Welcome to Cruise Talk!

Hi! My name is Suzanne Klasen.  I am the Owner / Travel Advisor and CLIA Master Cruise Counselor and Elite Cruise Counselor (MCC, ECC) for my CruiseOne Vacations by Suzanne Travel Agency. This site is a collection of my personal travels, thoughts and recommendations. The map above represents the cruise travel (based on embarkation port) that I have posted so far (more to come). Click on a map point to see the cruise itinerary and details.

Working Our Way to the Century Club Benchmark

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How do you calculate all the places that you have visited?   One way to do that would be to just track the countries you have visited.  However, there is another way to track that includes countries and unique destinations.   Unique destinations are part of a country but some what unique in their distance from the…

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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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