What Time Is the Midnight Buffet?: Tales from the Cruise Adventure of a Lifetime

by Richard Holleran

If you're considering taking your first cruise, and even if you've cruised a dozen times, this is a must-read. The humor and candid commentary bring [you] along on a journey that will keep [you] laughing from start to finish. -Jodi Ornstein, managing editor, Porthole Cruise MagazineI simply could not put What Time Is the Midnight Buffet? down once I'd picked it up- read it straight through on a Saturday.-Carolyn Spencer Brown, editor, CruiseCriticDespite the careful research done by author Richard T. Holleran and his wife Kris, nothing could have prepared the couple for both the debacles and delights of their first cruise. What Time Is the Midnight Buffet?: Tales from the Cruise Adventure of a Lifetime chronicles the adventures they experience on that fateful trip-a 10-day Caribbean jaunt in celebration of their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.Potential first-time cruisers will absorb a wealth of useful information while laughing at Holleran's humorous tales of maritime mayhem. Veteran cruisers will find themselves back on board, vividly reliving wonderful memories of adventure on the high seas. Even those who will never get close to a ship will enjoy a fantastic vicarious voyage to Key West, Mexico, and the jungles of Belize-all from the comfort of their favorite chair. Let Holleran's What Time Is the Midnight Buffet? teach you how to make the most of your next cruise ship vacation.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Humor

120 pages, Paperback

First published August 24, 2005

Reviews

[Joy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked up this book before going on my first cruise a couple weeks ago. The book was informative and fun. Their experience was a lot more extravagant than mine as I booked an Ocean View room not the Grand Suite and never had dinner with the Captain. The book did give some good tips such as putting your camera outside to avoid a fogged lens if you have a balcony.
Overall a good quick read to prepare for a first cruise but keep in mind most cruise experiences are not so lavish.

[Debbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun, frothy little book, esp. since we just returned from a cruise. Makes me want to go again! Chester writes this remembrance of his and his wife's first cruise, worried that they would not like it. Is it a primer for those wanting to go on their first cruise? Not really, as he and his wife splurged on a superior suite and extravagant purchases on board and off the ship, making their first cruise far from most people's first experience. Still, a fun and very quick read.

[David · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book proves that anyone can publish a book. While well written, and somewhat entertaining, this is nothing more then a long review of a cruise.

I did learn a little about the ports of calls, and since I will be going to Belize in a couple of weeks for the first time, that was helpful.

[Debbie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book which made me smile in parts, but overall, felt like a 108 page-long Trip Advisor review. But still very informative. Just perhaps not a book that one could curl up with and lose themselves among.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is basically a cruise diary of a week on board a Caribbean cruise on a US cruise ship. It was interesting to compare experiences of US and our UK cruise ships but there was a little bit too much detail at times, particularly on the excursions. A cheerful and interesting read though.

[Shanna · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read only the first couple chapters of this book, and I think it is the worst book that I have ever read. Terrible writing, completely vapid. I won't waste anymore time on this book.

[Julie · Rating 2 out of 5]

While I did enjoy this read it was a glorified blog rather than a book.

[Maiv · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super funny.

[Beth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Entertaining, but it's basically little more than a blog that got published. Still, an easy and fun read.

[Gabrielle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun, quick read about a cruisers "firt time"

[kathi · Rating 4 out of 5]

enjoyable read of a couple's first cruise...