Cruise Reviews
California Coastal - Crown Princess
California Coastal cruise - Crown Princess
For those of us close to the West Coast, Princess offers some great seasonal cruises. Princess has a few ships on the west coast waiting for the summer season to Alaska. In April and May, you can find these relaxing, unique itineraries along the California Coast. This was a 7-night, round-trip cruise out of LA. Ports visited: San Francisco, Santa Barbara, San Diego and Ensenada.
See photos and cruise tips below.
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Carnival Liberty Western Caribbean
Carnival Liberty Western Caribbean cruise
We joined Dan's nephew Randall Yates along with Randall's wife Lindsay and 30 of their friends on this fun ship cruise to the Western Caribbean. We sailed 7 nights round-trip from Miami to the ports of Cozumel, Belize, Roatan and Grand Cayman. This was the last week of September 2012. It was very hot and humid, but we had a great time!.
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Rome & Royal Caribbean Navigator of the Seas
Rome & Eastern Mediterranean - RCL Navigator of the Seas
We hosted a small group of 16 on this 7-night cruise to the Eastern Mediterranean on the Royal Caribbean Navigator of the Seas. We sailed round-trip from Rome with port calls in Sicily, Ephesus, Athens and Crete. We added 2 nights in Rome and a full-day visit to Florence before the cruise. The art, archaelogy and history on this 10-day itinerary were amazing. We booked our cruise, airfare, transfers and pre-cruise hotel all through Royal Caribbean. Our cabin was balcony cabin 9346 for this cruise.
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Disney Dream - Dobson Cruise
Disney Dream
Bob, Katie Dobson surprised their 2 children Seth (8) and Garrett (6) with a fun trip to Disney World in February 2012. After the Disney World visit, they booked a 3-night cruise on the Disney Dream. This short cruise sailed round-trip from Port Canaveral and visited two ports, Nassau and Disney's private island, Castaway Cay, both in the Bahamas.
Pictured here are Bob and Katie with their 2 children Seth and Garrett. This is on Castaway Cay. You can see the Disney Dream in the backgroud. The Dobsons enjoyed Cabin number 10140 which is a Category 05A - Deluxe Oceanview Stateroom with Verandah. We asked Katie for insights on this cruise. See her tips below.
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Royal Caribbean Voyager of the Seas
Voyager of the Seas
Sam and Kim Avalos booked a 7-night cruise on the Royal Caribbean Voyager of the Seas in April 2011, round-trip from Galveston to Roatan (Honduras), Belize and Cozumel. Kim's sister was married on this cruise and the family celebrated together on this great ship in the Western Caribbean.
Pictured here are Sam, Kim and Austin. They sailed in category D3, a superior Oceanview stateroom with a balcony cabin.. We asked Kim for insights on this cruise. See her tips below.
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NCL Epic
Michel and Noelle Britte of Salt Lake City took a 7-night cruise on the NCL Epic in early April 2011. This cruise sailed round-trip from Miami. The ports of call included: Miami, Philipsburg, St. Maarten, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, Nassau, Bahamas
Michel and Noelle Britte of Salt Lake City took a 7-night cruise on the NCL Epic in early April 2011. This cruise sailed round-trip from Miami. The ports of call included: Miami, Philipsburg, St. Maarten, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, Nassau, Bahamas
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NCL Pearl Alaska cruise review.
This is the 7-night cruise round-trip cruise out of Seattle to Glacier Bay, Alaska. The ports include Juneau, Skagway, Ketchikan and Victoria, British Columbia. There were the added highlights of a full day cruising the inside passage and another full day cruising Glacier Bay.
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Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) Jade ~ Europe
We took a 13 night cruise with NCL in May 2008 in the Western Mediterranean. Click this link or the photo for our full cruise review on the NCL Jade. Ten Cruise Tips included.
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NCL Dawn - Bermuda cruise out of NYC.
This review covers the 7-night NCL Dawn sailing from October 18-25, 2009, This was a round-trip cruise out of New York City to Bermuda. The only port of call was King's Wharf, Bermuda. There was the added highlight of 3 full days in Manhattan before the cruise.
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Caribbean Princess Canada/New England cruise.
We cruised on the Caribbean Princess for a 7-night cruise out of Brooklyn, New York to Canada & New England. Please click the link to see his report.. If you like New England and/or beer... you will like this report!
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Read more: Canada/New England on Carivbean Princess ~ October 2010
Alaska Voyage of the Glaciers - Diamond Princess
This review covers the 7-night Voyage of the Glaciers on the Diamond Princess. You get more glacier highligts on this itinerary - Inside Passage, Hubbard Glacier, Tracy Arm Fjord and College Fjord with its 16 tidewater glaciers. Check out this cool Alaska Glacier Cruise!
Read more: Alaska Voyage of the Glaciers - Diamond Princess ~ July 2010
Disney Dream ~ February 2011
We booked this cruise for Dan & Janean Zempich. How about that? Dan & Janean Y. booked a cruise for Dan & Janean Z. Could that lead to Disney Magic? It did! Read on and see what happened on the last day of the cruise and you might just believe….MAGIC!!
Carnival Splendor - West Coast Cruise Fun!
We cruised 2 nights on the Carnival Splendor out of San Francisco in March 2009. We sailed out and back under the Golden Gate bridge. This was a FUN cruise on a FUN ship!
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) Epic - The NCL Flagship is the Epic.
Mike and Vicky Martin of Georgia took a 7-night cruise on the NCL Epic from July 24-31, 2010. Mike provided an objective and detailed report on this new cruise ship. Click the link to read about the new NCL Epic!
Diamond Princess ~ Mexican Riviera
We cruised 7 nights on the Diamond Princess out of Los Angeles in February 2007. This was a favorite cruise. Click on the link or photo for our full report on this cruise.
Holland America Oosterdam ~ Mexican Riviera
We took a 7 night cruise with Holland America in October 2007 along the Mexican Riviera. Click this link or the photo for our full cruise review on the Oosterdam. Ten Cruise Tips included.
Disney Wonder ~ February 2009
We booked a 3 night Bahamas cruise with Disney for our friends Roger and Kristine Beck in January 2009. Click this link or the photo for our full cruise review on the Disney Wonder.
Royal Caribbean Monarch of the Seas
In April 2006 we took our first cruise ever on the RCCL Monarch of the Seas. This was a short 3-night cruise out of Los Angeles.
Not a cruise, but get our Mayan Riviera report here.
This is our Playa Del Carmen report with pages for Chitzen Itza, Ek Balam, Tulum, Coba and Xcaret: Playa Del Carmen Reporthis was a 4-night cruise with stops in Catalina, California and Ensenada, Mexico.
Puerto Vallarta "long shore excursion" report here.
This is our Puerto Vallarta report with photos. Think of it as a LONG shore excursion for the Mexican Riviera. On February 14, 2009 we arrived at the El Presidente InterContinental Hotel in Puerto Vallarta and fulfilled a dream - it was definitely a wonderful experience.
