Comments on: Molto bene! Come cruise Italy with a bunch of skeptics and me!

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Cruise Italy for Europe’s Top Ancient and Renaissance Classics | — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:09:00 +0000

[...] Molto bene! Come cruise Italy with a bunch of skeptics and me! (blogs.discovermagazine.com) Cruise Activities: dining Cruise Waters: mediterranean Cruise Destinations: egypt, italy, naples, spain, turkey Cruise Excursions: alexandria, ancient sites, ephesus, herculaneum, pompeii Cruise Tips: planning, weather Share and Enjoy: [...]

By: Astrofiend

Astrofiend — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 23:32:50 +0000

Damn – I’ll be there two months after!

By: MarcoDL

MarcoDL — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:07:13 +0000

I won’t be able to afford the cruise (not because of money but due to work commitments) but if you need a guide for Venice just drop a line and I’ll arrange to be there

By: Borgia Ginz

Borgia Ginz — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 07:40:56 +0000

Sounds like a blast, but my partner and I are already set to cruise Italy on the Carnival Magic, leaving out of Venice the previous week on May 1. We promise to leave Italy in reasonable shape for you.

@RAF. You don’t need thousands of dollars to travel. For instance, you can get inexpensive plane tickets at online air flight consolidators, and you can book an inside cabin on a cruise ship for a few hundred bucks per person, which includes all your meals on board along with entertainment. (Booze and sodas are extra.)

By: Gary Ansorge

Gary Ansorge — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 18:59:19 +0000

Wow! A 300 meter long ship. That’s a small town on the high seas. I wonder if we’ll ever build space craft of such dimensions.

Gary 7

By: nobody

nobody — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:15:10 +0000

@ RAF (16): The skeptical speakers speak for free on the web all the time, like Phil does here at BA, right?

By: Phil Plait

Phil Plait — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 05:13:20 +0000

RAF (16): These are big organizations that take a lot of money to run, so they also have big fundraisers. Not everyone can afford to go on the big trips — but that’s true of everything in life. I can’t afford to go into space on Virgin Galactic, either! But CfI and JREF also sponsor a lot of smaller events too. And there are a lot of local skeptic groups that do free events, including Skeptics in the Pub and Skepticamp.

By: RAF

RAF — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:27:29 +0000

This has always kinda “bugged” me. These type of skeptical “get togethers” (along with TAM) cost a lot of money. Those who simply can’t afford the thousands of dollars needed get (for lack of a better term) left behind.

I imagine that the skeptical speakers won’t/can’t speak unless they get payed, still, it seems a shame that “only the rich” can attend.

This is one of the reasons why I’m “turned off” by organized skepticism…it costs too much.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:06:55 +0000

Well well, this happens to be the day after my birthday. I was planning on doing some stargazing at Grand Canyon this year, but I’ll definitely give this cruise a think!

By: QuietDesperation

QuietDesperation — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:04:32 +0000

I’d go for one that went to Antarctica. Or the North Pole once the ice all melts.

For fun: North Pole web cam. Off for the winter, though. Bookmark for spring.

http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/gallery_np.html

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:49:56 +0000

Ahh, too rich for me. I think I’ll just come over to your house for your barbecue.

By: Vagueofgodalming

Vagueofgodalming — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:27:09 +0000

The Geek Isles are on this map:

http://xkcd.com/802/

By: nobody

nobody — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:46:45 +0000

The Geek Isles are the next expansion pack for WoW

The Greek Isles are just where they are supposed to be, despite all the efforts lately from our eastern “friends” *cough* Turkey *cough*…

By: Barber of Civility

Barber of Civility — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:30:45 +0000

Hey! Where are the Geek Isles, anyway?

By: nobody

nobody — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:00:00 +0000

“be visiting such ports of call as Venice, Santorini, Mykonos, and Korfu.”
Last time I checked Santorini, Mykonos, and Korfu belonged to Greece. Therefore a more appropriate title for the post should be:

“Come cruise Italy and Greece with a bunch of skeptics and me!”

or maybe

“Come cruise the Mediterranean with a bunch of skeptics and me!”

By: Geomaniac

Geomaniac — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:39:35 +0000

Wanna go! Can’t go.
Already booked another cruise (?) in May and paid deposit.
Love Geology, volcanoes and Astronomy too.
I think I’m gonna cry…
Hey wait, maybe I can cancel that other cruise and book this one!
Yeah that’s the ticket.

Oops just checked the prices for this one. Lots more $ than we are paying. Oh well maybe next time. There will be a next time eh?
Try to have fun without us.

By: Josie

Josie — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 23:46:51 +0000

thanks! sounds fun…I wonder if I could get the children’s rate for my boyfriend. He is very immature for his age

By: noen

noen — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 23:37:16 +0000

Hmmmm…. I’m skeptical. Will they be serving tree lobsters?

By: Phil Plait

Phil Plait — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:55:32 +0000

Larian, Josie (##2,3): The rates are listed on the CfI cruise page.

By: Phil Plait

Phil Plait — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:54:34 +0000

Charles (#1): See here.

By: Josie

Josie — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:51:56 +0000

me too also…since the Shuttle launch is proving to be a really hard vacation target to hit!

By: Larian LeQuella

Larian LeQuella — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:18:52 +0000

I didn’t see a basic pricelist anywhere. Got a link?

Yes, I understand it depends on stateroom, and is subject to change, but I want to see if it’s in the realm of my budget, or not.

By: Charles Sullivan

Charles Sullivan — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:18:16 +0000

Sorry, off topic, Phil, but this is just too confused to pass up:

“Principle of astrology proven to be scientific: planetary position imprints biological clocks of mammals”
http://www.naturalnews.com/030698_astrology_scientific_basis.html