There’s Hope For Cruising: Libation Innovations

I’ve constantly taken one particular of my Grandfather’s saying to heart: You basically cannot make soup out of poop. He certainly had a knack for restoring issues that couldn’t have otherwise been resurrected without the need of his magic, but he absolutely knew when to throw in the towel when one thing was beyond repair.

This may perhaps not be the most accurate of analogies concerning the news story I’d like to share with you nowadays, but it’s a very good opportunity to impart some of Grandpa Wick’s wisdom on all of you. Basically, I can’t come up with a right analogy, now that I consider of it. I can’t say “a diamond in the rough” genuinely operates. Neither does, “make the best of what you are got.” Regardless, in some cases amidst the silliest, lamest, or dumbest points in life, there is a silver lining . . . somewhere . . . usually.

At the ABC News travel desk, they noticed that cruise ships — yes, the dreaded “c” word Matt usually edits off into the netherworld –– are starting to join the ranks of the elite drinking culture. Spreading throughout ships worldwide are champagne bars, pubs, coffee shops, sport and martini bars. Thank goodness.

The massive winner here is going to be the Norwegian Cruise Line. Either that implies they have fallen by the wayside and are eagerly revamping their ships of late, or they are leading the subsequent generation of cruise-goers into the contemporary age. I’d have to give Celebrity and Carnival cruise lines a tip of the hat for their innovations in the world of alcohol delivery.

NCL is now home to one particular of the only ice bars floating about the seas. Full with an ice top and blocks of ice to sit on, these martini bars will not only make you chill out, but will drive away the screaming little ones in beneath ten minutes. Also on their ship, Norwegian Dawn, you’ll locate a single of the finest English-style pubs anyplace (especially in the middle of the ocean). With a classic pub feel you don’t ordinarily get on cruises — and the pub grub to go along with it — the fruity drink menu (okay, that aspect is not really English pub-like) will melt away your concerns as you settle back into your comfort zone.

You see, the cruise operators are starting to recognize that folks on a cruise often want to feel as if they, effectively, are not on a cruise. That, to me, is creating “soup out of poop.”

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