http://www.redcarpetcruises.net/http://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/mexican-riviera-cruisehttp://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/mexican-riviera-cruiseColorado Springs, CO, Red Carpet Cruises, Royal Caribbean Mariner of the Seas Mexican Riviera Cruise.Pics and videos: http://gallery.me.com/ric.rooney/100108 Well we’re back on the high seas again.  This time Crystal and I are doing a 7-night Mexican Riviera cruise out of Los Angeles on Royal Caribbean’s Mariner of the Seas.  This was unplanned but Royal Caribbean made us an offer we couldn’t r...Sat, 22 May 2010 12:33:28 -0400http://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/party-timehttp://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/party-timeRed Carpet Cruises, Colorado Springs, CO.  Luxury CruisesClick here for video clips and pics: http://gallery.me.com/ric.rooney/100097 Red Carpet Cruises threw a party tonight!  We were honored to be chosen as one of twelve companies to host a 2010 monthly Chamber of Commerce ‘After Hours’ business social.I think a lot of people were wondering if a tiny company like ours could pull off an event ...Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:25:54 -0500http://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/why-celebrity-2009-updatehttp://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/why-celebrity-2009-updateJanuary 3, 2010Colorado Springs, CO, Red Carpet Cruises, Celebrity Equinox Caribbean CruiseCelebrity Cruises; 80% of the luxury cruise experience, 20% of the price?Well we’ve finally closed the book on 2009 and like 2008 it was another year most of us would rather forget.  The forecast for 2010 seems to be more of the same for the first half of the year before the economy hopefully starts to tu...Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:54:04 -0500http://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/celebrity-equinox-caribbean-cruisehttp://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/celebrity-equinox-caribbean-cruiseDecember 4, 2009Colorado Springs, CO, Red Carpet Cruises, Celebrity Equinox Caribbean Cruise Equinox pics and videos: http://gallery.me.com/ric.rooney/100085 Day 1, EmbarkationWe couldn’t wait to get back on a Celebrity Solstice class ship after our wonderful experience back in February on the Solstice, the first in a series of five new third-generation cruise ships being introduced by Celebrit...Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:46:24 -0500http://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/oasis-of-the-seas-pics-and-videohttp://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/oasis-of-the-seas-pics-and-videoColorado Springs, CO, Red Carpet Cruises, luxury cruise specialists Oasis pics and videos: http://gallery.me.com/ric.rooney/100069Above is the link to some pics and video I took during our time on the Oasis of the Seas during her inaugural on November 20, 2009.  What an amazing ship.  I’ll do a write up shortly on my impressions but this is a must see cruise ship.  It’s not the eight wonder of ...Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:30:22 -0500http://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/red-carpet-cruises-here-comes-oasishttp://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/red-carpet-cruises-here-comes-oasisColorado Springs, CO.  Red Carpet Cruises. Luxury Cruise SpecialistsOasis of the Seas is coming to Ft. Lauderdale! 1) Year in review 2) New Qic Pic feature 3) Why use an agent? 1) I thought I'd send out a year-end update on our new cruise business. Although the economy has seen better times, Crystal and I feel very fortunate. We've sent clients to the Eastern, Western and Southern Caribbean, th...Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:49:41 -0500http://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/queen-mary-2-reviewhttp://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/queen-mary-2-reviewColorado Springs, CO.  Red Carpet Cruises. Luxury Cruise SpecialistsClick here for pics and videos: http://gallery.me.com/ric.rooney/100066 Queen Mary 2 Labor Day CruiseDay 1: EmbarkationWe pulled into Pier 12 in Brooklyn, New York this morning to begin our short, four-day Labor Day cruise on the legendary QUEEN MARY 2.  Now perhaps having priority boarding privileges as a Queens Grill Suite gu...Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:48:34 -0400http://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/what-s-new-at-red-carpet-cruiseshttp://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/what-s-new-at-red-carpet-cruisesWhat’s Happening at Red Carpet Cruises? 1) Red Carpet Cruises website update 2) Queen Mary 2 Labor Day Cruise 3) Top 10 reasons to cruise 1) The Red Carpet Cruises website is really starting to shape up.  On the front end, we’re having some custom graphics done for the Cunard and USAFA portals.  On the back end, we’re almost done building a customized cruise database for our customers and are i...Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:48:08 -0400http://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/why-are-world-cruises-becoming-so-popularhttp://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/why-are-world-cruises-becoming-so-popularColorado Springs, CO.  Red Carpet Cruises, Cruise Vacation Specialists.With the economy the way it is you’d think a World Cruise would be the last thing on people’s mind this year.  You’d think that, but you’d be wrong.  Cunard for example just announced in their words, “recession defying record bookings” for the recently released 2011 world cruise itineraries for the Queen Mary 2 and her siste...Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:15:00 -0400http://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/queen-mary-2-here-we-comehttp://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/queen-mary-2-here-we-comeColorado Springs, CO.  Red Carpet Cruises, Cruise Vacation Specialists.Queen Mary 2, here we come!1) Bad economies need good vacations.2) Next up, QM2!3) Twitter a virtual World Cruise?4) Check out the new website.1) Well it’s been a heck of a year so far for our new cruise business.  Even with the state of the economy we’re well on pace to meet our first year goals.  The unemployment rate is u...Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:45:52 -0400http://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/red-carpet-cruises-updatehttp://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/red-carpet-cruises-updateRed Carpet Cruises update1)    Panama Canal, here we come!2)    Twitter CruiseKing or CruiseChik3)    Colorado Cruise Club4)    Go ahead and dream, its good for the soulWell we’re ready to go cruising again.  Isn’t it nice to know that we don’t just sell cruises; we’re on ships two to three times a year ourselves?  This time it’s our longest cruise to date, a 15-night journey through the Panama...Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:41:53 -0400http://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/panama-canal-cruise-underwayhttp://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/panama-canal-cruise-underway Colorado Springs, CO.  Red Carpet Cruises, Cruise Vacation Specialists.Pics: http://gallery.me.com/ric.rooney/100038 Panama Canal CruiseDay 1, Beware Land Torpedoes!Well, it was an interesting beginning to our cruise this time and let’s just say it was not quite as smooth as our last 10-minute embarkation process on Celebrity’s Solstice back in February that I bragged about in a prior blog.  W...Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:24:09 -0400http://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/panama-canal-coming-uphttp://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/panama-canal-coming-upColorado Springs, CO.  Red Carpet Cruises, Cruise Vacation Specialists.Red Carpet Cruises update1)    Panama Canal, here we come!2)    Twitter CruiseKing or CruiseChik3)    Colorado Cruise Club4)    Go ahead and dream, its good for the soulWell we’re ready to go cruising again.  Isn’t it nice to know that we don’t just sell cruises; we’re on ships two to three times a year ourselves?  This time...Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:14:33 -0400http://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/solstice-cruisehttp://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/solstice-cruiseColorado Springs, CO.  Red Carpet Cruises, Cruise Vacation Specialists.Click the link for a few pics.  And please leave us some feedback at the end of this blog.  Thanks!http://gallery.me.com/ric.rooney/100023 Sunday Feb. 15th  Day 1, Embarkation Day.Here we go!This embarkation process was the smoothest of any cruise I’ve taken so far.  We took a cab from our hotel in Ft. Lauderdale to Port Eve...Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:34:03 -0500http://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/time-to-take-the-solstice-for-a-test-drivehttp://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/time-to-take-the-solstice-for-a-test-driveColorado Springs, CO.  Red Carpet Cruises, Cruise Vacation Specialists.1) Solstice Here We Come!2) FREE airfare and upgrade offer on Alaska Cruise/Tours booked by Feb. 28.1) I wanted to get a quick post out before Crystal and I head off this Saturday for our 7-day Caribbean cruise on the ship I’ve been talking about for a while, Celebrity’s brand new Solstice .  We can’t wait!Among other things...Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:52:41 -0500http://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/celebrity-solstice-here-we-comehttp://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/celebrity-solstice-here-we-comeColorado Springs, CO.  Cruise vacation specialists.Well what can you say about this economy except people are getting so stressed lately that they're deciding they really need to take a little time off and get their batteries recharged.  And that's exactly what Crystal and I will be doing this February when we get our first look at Celebrity's new supership, the Solstice .  This is a stunning b...Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:27:37 -0500http://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/great-trip-great-cruisehttp://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/great-trip-great-cruiseColorado Springs, CO.  Cruise vacation specialists.Hi everyone! Crystal and I just got back from our Cruise Planners conference in Florida and our 3-day mini cruise to the Bahamas aboard Holland America's brand new ship, the Eurodam. We had a wonderful time and learned a ton about the cruise business. There were nearly 300 other franchise owners from around the country and their depth of knowle...Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:05:15 -0400http://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/bahamas-here-we-comehttp://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/bahamas-here-we-comeColorado Springs, CO.  Cruise vacation specialists.Crystal and I just arrived in Fort Lauderdale a few hours ago so I thought I'd give you an update.  We're here for the annual cruise convention and trade show.  We're working hard on our initial ACC level CLIA certification and we can fast track things a bit coming to the trade show and taking some classes at the trade show for additional credi...Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:06:34 -0400http://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/excitedhttp://www.redcarpetcruises.net/blogPosts/view/excitedColorado Springs, CO.  Cruise vacation specialists.My wife Crystal and I are really excited about our new cruise business, Red Carpet Cruises.  I write a blog for our other business, Sun Spot Atlantis here in Colorado Springs, Colorado so this will be fun for me.  We're in the process of getting through all the administrative stuff that goes along with starting a new venture.  We just returned ...Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:05:38 -0400