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Poll Results in on Missing School for Cruise
First a huge “Thank You” to all our readers who responded to our poll. The results are in and our readers are split on whether or not they would allow their children to miss school for a family cruise vacation. A full 48% of our readers said that they would take [...]
Virtual Cruise Celebrity Summit Trans-Atlantic, St. Maarten and San Juan
First and apology in the delay in getting this post on the site. We actually returned from the trip on Sunday November 14th, but that meant a does of reality keeping me busy once we got home.
St. Maarten has grown quite a bit since my last visit there in 1980. [...]
Virtual Cruise Celebrity Summit Days Our Atlantic Crossing
Our 9th day of the cruise was the start of our 5 consecutive sea days on our Atlantic crossing on the Celebrity Summit. This first sea day was welcome change from the 4 consecutive port days were we felt as if we running our selves a bit ragged.
This was also our [...]
Virtual Cruise On The Celebrity Summit, Day 8
Today was our stop in Santa Cruz de la Palma. This picturesque little town rises out of the Atlantic on a hillside of the Canary Island of La Palma. After three very intense port days in row, I decided that much rest was needed and forewent going into town. I had [...]
Celebrity Summit Virtual Cruise Day 7
I’ll start this blog with a bit of an apology. I have been having such a good time, with so many fun things to do on the ship and in port, I have had a hard time forcing myself to sit and type on the lap top for any length of time. But [...]
Celebrity Summit Virtual Cruise Day 6: Lanzarote
Today I think I visited the strangest place on earth, the Island of Lanzarote, part of Spain’s Canary Islands.
This was our second of 4 port days in a row on our Celebrity Summit Trans-Atlantic Cruise. In Lanzarote the ship docks quite a bit away from the town, so for today’s excursion I [...]
Virtual Cruise Day 4 and 5, Celebrity Summit Trans-Atlantic
Day 4 was a fantastic sea day on our Celebrity Summit cruise. We started off the day with another one of my favorite activities, “sleeping in”. Our first meal of the day was a wonderful lunch in the main dining room at 1:00. Again the selections, portions, and service were just right. [...]
Virtual Cruise on Celebrity Summit Barcelona to San Juan – Day 3
Editor’s Note: Sorry for the delayed updates here, but technical difficulties have prevented posting. Yes, even Internet Service Down issues apply while cruising. Hopefully back to normal now.
Yesterday morning we arrived at our first port of call, Malaga Spain. The town starts right on the sea and then extends up the [...]
Virtual Cruise on Celebrity Summit Barcelona to San Juan – Day 2
One of the things I enjoy the most about Celebrity cruises has always been the fellow passengers. Yesterday was no exception.
The morning began with Catholic mass. Celebrity is one of the few lines that offers mass on nearly all of its sailings - not just holiday sailings. I think it is [...]
Virtual Cruise on Celebrity Summit Barcelona to San Juan
I am aboard the Celebrity Summit enjoying my first full sea day. Here’s a little update on how our vacation has been thus far.
Pre-Cruise Stay in Barcelona
We decided to fly into Barcelona 3 days prior to the cruise in order to get the kids acclimated to time change and have them [...]
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