When I started a new job and had to build up vacation time, I wanted to take full advantage of the week off we had between Christmas and New Years. By combining that time off with just a few vacation days, I could take the extended trip I was craving. A Panama Canal cruise was…
Planning a cruise on the Coral Princess? If you’re curious about what daily life on board looks like, these Princess Patter schedules from my 16-day Panama Canal cruise will give you a detailed glimpse! The Princess Patter is the daily guide provided to guests, featuring everything from dining times and activities to entertainment options and…
A Canary Islands cruise wasn’t anything on my bucket list, but I had been interested in trying out an MSC cruise for a while. Their prices are generally lower than many of the other cruise lines, and everyone says their style is more European. I’m not entirely sure what that means, but I was curious….
Even though my 2021 New Year’s Cruise didn’t quite go as planned, I had had such a nice time on my 2019 Cruise, I wanted to give it another shot. I booked a four night Western Caribbean Holiday Cruise on the Royal Caribbean Brilliance of the Seas out of Tampa. I had enjoyed my aft…
My previous cruise on Norwegian was not the best, as I ended up in isolation with Covid part way through the trip. I wasn’t especially excited to cruise with them again just yet, but I had purchased some CruiseNext certificates while onboard the last cruise, so I knew there would be another within four years…
The company I used to work for shut down every year during the week of July Fourth. I always like to take that opportunity to get out of the country and away from the days and hours of fireworks in my area. In 2022, I combined that week off of work with a week’s worth…
Just to be upfront, this will be my hardest cruise to write about. I had so much fun on my previous New Year’s Cruise in 2019 that I wanted to do it again on this Southern Caribbean Cruise out of Miami on the Norwegian Getaway. I was really excited to get to the ABC Islands,…
After taking a couple years off of cruising during the pandemic, I decided to test the waters (pun intended) with a short Thanksgiving cruise on the Celebrity Millennium to Bimini. My parents had made other plans for the holiday, so it was a perfect excuse to get away and take my first Celebrity cruise. Embarking…
This was my first solo cruise for New Year’s Eve and honestly one of my favorite cruises so far. I didn’t have plans to sail again on the Norwegian Epic so soon after my 2018 cruise out of Barcelona, but I couldn’t pass up this itinerary out of San Juan and celebrate New Year’s Eve…
I have two friends from college with whom I keep in close touch, but with one of us in Europe and the other over 1000 miles away in the US, we don’t all get together very often. In 2019, we decided a trip was in store, so we met up for a long weekend in…
