50% Dutch, 50% French, and 100% avoidable. That about sums up St. Maarten and our port-of-call for day 4 on this eastern Caribbean cruise on the MSC Divina. If you follow my exploits, you know my feeling about Caribbean ports. They're all lot like the McDonalds McRib. Once you've had…
Day three on the MSC Divina and I'm beginning to lament the fact that there is no name tag Platimum-DividendMiles-Pinnacle-GoldCard-Titanium Hook & Ladder Society members on board flaunting their cruise line status. They at least provided entertainment for me and others onboard Quantum of the Seas a few weeks ago.…
Living in south Florida, I often joke about how English is a second language and that I need to sign up for Rosetta Stone Spanish lessons. Here on the MSC Divina, English is indeed a second language, with Italian being the first. On signs and flyers, Italian is first followed…
Fresh off eight days onboard Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas, I'm back on the water again. This time I'm sailing on MSC Cruise Line's Divina for a seven-day eastern Caribbean cruise out of PortMiami. MSC Cruise Line is a subsidiary of the cargo shipping giant, MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company),…
On Saturday I'll be boarding the MSC Divina out of Miami for seven days in the eastern Caribbean. I've been invited by the cruise line to check out their one and only ship here in the United States and write about my experience onboard. As a cruise line that predominantly…
My final day onboard Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas started out sunny and warm as we were off the coast of Virginia when I got up in the morning. It was one of those perfect days to sit out on the balcony and watch the world go by, which…
Well, it's my final day onboard the beautiful Quantum of the Seas. We're currently off the coast of Virginia, making our way back to Cape Liberty, NJ where a JetBlue flight is going to whisk me back to Florida Monday morning. That of course is assuming I actually make the…
Black Friday. The one day a year when the insane people spend their day hoping not to get beaten up trying to score a “great deal” on a Barbie doll or a new color television (because you can't find deals on black and white models any more). Black Friday on…
Day 5, which happened to be Thanksgiving, has come and gone onboard the Quantum of the Seas. As I laid in bed this morning, full of turkey, sound asleep, and in the middle of a romantic dream starring me, Margaret Rutherford, and a pony named “Stringer,” I was startled awake…
It's Thanksgiving Day onboard the beautiful Quantum of the Seas and I've already seen one guy walking around with a plush turkey on his head. The Pilgrims would be proud. Not wanting to be left out of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, I rearranged dining reservations for tonight so I can…
