While yesterday would be considered a destination at sea day, today's the first actual port we'll visit this week on this 7-Day Alaska cruise on the Disney Magic: Skagway. What started as a late 1800s gold rush boomtown is now mainly a cruise destination. Disney Cruise Line describes this port…
You've seen the ads. A flash sale price of $199 per person for a Bahamas cruise. When hotels are charging that for a single night, a 3-day cruise sounds like you stumbled upon the deal of a lifetime, right? Well, you didn't and I'm here to show you why. The…
Our first full day at sea on Disney Cruise Line's Disney Magic and it was spent cruising towards Alaska, providing a great opportunity to acclimate to the time zone and weather changes. The day started with a definite chill as we cruised at just over 19 knots, directly into a…
The Magic is calling once again with an all-new embarkation port and destinations. For the first time, the Disney Magic is sailing from Vancouver, British Columbia, and heading to the Alaskan coast. For the next week, we'll be sailing to the Last Frontier looking for whales, dodging icebergs (I promise…
Day 7 and the final report from MSC World America brings us to the last stop on this Eastern Caribbean cruise, MSC’s private island, Ocean Cay Marine Reserve in The Bahamas. As I do with all my final day reports, I’ll wrap things up at the end with my overall…
Day 6 on MSC World America was another sea day as we made our way toward the final port of call on this cruise, MSC Ocean Cay Marine Reserve in The Bahamas. So far, the weather has been more than cooperative, and on a ship this size that really matters.…
Day 5 on MSC World America is the first of two back-to-back sea days as we make our way to our final port of call on this cruise, MSC Ocean Cay Marine Reserve in The Bahamas, where we’ll be spending the day on Friday. One thing about MSC’s 7-night Eastern…
Day 4 on MSC World America sees us visiting one of my favorite ports of call in the Caribbean, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and what makes today even better is that we’re here until 11 p.m. World America arrived around 8:00 this morning, the all clear to go ashore was…
Day 3 on MSC World America brought us to our first port of call on this 7-day Eastern Caribbean cruise, Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. And before getting into what there is to do here, let’s clear up one thing that cruise websites and ship tracking sites love to…
Day 2 on MSC World America is being spent the way cruise ships were intended to be judged: at sea. With no port call today as we make our way to Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic, this is the kind of day that really puts a ship to the…
