I’m writing this on the flight back from Turku, the looooong flight back.  This trip we were also joined by members of the fourth estate who we had invited so we could show off “our baby”.  It also gave us an opportunity to see how fresh eyes would view the ship and we were not [...]

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Early in this process, we set an objective of getting our guests from curbside through the check-in process, through security, through their boarding photo and onto the ship all within fifteen minutes. 

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I have finally organized some pictures taken while we were in Finland last week. To see them click here, don’t forget to click the show info button to see my comments.
But below is also a list of them.

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I’ve just returned from our “immersion” trip to Turku.  It turns out the trip exceeded my expectations in two ways.

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A number of people have asked about the history of the Rising Tide Bar.  As I hope you all know, the Rising Tide Bar is a bar holding 35 people which is also certified as an elevator.  It goes between the Royal Promenade and Central Park and guests can ride up and down enjoying the [...]

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As I’ve kept emphasizing, the architecture of the ship is important, but the start-up and operation must be just as innovative as the ship.  

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