Heard Along the Promenade Deck
Broadcasting!
Two dear friends and cruise experts, Tony Davis & Chris Frame, have joined forces and launched their very own YouTube podcast, The Expert Cruise Show. Topics will be varied & insightful: Tony is in Los Angeles, Chris down in Australia. And both have lots to say.
End of the Line!
On May 24th, a court in the Netherlands ordered the sale of the long idle Astoria (a ship with many former names, but which began as the Swedish-flag Stockholm in 1948). Neglected of late and now 77 years old, it would seem only scrappers will be interested. It has been laid-up in Rotterdam harbor for five years, since 2020.
Shipboard Friends!
Dr. Jay Wolff & his wife Carol… Together, we’ve sailed together on a few dozen cruises (mostly on Crystal Cruises). But yesterday was noteworthy — it was their 70th wedding anniversary – yes, May 1955. Soon turning 92, Jay himself is quite extraordinary. As my fellow speaker, he can still do over 350 talks on insightful history & ports of call – and each without notes! His long success (after having been a dental surgeon and with world history as his hobby) is in part due to admiration, even a bit of envy from his largely mature audiences on these luxury cruise ships.
PS: Dr. Jay Wolff was one of my great heroes. He was a wonderful speaker & fellow passenger. His knowledge was endless; over the years, he entertained & enriched thousands & thousands of cruise passengers. But sadly, Jay passed away, age 92, just weeks after our return to New York.
(CruiseNews is proud to reprint Bill Miller’s dispatches with permission. Heard Along the Promenade Deck draws from Miller’s Scribblings, Lives of the Liners, and Millergram.)
