Cruise Line Stocks

Cruise Line Stocks Royal Caribbean International (RCL) and Carnival (CCL) have been very volital the past couple of weeks. Royal Caribbean's stock was at a yealy low of $19.16 back about July 14, and went as high as $28.75 on July 23. Today, August 1, 2008 RCL closed at $25.24. Royal Caribbean's earnings call was on July 22. It was then that they announced that the Company had laid off about 400 shoreside workers.

Carnival Cruise Line's stock was $31.23 on July 14, but soared to $41.15 on July 23!

If only I would had the forsight to invest in some of those shares on July 14th! I could take a cruise with the profits!!! :)

Smooth sailing!!!

Lisa

Captain Dag and Jamie

Here is a picture of Captain Dag (left) and my brother, Cruise Director Jamie on the Bridge of the Seven Seas Voyager. Captain Dag is at the helm for the Voyager's World Cruise every January. They make quite a team!

Regent Seven Seas Voyager

This is the Regent Seven Seas Voyager docked in Fort Lauderdale, FL. My brother Jamie is the Cruise Director on this ship and my sister-in-law Dana is the Hostess. They are on this ship for six months out of the year while the ship does its annual World Cruise, and then for a short period in the summer or fall while the ship is in Europe.

My brother and sister-in-law met on the 1985 World Cruise on the Royal Viking Sky when my brother was the Assistant Cruise Director and my sister-in-law was a dancer in the production cast.

Dietmar and Family Easter 2008

Here is a picture taken on Easter 2008 of Dietmar and his family at their home in Wilton, CT. From left to right, Dietmar Wertanzl, Angie (sister-in-law), Sterling (daughter), Tristan (son), and Lise-Marie (wife).

It was a beautiful day and we had a big Easter Egg Hunt and lovely dinner.

Dietmar and Klaus

Here is a picture of two of the Hotel Director's I worked for, Dietmar Wertanzl and Klaus Rietzler. They are both from Austria. I did work for a few other Hotel Director's but these are the two I worked for the longest while I was Hotel Director Assistant on board the Royal Viking Sea. In this picture Dietmar is Hotel Director (he has the most stripes) and Klaus is the Food and Beverage Manager (only one stripe).

Royal Viking Line

Royal Viking Line was the premier cruise line of the 1970's and the 1980's. The line consisted of three sister ships:

• Royal Viking Star
• Royal Viking Sea
• Royal Viking Sky

These ships were stretched in the early 1980's. The above picture is how the ships looked after being stretched.

They sailed under the Norwegian Flag with Norwegian Officers and an international crew.

In the late 1980's the Royal Viking Sun was added to the Fleet. Later the smaller Royal Viking Queen became the last ship to sail with the fleet before the line became defunct.

Welcome to World Cruise Travel

Hi,

Welcome to my blog. I have been in the cruise business since 1985. My brother has also been cruising since the early 80's. We have worked on several cruise ships for different compaines. I have also worked shoreside for a couple of cruise lines, and also as a cruise specialist for an online travel agency.

Cruising is a great way to see the world!

Welcome Aboard!

Royal Viking