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As a non-smoker, I applaud Celebrity Cruises for introducing their new more restrictive smoking policy. While I was “OK” with the old policy, I feel the new policy will make my family’s next cruise experience even more pleasant. The new restriction on in cabin and balcony smoking should also provide a safer environment [...]

Many times when I talk about my love for cruising, I hear by from non-cruisers “Oh, I think I would be so bored on a cruise ship.” I can honestly say that the only people who could possibly be bored on a cruise ship are the people who probably would be [...]

You may remember that I recently decided to do a three part series on cruising top ten lists. Over the past week, I completed the first two posts in my series that covered my top ten favorite things about cruising and my top ten things I avoid when I cruise. I hope you [...]

You may remember that I recently decided to do a three part series on cruising top ten lists. A few days ago I did the first post in my series that covered my top ten favorite things about cruising. I hope you enjoyed the first list.

Today, I continue this short top ten series [...]

I just read another tragic post on one of the cruise chat rooms from a gentleman who was taking his first big trip of his life to celebrate a milestone anniversary with his wife. When they got to the pier they learned that the documents that they had believed to be their actual [...]

I had a few of my fellow passengers for my upcoming Celebrity Summit cruise recommend this site. I visited it and can’t say enough good things about it. The site is Port Time.

On the website, if you select a port, such as Cabo San Lucas, you can see how many ships will [...]

One of the most astounding details in from NCL’s announcements last week about their new “F3″ ships, is that they will include two or more public areas/bars that will require a cover charge or membership fee for entry.

One will be an ice bar, that is really more of an attraction than [...]

I just confirmed via Celebrity’s Captains Club customer service desk that Celebrity will be dropping their “Informal” dress code starting with sailing departing after August 1st, 2008. A seven day cruise will now feature two formal nights and 5 casual nights. Longer sailings will still have three formal nights. Previously, Celebrity had [...]

Of all of our cruise excursions including Snorkeling at Trunk Bay in St Johns, Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii, The Marigalante Pirate Boat in Mexico, Night Clubs in San Juan, Cliff Diving in Acapulco, etc, the winner of the best all time excursion goes to The Mendenhall Glacier Helicopter Tour in Juneau, Alaska.

We [...]

I think I can easily say that the highlight of our trip to Hawaii was our charter boat ride from Kuailua, Kona to Keleakua Bay. As a family of four, we wanted to try both fishing and snorkeling. When looking at charter fishing options, Kona Sea Sports was one of the few Kona [...]

We have put together some more great cruise videos for our readers. These were filmed during our late 2006 cruise to the Mexican Riviera. There are port tours of Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan, Acapulco and Zihuatenejo. We’ve also included our favorite part of the cruise experience, the Sail [...]

I’ve mentioned in several articles that we are most likely going to be taking a cruise out of Barcelona this coming fall. When considering all of our cruise options, I’ve been trying to decide where to stay, what to see and what to do in Barcelona.

The first thing I noticed [...]

One of the most astounding details in from NCL’s announcements last week about their new “F3″ ships, is that they will include two or more public areas/bars that will require a cover charge or membership fee for entry.

One will be an ice bar, that is really more of an attraction than [...]

I just confirmed via Celebrity’s Captains Club customer service desk that Celebrity will be dropping their “Informal” dress code starting with sailing departing after August 1st, 2008. A seven day cruise will now feature two formal nights and 5 casual nights. Longer sailings will still have three formal nights. Previously, Celebrity had [...]