Last minute, I booked airfare down to South Florida for May 17-20. I price watched the three ships sailing from Miami that weekend (Carnival Victory, Norwegian Sky, and Navigator of the Seas) for a few days and I finally booked the Victory, 9 days out from sailing. I book most of my sailings over a …
I’m not sure how it has taken this long for me to get onboard a Royal Caribbean Oasis class ship, but February 2019 would be my first time. Symphony of the Seas would be my home for seven days as we sailed through the Western Caribbean and Bahamas. I would be sailing solo this trip, …
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2018 turned out to be an epic year of cruising for me. I sailed seven times, on six different ships, and spent 29 days at sea. It’s hard to believe I surpassed last year’s cruise count but I managed to make it happen! The year also saw a number of firsts, including a visit to …
In early August I came across a Norwegian Sky 3 day weekend sailing, for late September, with a base price of $199 per person. It caught my eye, but unfortunately the particular date wouldn’t work. However, the sailing a week later was only $10 more and those dates would work. Since my wife is a …
Continue reading “A journey of firsts. Havana Cuba and a back to back on the Norwegian Sky.”
Rewind about 18 months ago, I was just starting to plan the Cruise Life Group cruise for July 2018 on the Norwegian Escape. After some discussion and rearranging my early 2018 cruise schedule I was going to be booking solo for the first time this trip. Fortunately NCL has a great option for solo travelers …
This past weekend I was fortunate enough to be invited on a two night inaugural “sailing” on the Norwegian Bliss in New York City. She was handed over to NCL back in April from the shipbuilder Myer Werft in Germany. Via a couple sailings, including a 12 night transatlantic from Southampton, she has made her …
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My wife and I spent the last week(April 8-15) on board the Carnival Fascination visiting numerous, beautiful, Caribbean islands. Many of those islands were new to us, even with our extensive cruising history. Since I have already expressed my love for Carnival Fantasy class ships in a previous blog post, this review will focus a …
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The 2018 cruise season started off with a 3 night family cruise aboard the Disney Dream. Our group consisted of myself, my wife, my four year old daughter, and my two year old son. It would be my son’s first cruise, as well as everyone’s first time sailing on Disney Cruise Line. We booked this …
2017 turned out to be quite the year of cruising for me. I sailed six times, on five different ships, and spent 21 days at sea. I am very blessed to be able to cruise so much. I would like to say thank you to my family for always being very lenient and understanding when …
About a year ago, I was trying to fill in a gap for my 2017 cruise schedule. I already had a couple sailings without the family so I knew leaving my wife home with the kids for another one was not an option, and we weren’t ready to bring my two year old son on …
Continue reading “A new travel companion discovered onboard the Carnival Liberty.”