My Cruise History

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

2018 Southern Caribbean: St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2018 Southern Caribbean Cruise Antigua, with its 365 beaches, one for every day of the year, might just be the prettiest of the Caribbean islands. A group of us walked off the ship and picked up a tour from the many sellers on the dock. Our driver was quite the character and quite…

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2018 Southern Caribbean: St Croix, USVI

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2018 Southern Caribbean Cruise St. Croix was a last minute substitution for our cruise, as a few of original ports had been hit by the 2017 hurricane that devastated much of the Caribbean. We kept things simple in St. Croix with a taxi ride to a local beach front pub where we enjoyed…

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2018 Southern Caribbean: San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2018 Southern Caribbean Cruise This was one of the first cruise ships to return to San Juan after the devastating hurricanes of 2017. The news was so full of the disaster, that some in our group were concerned about the readiness of the Island to host our ship. Those concerns were not needed,…

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2018 Southern Caribbean: Fort Lauderdale

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2018 Southern Caribbean Cruise This cruise was for a large group of wine lovers and one of the extras that I coordinated for the group was a group rate at the hotel, a wine reception at the hotel and a dinner at the Rustic Inn Crab House. Finding a hotel with a reasonable…

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2021 Caribbean Cruise: Seabourn Odyssey Ship Review

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Destinations/Ports Series: 2021 Caribbean Cruise This was our first experience with Seabourn, but it won’t be our last.  Our inexperienced impression of luxury lines was that that might feel stuffy and that the activities and entertainment might not keep us engaged.   We found just the opposite on board. The activities and entertainment were some of…

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