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Year: 2012

Deck chairs on Carnival Breeze
Caribbean

All Hands on Deck on Carnival Breeze: Do the Chair Police Really Help?

December 28, 2012 Wallace Immen Comments Off on All Hands on Deck on Carnival Breeze: Do the Chair Police Really Help?

Look out. It’s tipping! The whole massive load of water is falling on those innocent children. And they’re squealing with delight. Other kids large and small are being flushed down drain pipes and hanging precariously […]

Caribbean

Jumping for Joy on Carnival Breeze’s New High Energy TV Game Show

December 15, 2012 Wallace Immen Comments Off on Jumping for Joy on Carnival Breeze’s New High Energy TV Game Show

Ever dream of being a contestant on a TV game show? You know, the kind of show where the host goes into the audience and tells someone dressed in a crazy costume to get up […]

Fat Jimmy's BBQ on Carnival
Caribbean

New Dining Spots and Comfort Foods Expand Choices on Carnival Breeze

December 11, 2012 Wallace Immen Comments Off on New Dining Spots and Comfort Foods Expand Choices on Carnival Breeze

Carnival keeps coming up with to eliminate one of the traditional problems of sea days, the crowds around the breakfast and lunch buffets, when all 3,600 passengers are on board and thinking of eating at […]

Finale of a ballet gala for Scenic Tsar guess in Russia
Europe

A Time for Encores, Tears and Smiles as Scenic Tsar’s Russian Voyage Ends

December 1, 2012 Wallace Immen Comments Off on A Time for Encores, Tears and Smiles as Scenic Tsar’s Russian Voyage Ends

Our Russian river journey ended as Scenic Tsar docked in St. Petersburg, but the trip was far from over. As they had all through the two week experience, Scenic’s staff had exclusive surprises for us. […]

Shoreside church on the Volga River
Europe

Scenic Tsar Turns Passengers’ Unexpected Free Day into a Party on the Volga

November 18, 2012 Wallace Immen Comments Off on Scenic Tsar Turns Passengers’ Unexpected Free Day into a Party on the Volga

We’re dead in the water. And the ghosts seem to be rising as glimmering wisps of mist rise from the water all around us. Overnight the temperature has dropped and the cold damp air over […]

Greeting party in Uglich Russia
Europe

Scenic Tsar Sails into History on the Route of the Volga Boatmen

November 11, 2012 Wallace Immen Comments Off on Scenic Tsar Sails into History on the Route of the Volga Boatmen

Our Russian river journey on Scenic Tsar is finally beginning and it’s an auspicious sign that after two straight days of rain, the sun breaks through as we cast off from Moscow’s fantastically elaborate river […]

Details of frieze outside Moscow space museum
Celebrity Interviews

Scenic Guests Get a Cosmonaut’s View of Soviet Life in Space

November 8, 2012 Wallace Immen Comments Off on Scenic Guests Get a Cosmonaut’s View of Soviet Life in Space

Imagine squeezing into a shipping container 12 feet wide and 40 feet long that’s packed with supplies and gear. Imagine being sealed inside for the next six months with someone you don’t love, practically rubbing […]

Cosmonaut space suit in Moscow museum of cosmoauts
Europe

Scenic Tsar Guests Get a Leisurely Look at Russia’s Race Into Space

November 3, 2012 Wallace Immen Comments Off on Scenic Tsar Guests Get a Leisurely Look at Russia’s Race Into Space

Remember the Space Race? What a lot of hot air and fear was generated over  the superpowers’ headline grabbing space feats–from the beeping of Russia’s Sputnik to Americans’ footprints on the moon. It was also a […]

Panorama of Red Square in Moscow
Europe

Scenic Cruise’s Tour Teaches Going With the Flow in Modern Moscow

October 15, 2012 Wallace Immen Comments Off on Scenic Cruise’s Tour Teaches Going With the Flow in Modern Moscow

On the eight lane highway, traffic is moving as normal in and out of central Moscow—at a pace that would make a snail seem speedy. There’s no accident, no road work, not even a government […]

Two crew members on river ship Scenic Tsar aka Alexander Grin
Europe

Russian Grin: A Traditional Welcome as We Board the Scenic Tsar

October 9, 2012 Wallace Immen 1

I’ve been welcomed aboard many a ship, but seldom with such simple grace as the greeting from the crew of Scenic Tsar at a rural dock in Moscow. The port is in the middle of […]

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