Canadian World Traveller Summer 2019 Issue
Now in our 17th year of publishing, Canadian World Traveller explores the culture and history of worldwide destinations, sharing the adventure of discovery with our readers and motivating them to make their travel dreams a reality. Published quarterly, CWT helps sophisticated, independent Canadian travellers choose their next destination by offering a lively blend of intelligent, informative articles and tantalizing photographic images from our World’s best destinations, cruises, accommodations and activities to suit every traveller's taste.
Now in our 17th year of publishing, Canadian World Traveller explores the culture and history of worldwide destinations, sharing the adventure of discovery with our readers and motivating them to make their travel dreams a reality. Published quarterly, CWT helps sophisticated, independent Canadian travellers choose their next destination by offering a lively blend of intelligent, informative articles and tantalizing photographic images from our World’s best destinations, cruises, accommodations and activities to suit every traveller's taste.
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Joyous Occasion with Norwegian<br />
by Michael Morcos, photos: NCL<br />
How could anything go wrong on a<br />
ship called the ‘Joy”?<br />
And true to the name, our cruise was a real<br />
joy. Not sure when to stop the puns but they<br />
come so easily and joyously!<br />
The Norwegian Joy is now home to North<br />
Americans after originally being for the<br />
Chinese market. It has been refurbished for<br />
American tastes and pleasures and is ready to<br />
take on the best of Alaska this summer and<br />
onwards to the east coast of the USA.<br />
This is easily the biggest ship I have ever<br />
sailed on and being used to much smaller<br />
ships, including riverboats, the ‘Joy’ is humongous.<br />
But comparing large and small does<br />
not mean better or worse, just different, and<br />
in this sailing, large was good. With so much<br />
to see, there was very little down time and I<br />
wanted to experience it all.<br />
Our sailing was considered a re-launch. We<br />
would board in Vancouver and depart in Los<br />
Angeles with no port days, only sea days. This<br />
was a good thing as port days would have<br />
taken away from the full “Joy” experience.<br />
With a capacity of 3,800 people, it is placed<br />
in the large ship category with mega everything,<br />
like a large theatre, multitude of dining<br />
options, plenty of public spaces on many levels,<br />
a casino, spa center, amusement centres,<br />
golf-putting area, multiple swimming areas,<br />
slides and the most unimaginable, a two level<br />
go-kart race track.<br />
Dinning and bars<br />
You will never starve on the “Joy”. Better put,<br />
you will feast like a king with a multitude of<br />
choices that range from self-serves to sit down<br />
serves at many different restaurants that<br />
include amazing steak houses to Asian cuisine.<br />
My favourites were the Manhattan, Cagney’s<br />
and Fusion for their delicious and fresh sushi.<br />
There were restaurants for everyday eating<br />
and some really special spots.<br />
To explain why I loved the Manhattan Room<br />
the most, I would just say the extra care taken<br />
to accommodate the guest’s specific taste was<br />
a wonderful experience. It offers modern and<br />
classic dishes and is a great choice for variety.
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