Onboard operations editor
Greg Dalton is a hospitality operations editor in San Diego who explains the rules, packages, lines, and small systems that shape daily life on a ship.
The value of a cruise add-on lives in the rules and the traveler's real habits.
I’ve spent years watching how a ship’s layout nudges your day from the moment you wake to the moment you turn on the cabin light. It isn’t a grand conspiracy. It’s a careful…
I’ve stood on a lot of ship decks with a notepad and a stubborn question: who runs the thing? A cruise ship is a floating city, and its daily life hangs on a long line of…
I’ve spent decades watching ships roll into ports with a quiet sense of inevitability. People ask me what the captain actually controls. They want a single, clean answer. The…
I’m Greg Dalton, 59, editor of hospitality operations. I write to help travelers understand the small systems that shape life on a ship. The simple offer often hides a tangle…
The claim that a drink package is “worth it” begins with a simple human truth: most people drink in patterns that don’t line up with a flat daily rate. If you’re the kind of…
I start with the need I hear from readers: you want to know what a non-alcoholic drink package actually does for a cruise, not just what it costs. You want to know if the…