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How Do You Like Theintelligentcruiser.com’s New Look?

T.I. Cruiser — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:30:46 +0000

If you tried to reach Theintelligentcruiser.com yesterday you may have encountered some technical difficulties. As you can see I did an update on the website, which caused the website to be inaccessible at various times. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you but I tried to keep the outages as brief as possible. I figured we all spent way too much time looking at the old design over the past couple of years. I’m sure you’ll find the new look much more pleasing. The old design was something that was just thrown together and never meant to be permanent but since it was functional I became lazy. After all it looked pretty good with the only exception being the ugly logo that [...]

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Ten Great Ways to Spend a Day at Sea

T.I. Cruiser — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:30:00 +0000

So many people think that a cruise ship is just a method of transportation that takes passengers from one destination to another. The problem for those people is that most cruise ships don’t spend every day of the cruise in a port. Sometimes it will be necessary for a cruise ship to spend a day at sea when transitioning from one area to another. For example, the Celebrity Solstice leaves from Barcelona, Spain and then docks in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Covering that distance by cruise ship means that passengers will have to deal with 2 days at sea before reaching Dubrovnik. Passengers that like being on board the ship have no problems with the 2 sea days but a large portion of cruise ship passengers consider [...]

Amazon.com Has Certified Refurbished Kindle Fires On Sale Today (5/2/2012)

T.I. Cruiser — Wed, 02 May 2012 10:31:41 +0000

Today Amazon.com is running a deal on Certified refurbished Kindle Fires. The regular price for the Kindle is 199 dollars but today as one of their “gold box” deals they are selling Certified refurbished Kindle Fires for a lot less than that. I know so many people have been on the fence in regards to getting a Kindle Fire but at this price it’s almost a no-brainer. While its obviously not going to be an iPad they are actually meant for two different audiences. If you are already a big amazon customer this may be something you want to jump on, but if you don’t do much shopping at Amazon.com it may not be such a great deal. Find out why some call it the [...]

Mailbag Monday: April 30, 2012 Edition

T.I. Cruiser — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:30:00 +0000

Here we have another edition of Mailbag Monday. Today I answer three questions I received in my email inbox. Today I’ll be answering questions about the effectiveness of sea sickness pills, Carnival room service and “tendering” into a port. If you have any questions you would like me to answer you can shoot me an email via the blogs contact form. Just remember if you don’t want to post your question publicly just include that instruction somewhere in either the subject line or the beginning or end of the submission. Do sea sickness tablets really work? I am going on my first cruise this August. Something that worries me about cruising during hurricane season is the condition of the seas. I would expect that [...]

Royal Caribbean Portfolio App Review

T.I. Cruiser — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:30:30 +0000

Always the innovators when it comes to cruising, Royal Caribbean is constantly churning out new ideas to enhance the cruise experience. Some of their ideas turn out to be bona fide hits, while others just kind of piss people off. So when I got an email to try their new shopping app called “Portfolio”, I was eager to see which category it belongs in. If you don’t know what the “Portfolio” app is, basically it’s a Smartphone app Royal Caribbean developed to help cruise/shopaholics prep prior to boarding the cruise ship. It’s got loads of information to help shoppers not only plan out purchases but also plan out their day. So, if you are someone who goes on a cruise to shop this may be [...]