My Cruise History

Here you can read posts that detail my cruising history over the years.

2022 Ascension Cellars Norway: Southampton, United Kingdom

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Norway Cruise The morning of our cruise I had arranged a shared coach for our group to take from the London Hotel to the Southampton cruise port. We received notice the night before that the ship was delayed coming back to Southampton and for us to arrive an hour later than scheduled….

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2022 Ascension Cellars Norway: London Pre-Cruise Stay

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Norway Cruise If you have only one day in London like we did, you need to make the most of it… and really, we had about half a day. I had arranged for our entire group to stay at the Doubletree by Hilton London Victoria. This hotel was located not only close…

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2022 Eastern Caribbean: Allure of the Seas Ship Review

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Eastern Caribbean Cruise At the time it was built, Allure of the Seas was the largest cruise ship ever built. Royal Caribbean introduced many new concepts on this ship including the Central Park (courtyard view) Balconies and the Boardwalk View (Partial Ocean View) balconies on this class of ship with the debut…

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2022 Eastern Caribbean: Allure of the Seas Dining Review

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Eastern Caribbean Cruise For this cruise, our dining review is focused on the specialty dining venues. We had both been somewhat disappointed with our main dining room experience on our past Royal Caribbean cruises, especially when compared to the food and service we experienced on our recent Celebrity, Holland America, Silversea and…

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2022 Eastern Caribbean: Basseterre, St. Kitts & Nevis

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2022 Eastern Caribbean Cruise Not much to report here, as this was my 3rd visit in 4 months to St. Kitts. On this trip, I just went ashore and bought some t-shirts in the local shopping area and headed back to the ship. Very pretty location and lovely island.

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