For once, a cruise ship arrived and the worst thing that happened wasn't that we still don't have a cruise terminal. And all it took was for Royal Caribbean to take on the audacious plan of sailing around the world in nine months which, if you're any good at maths and sociology you probably know, is about eight months and three weeks longer than it takes a bunch of cruise people to apparently go absolutely tropical.
The Serenade of the Seas set off from Miami on December 10 on a 274-night world tour that has been billed to take in more than 60 countries, 11 world wonders and all seven continents. And all for the cool starting price of just over $90,000.
