place exactly 150 years ago. […]
We’re setting off for Iceland in a few weeks to join Viking for one of their Welcome Back cruises. So we have been poking around the company’s website. One impressive resource there for the general public is Viking.TV. It was created in response to the pandemic and this channel is chock full of videos about […]
Summer cruise season here in Seattle – the Stuck at the Airport homebase – runs from mid-April through mid-October. And this summer a record-breaking 2.1 million passengers have reservations on 330 vessels heading north to Alaska in search of wildlife, glaciers, mountains, forests, fjords and more. We flown, but never sailed, to Alaska. Yet this […]
(This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for NBC News) Lots of people will be getting their sea legs this summer. Ports have been packed with cruise ships over the last few years, as vacationers flock to ever larger vessels and operators race to accommodate a surge in post-pandemic bookings — many […]
The Stuck at The Airport cruise team recently sailed as a guest on the Viking Radgrid on Viking’s Paris & the Heart of Normandy itinerary. Here are some snaps and notes from the trip in case you’re thinking of heading that way once all the stories start flowing about the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics and […]
The Stuck at the Airport cruise review team has been on assignment on a ship for the past two weeks making our first transatlantic voyage from Rotterdam, The Netherlands to New York City. We’ve been on Holland America Line’s Rotterdam, which is recreating the line’s very first voyage, which took place exactly 150 years ago. […]
We’re setting off for Iceland in a few weeks to join Viking for one of their Welcome Back cruises. So we have been poking around the company’s website. One impressive resource there for the general public is Viking.TV. It was created in response to the pandemic and this channel is chock full of videos about […]
When it comes to the environment and sustainability, cruise ships and many cruise ship operators get failing grades when it comes to controlling carbon emissions, recycling and treating water, waste and sewage. But thanks to new technology and the scrutiny of passengers, government agencies and environmental groups, the tide is beginning to turn in favor […]
