My review of Titanic Boston I’m long overdue in posting my thoughts on Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, which I attended in Boston in early November 2024. (It runs through June 1, 2025.) I came away with mixed feelings. On t…

On the blog: My honest thoughts on the Titanic artifact exhibition in Boston

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Walking on the ocean floor, a random journal entry Yes, we walked on the ocean floor! From Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, 18 August 2014: The tides in the Bay of Fundy are extreme—the highest differential in the world, I believe. High tide toda…

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Port side views of the cruise ships Celebrity Eclipse in foreground and Norwegian Jade docked behind it. Eclipse has a dark blue hull and 7 decks above the promenade including a bulb shaped forward deck atop the structure. Norwegian Jade is all white with a ribbon like emerald green painted artwork on the hull. Plaque on shore in the foreground reads William Miller memorial park Boston.

CELEBRITY ECLIPSE and NORWEGIAN JADE, Boston Massachusetts USA,
September 19, 2024. (c) LRPlotnick and NauticalNotebook.com

From the Norwegian Fjords, a random journal entry Onboard CELEBRITY CENTURY, July 19, 2007: This is a different kind of cruise than most. We found ourselves saying “Wow!” every time we looked out the window last night. On most cruises, pax are fer…

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A memorable day in Roatán This photo of my son with an iguana during a shore excursion in Roatán, Honduras, came across my memories this morning and got me thinking about the lovely time we had that day five years ago. My s…

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A busy day near Civitavecchia, Italy This week’s Random Journal Entry is longer than usual, consisting of 4 separate but related paragraphs from the same entry. We enjoyed the day so much that I had to share more than a single snippet…

New on the blog: A busy day near Civitavecchia, a longer than usual random journal entry that features a tour, a meal, and simple entertainment.

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The Europa 2 luxury cruise ship in port with her aft and starboard sides in view. She is a smallish ship, all white with a dark blue funnel and has what appears to be 7 decks featuring private balconies and large panoramic windows. The ship’s stern is tiered with open deck spaces, and lifeboats are visible along the side.

MS EUROPA 2 in Boston Massachusetts USA May 2024. (c) L. Plotnick and NauticalNotebook.com

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A Fun Ship double-dose I couldn’t decide between two entries from my CARNIVAL ELATION journal, so I’m sharing both. Thursday, July 15, 2010: One very nice aspect of CARNIVAL ELATION is the abundance of window seats. I am…

New on the blog: A Fun Ship double-dose, not one but two random journal entries from CARNIVAL ELATION, 2010.

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The cruise ship Norwegian Dawn docked at a cruise terminal, taken from a slightly angled frontal perspective, showing the bow and the starboard side of the cruise ship. The ship features a white hull with colorful wave- or ribbon like designs. A tug boat and floating platform are alongside. Photo credit Nautical notebook dot com.

NORWEGIAN DAWN in Boston MA USA, August 2018. (c) NauticalNotebook.com

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Book review: The Art of Afternoon Tea, by Penelope Carlevato As someone who’s enjoyed afternoon tea on many ships throughout the years, I found a lot to like about The Art of Afternoon Tea: From the Era of Downton Abbey and the Titanic. Author Penelope Carle…

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Book review — The Art of Afternoon Tea: From the Era of Downton Abbey and the Titanic, by Penelope Carlevato

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My husband’s spotlight moment on NORWEGIAN BREAKAWAY Random journal entry, NORWEGIAN BREAKAWAY, 20 February 2017: Entertainment, particularly in the smaller lounges (a direction I like!) has been exceptional. Last night, we saw Howl at the Moon Dueli…

New on the blog: A random journal entry from NORWEGIAN BREAKAWAY

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Random journal entry: A Captain’s welcome New feature! Once a week I’ll share a random entry from my many years of cruise journals. Let’s start with one from 20 years ago. February 20, 2005 Onboard DIAMOND PRINCESS, Mexican Riviera We atte…

For my first Bluesky post, let’s go back to a cruise memory from 2005, in a feature I call “Random journal entry” —

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This is outstanding. It’s difficult to get east-facing views soon after sunrise.