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Virgin Cruise Lines? Cruisers Respond A “cruise virgin” once referred to someone who has never taken a cruise vacation. Soon, that someone will be able to cruise Virgin in order to lose that nomenclature. In fact, Richard Branson hopes to Continue reading Richard Branson to Turn “Cruise Virgins” into “Virgin Cruisers”
Win a Customized Video of Your Cruise We’re testing out a new feature in Ship Mate and want to get your feedback. Our friends at ReelGenie have created an awesome software product allowing users to easily create professional-quality videos. Instead Continue reading Cruise Video Giveaway
10 Awesome Cruise Pictures We’ve been making a lot of improvements to the Ship Mate User Gallery in the past couple of months. We hope that you’ve enjoyed these changes. We’re now getting hundreds of user submitted cruise images every Continue reading 10 Best Cruise Pics for February 2014 – User Submitted
2014 Superbowl Predictions It appears our ship mates are much better at looking pretty on the Lido Deck than predicting football outcomes. Last week we had a contest to see who could guess closest closest to the actual score of Continue reading What % of Ship Mates Thought Denver Would Win the Superbowl?
If you’re not already a part of our FB community, click to follow our Ship Mate Cruise App Facebook page. Below you’ll find some of the Best Facebook Posts from last year, 2013. If you haven’t done some version of Continue reading Best Facebook Posts of 2013
Dumbest Cruise Questions – Top Ten Cruise directors hear some pretty ridiculous questions from passengers. We’ve spoken with many from across different cruise lines to find the DUMBEST cruise questions ever asked – below is a compilation. Continue reading 10 Dumbest Cruiser Questions
Ship Mate Android App For years, we’ve unintentionally neglected our Android users. We’ve tried to keep pace with our iPhone Ship Mate version, but have failed miserably. Using Ship Mate on Android after using the iOS version is like getting Continue reading Our Android App Savior – a Christmas Miracle
Amazing Cruise Pictures Every couple of months we like to dig through the Ship Mate photo archives to find the BEST cruise pictures. We base these off the amount of times you “like” these in the user gallery. We’ve noticed Continue reading 10 Best Cruise Photos – User Submitted – Dec 2013
Cruise Cabin Door Sign Giveaway Book any cruise excursion in the next 24 hours, and we’ll send you a free cruise cabin door sign. Chances are, you’re going to book them anyway… may as well get free stuff for it! Continue reading Free Friday Giveaway – Cruise Cabin Door Sign
Interview with “Edge” – Comedy Juggler & Physical Comedian We often receive emails from cruise ship staff letting us know that they use and enjoy the app. Every time this happens, we’re excited to pry into the crew-member-lifestyle and learn Continue reading Crew Interview – Talking Ship with Cruise Entertainer, “Edge”