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Skiff Tours from the Wilderness Adventurer
on the skiff looking at Wilderness Adventurer When taking a cruise on one of the big ships, any excursions at port stops cost extra. Sailing with Un-Cruise Adventures has a great advantage there – the...
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Is a Cruise Ship Cabin Crowded With More Than 2 People?
Sun. Westerdam, and Splendor in Christmas Tree Ornaments For the most part, cruise ship cabins are designed to hold two people, and usually they do. Sometimes though people cruise in larger groups...
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Decatur Island
boat wake While we love to take trips on cruise ships, sometimes it’s nice to cruise around in a small private boat. We miss our dog when traveling without her, and taking our own boat to a...
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Carnival Breeze
Breeze in Grand Turk Until the Vista launches in 2016, the Breeze is Carnival’s newest ship. It is from the Dream Class, currently Carnival’s biggest. The Breeze launched in 2012. Decor on the ship is...
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Athens and Piraeus
View of Vista in Athens from the seaside walkway Like many ports that list a famous city for the port when they really stop in a smaller less known place, when ships stop in Athens they actually dock...
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Carnival Magic
Magic in Saint Thomas Carnival Magic is aptly named, at least it seems so to me as this ship wormed its way into my favorites. Maybe it’s the happy vibe the brightly colored fun decor gives off, or...
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Rhodes, Greece
Carnival Vista in Rhodes, Greece Carnival Vista docked a short walk from the old town walled city in Rhodes, Greece. Rhodes is a great port for just getting off the ship and doing things on your own....
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Things to do On Celebrity Infinity
Sometimes people gather by the railing to watch the scenery go by What is there to do on a cruise ship? A lot. All the large cruise ships of the major lines are like floating resorts with all sorts of...
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Disney World – Animal Kingdom
posing at the entryway to Animal Kingdom Unlike the rest of Disney World where the animals are all characters, animation, or wild visitors – like birds or squirrels dropping in, Animal Kingdom has...
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Italy – Messina and Taormina
Vista in Messina, Italy Carnival Vista stopped in Messina, Italy on a Sunday. From the ship Messina looks like a pretty big city with lots of interesting old architecture within walking distance. Being...
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Disney – Hollywood Studios
Twighlight Zone Tower of Terror towers over Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park (internet photo) Hollywood Studios seemed less crowded than some of the other theme parks at Disney World. Or maybe it...
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Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Arcadia from Waitangi Usually cruise ships tie up to a dock on port stops, but sometimes they anchor offshore. When the ship anchors it is called a tender port because people move from ship to shore in...
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Fun on the Magic
Carnival Magic Cruises are always fun, but some are definitely more fun than others. The same goes for ships. Each ship has something to offer, some more than others. It’s not always the ship or even...
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Grand Turk Cruise Ship Port
ships in Grand Turk Carnival Magic approached an unknown island a couple hours before our scheduled port time for Grand Turk. “Is that a cruise ship?” Sheri asked, pointing at the island over the deck...
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Cocoa Beach
Cocoa Beach – internet photo, but this is how it looked – nearly deserted After visiting Kennedy Space Center the day we disembarked from Carnival Magic in Port Canaveral, Florida, we expected to spend...
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Enclave at the Spa on Royal Princess
entrance to the spa On most cruise ships the spa and gym go hand in hand being located next to each other and sharing a locker room. There’s generally a beauty salon in the vicinity as well. Royal...
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BnB in Moclips
Moclips Airbnb Wanting to get away during the pandemic, yet stay safe from Covid, we went with local travel in a private residence and booked a weekend in an Airbnb on the coast. Sea Mist house near...
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Shanghai River Cruise
the Bund in Shanghai After disembarking Holland America Westerdam in Shanghai, we stayed in a hotel near the Bund for a few days to have some time to see the city. The word bund means an embankment or...
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