Category Archives: Trip Reviews
Hotel Review: Port Everglades Crowne Plaza
Crowne Plaza Hotel | 455 State Road 84 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida
THIS HOTEL IS FOR YOU, IF: you’re sailing out of Port Everglades and desire luxury rooms, complimentary shuttle service, interior corridors, and a restaurant/lounge on premises.
There are many great things to be said about the Crowne Plaza Airport/Cruise Port. It’s brand new, modern, [...]
Is the ‘Oasis of the Seas’ for You?
This is just a teaser of Anne Campbells review of the Oasis.
“This Ship Is For You If … You love high energy Las Vegas hotels…endless dining choices, even if they cost more …. on-board activities like zip-line, rock climbing, simulated surfing and ice skating … are a family not on a tight budget … the more [...]
Key West, Fla. via Cruise Ship
So I was asked the other day:
What is Key West like?
Great seafood, drinks, tourism, and beauty are a couple of words that would describe Key West, Florida. If you ever been there you know exactly what I am talking about. With a population of about 24,000 people and just a few square miles in size, Key [...]
Cruise and Blog Radio — Live from Port Canaveral
In this episode Doug is calling us live from Port Canaveral, Fla., on the incident in Mexico last week where the Royal Caribbean ship and Carnival Cruise Lines ship bumped. Also, how would you like to take the same journey the folks on the RMS Titanic did,…. without sinking…. we’ll explain how you can. TJ [...]
Coco Cay, Bahamas
Those three words meant it was the final day of our cruise.
We actually did things a little different on this day. TJ went to the island and explored Coco Cay while I stayed back on board the ship and explored all there was to explore on the ship. TJ, will be writing a [...]
Healthy Cruising: Part 2
This is Meghanns second part of her healthy cruising segment. Meghann will be part of Cruise and Blog radio when we do our “Staying healthy at sea” show. Meanwhile you can check out her blog here.
While staying active is a key part, you also can’t expect to indulge in every single meal and not have [...]
Healthy Cruising: Part I
So as I compile my pictures and start to close out my three day voyage I asked Meghann to guest post. Meghann, has a health and fitness blog . I actually met her on a cruise back in July on the Monarch of the Seas. This is going to be a two part blog. Hope you [...]
Day 1 – Monarch of the Sea
Well I have to say day one has already came and gone and boy did it go fast. For the first time on board I am taking advantage of everything that I can out there and all the events Royal Caribbean has to offer on the ship. Definitely take a highlighter when you travel, you’ll [...]
Trip Review “Monarch of the Seas” July 3-6, 2009 — Disembarkation Day
We heard the ship docking about 6 am and it awoke us so we knew our journey was almost over.
If you want to carry your bags off, RCCL offers express departure between 730-830 am, so we decided to take advantage of that. Breakfast was available in both dining rooms, we skipped it though to give [...]
Trip Review “Monarch of the Seas” July 3-6, 2009 — Day 3
Destination Coco Cay, Bahamas. 55 miles NNW of Nassau.
Our cabin sat in the front of the ship, so about 7 am we were awoke by the chains of the anchor falling into the sea, the first sign that we arrived in Coco Cay. The shipped anchored about a mile from the actual island. Coco Cay is a [...]
