Another cruise. We were on another cruise. It felt like I never left the last cruise, but here we were again. Do any of you feel that way on embarkation day? That familiar sense of déjà vu, that no matter how much (or how little) time has passed, it feels like you’ve never left? For Read more
All of the cruises I’ve taken over the past 13 years…they all blend together. It’s a wonderful blur of memories punctuated by moments I can’t forget. I don’t remember much about my first cruise on the Paradise. Bits and pieces. Tarkay paintings lining Carnival Boulevard. A pink couch that squeaked every time someone sat on Read more
It’s kind of hard to believe that it took us 13 years of cruising and 20+ cruises to book our first Norwegian cruise. I’m not entirely sure why it took so long – everything about the concept of freestyle cruising appeals to us and Norwegian builds some pretty awesome ships. But we didn’t book this Read more
I don’t know if it was the late night at Disney World or maybe the fact that this was our 19th cruise in the past 11 years, but waking up on the morning we were embarking on the Carnival Sunshine didn’t give me the exciting rush of energy I was used to. Maybe our Europe Read more
On days where our trip moves from hotel to cruise ship, we’re usually up with the sun. If the early bird gets the worm, the early cruiser gets no lines. In line with just about everything else about this trip, though, there wasn’t much that followed our usual cruise routine – Stephanie was the only Read more
