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Female Passenger Goes Overboard Oasis of the Seas 17 Sep 2012 | 10:30 pm
Last night at approximately 9:25 pm, a female passenger of Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas reportedly went overboard. Passenger observations and a review of the cruise ship’s closed-circuit camer...
Happy Labor Day 2012 3 Sep 2012 | 10:17 pm
I just want to take some time to wish all of you a Happy Labor Day. Hopefully you all had a wonderful weekend, filled with family, friends and fun. As the holiday weekend, and with it the summer com...
Carnival Gets Serious About Chair Hogs 1 Aug 2012 | 05:50 pm
If you are a cruiser like me, who likes to spend time at the Lido deck pool, we probably share the same pet peeve. Chair hogs! We’ve all seen it and some of us have even been guilty of it, but if Ca...
Mailbag Monday: July 22, 2012 Edition 23 Jul 2012 | 09:00 pm
Here on Mailbag Monday we tackle three different questions. The first question is about the Alaska cruise season. The second question deals with sorting through the often misunderstood mess of tippi...
Royal Caribbean Cruise Passenger Dies While on Excursion 18 Jul 2012 | 08:30 pm
Yesterday the cruise community learned that a passenger on an Alaska cruise died while on an excursion. Michael Ray Fullerton, a 62 year old man from Texas, was on a kayaking excursion with his famil...
These Three Activities Account for 90% of Onboard Spending 11 Jul 2012 | 09:00 pm
Here at theintelligentcruiser.com, I’m all about saving money on cruising. I figure the more economical you make a cruise the more often you can enjoy them. That isn’t to say that I think you should...
Cruise Ship Internet Access Set to Pick Up Speed 2 Jul 2012 | 09:00 pm
While it’s difficult to get a large group of people to agree to anything, one thing that all cruisers will undoubtedly agree on is, cruise ship internet access is horrendous. While no one goes on a c...
Theintelligentcruiser.com Summer Reading Recommendations 2012 26 Jun 2012 | 09:15 pm
Now that summer is in full swing, us northerners now get a chance to “veg” out at the beach, even when not cruising. That isn’t to say that I wouldn’t rather be on a cruise than hanging out at the Je...
Theintelligentcruiser.com Celebrates Memorial 2012 29 May 2012 | 12:00 am
We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them. -Francis A. Walker There are hundreds of quotes that come to mind when thinking about what Memorial Day really means; but for me, that quot...
Destination America Programming Alert for Sunday 5-27 28 May 2012 | 07:45 am
I just wanted to give you a heads up on a couple of shows focusing on cruise ships that will be airing shortly. On the channel Destination America on the show “Mighty Ships” they will be doing a prof...