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Sharing the enjoyment of traveling by ocean liner and cruise ship. Founded 2010 by passenger ship historian L. Plotnick. Noncommercial. NauticalNotebook.com, NauticalNotebook.blog.
On the blog: My honest thoughts on the Titanic artifact exhibition in Boston

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My review of Titanic Boston
I’m long overdue in posting my thoughts on Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, which I attended in Boston in early November 2024. (It runs through June 1, 2025.) I came away with mixed feelings. On t…
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March 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
CELEBRITY ECLIPSE and NORWEGIAN JADE, Boston Massachusetts USA,
September 19, 2024. (c) LRPlotnick and NauticalNotebook.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
New on the blog: A memorable day in Roatán, a photo brings back cherished memories

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A memorable day in Roatán
This photo of my son with an iguana during a shore excursion in Roatán, Honduras, came across my memories this morning and got me thinking about the lovely time we had that day five years ago. My s…
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February 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
New on the blog: A busy day near Civitavecchia, a longer than usual random journal entry that features a tour, a meal, and simple entertainment.

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A busy day near Civitavecchia, Italy
This week’s Random Journal Entry is longer than usual, consisting of 4 separate but related paragraphs from the same entry. We enjoyed the day so much that I had to share more than a single snippet…
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February 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
MS EUROPA 2 in Boston Massachusetts USA May 2024. (c) L. Plotnick and NauticalNotebook.com

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February 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New on the blog: A Fun Ship double-dose, not one but two random journal entries from CARNIVAL ELATION, 2010.

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A Fun Ship double-dose
I couldn’t decide between two entries from my CARNIVAL ELATION journal, so I’m sharing both. Thursday, July 15, 2010: One very nice aspect of CARNIVAL ELATION is the abundance of window seats. I am…
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January 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
January 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Book review — The Art of Afternoon Tea: From the Era of Downton Abbey and the Titanic, by Penelope Carlevato

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Book review: The Art of Afternoon Tea, by Penelope Carlevato
As someone who’s enjoyed afternoon tea on many ships throughout the years, I found a lot to like about The Art of Afternoon Tea: From the Era of Downton Abbey and the Titanic. Author Penelope Carle…
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January 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
For my first Bluesky post, let’s go back to a cruise memory from 2005, in a feature I call “Random journal entry” —

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Random journal entry: A Captain’s welcome
New feature! Once a week I’ll share a random entry from my many years of cruise journals. Let’s start with one from 20 years ago. February 20, 2005 Onboard DIAMOND PRINCESS, Mexican Riviera We atte…
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January 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM