Island Tips » ship http://islandtips.com Caribbean news, Cruise news, photos and tips. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:10:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Carnival Ecstasy Review http://islandtips.com/carnival-ecstasy-review/ http://islandtips.com/carnival-ecstasy-review/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:03:27 +0000 Island Tips http://islandtips.com/carnival-ecstasy-review/ What’s better – new mega boats or the smaller, older ships like the Carnival Ecstasy? While I can’t answer the first part, I can say that the Ecstasy is an extremely fine ship and was as clean and polished as the Carnival Victory that …

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]]> http://islandtips.com/officials-up-to-10-months-to-remove-capsized-cruise-ship/feed/ 0 Tall tales from Alaska – the ice cave http://islandtips.com/tall-tales-from-alaska-%e2%80%93-the-ice-cave/ http://islandtips.com/tall-tales-from-alaska-%e2%80%93-the-ice-cave/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:29:47 +0000 Island Tips http://islandtips.com/tall-tales-from-alaska-%e2%80%93-the-ice-cave/ The ice cave I stood on the deck of the Wilderness Discoverer and watched fellow guests on the Alaska cruise return from their hike to the Baird glacier. I went on a similar hike earlier that day and I was completely blown away by the surreal landscapes. As they…

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]]> http://islandtips.com/tall-tales-from-alaska-%e2%80%93-the-ice-cave/feed/ 0 Life safety cruise ship regulation reform is essential http://islandtips.com/life-safety-cruise-ship-regulation-reform-is-essential/ http://islandtips.com/life-safety-cruise-ship-regulation-reform-is-essential/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:46:22 +0000 Island Tips http://islandtips.com/life-safety-cruise-ship-regulation-reform-is-essential/ As the death toll mounts, the Costa Concordia tragedy horrifies us more and more, especially since it has become apparent the ship never should have hit the rock which tore a 300 foot hole in its hull, and that more timely and decisive action by the captain and crew

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]]> http://islandtips.com/life-safety-cruise-ship-regulation-reform-is-essential/feed/ 0 Costa Concordia sinking leaves other cruise ship passengers alarmed — and out of luck http://islandtips.com/costa-concordia-sinking-leaves-other-cruise-ship-passengers-alarmed-%e2%80%94-and-out-of-luck/ http://islandtips.com/costa-concordia-sinking-leaves-other-cruise-ship-passengers-alarmed-%e2%80%94-and-out-of-luck/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:00:33 +0000 Island Tips http://islandtips.com/costa-concordia-sinking-leaves-other-cruise-ship-passengers-alarmed-%e2%80%94-and-out-of-luck/ he tragic sinking of the Costa Concordia cruise ship last week is leaving a line of worried passengers in its wake. Betty Westbrook is among them. The retiree from Allen, Tex., called me hours after the ship sank off the Italian coast, hoping that I could help her. “What are my chances for a

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]]> http://islandtips.com/costa-concordia-sinking-leaves-other-cruise-ship-passengers-alarmed-%e2%80%94-and-out-of-luck/feed/ 0 Are you Less Likely to Cruise? http://islandtips.com/are-you-less-likely-to-cruise/ http://islandtips.com/are-you-less-likely-to-cruise/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:56:31 +0000 Island Tips http://islandtips.com/are-you-less-likely-to-cruise/ (Courtesy Kabacchi/Flickr ) The Costa Concordia catastrophe of course raises a whole host of questions. Did the captain purposely go too close to shore? Why did the ship list so quickly? Was the crew not properly trained to deal with an accident? The chaos described by passengers…

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]]> http://islandtips.com/costa-concordia-and-the-cult-of-the-ships-captain-julian-stockwin-5/feed/ 0 Costa Concordia and the cult of the ship’s captain | Julian Stockwin http://islandtips.com/costa-concordia-and-the-cult-of-the-ships-captain-julian-stockwin-2/ http://islandtips.com/costa-concordia-and-the-cult-of-the-ships-captain-julian-stockwin-2/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:02:32 +0000 Island Tips http://islandtips.com/costa-concordia-and-the-cult-of-the-ships-captain-julian-stockwin-2/ Francesco Schettino has lost the respect awarded the captain as a noble figure of authority and the moral heart of his sea world From a 1769 shipmaster’s handbook on my bookshelf: “To be loaden on board the good ship Betsy whereof Captain Jordan is Master …

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