Welcome to Day 3 of my report from the Carnival Celebration, where I’m currently enjoying a 7-day Eastern Caribbean cruise. Today we made our first port of call—Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos. Just as a reminder, since I’ve already written detailed day-by-day reviews of Carnival Celebration from previous sailings (including my most recent…

Day 2 onboard Carnival Celebration was spent at sea as we make our way toward the first port of call on this 7-day Eastern Caribbean cruise—Grand Turk in the Turks and Caicos. As a quick note before diving in: I’ve already written extensive day-by-day reviews of Carnival Celebration, so to…

I am back on the Carnival Celebration for the next week! By now, if you’ve been following along, you know that I’m on this vessel quite a bit. So this week, I’m not going to do lengthy day-by-day reports. Instead, I’ll share highlights and lowlights in a more condensed format.…

For years, Disney Cruise Line (DCL) has been our family’s go-to for vacations at sea. Whether it’s the unmatched service, the familiar magic, or those oh-so-perfect split bathrooms, it’s hard to beat the DCL experience. But we decided to branch out—just a little. For our most recent adventure, we booked…

Every cruise has to come to an end eventually, and sadly, that time has come. It’s the final day aboard the beautiful MSC Seashore—a ship that’s been home for the past week—and it’s time to talk about everything this cruise had to offer. Being a sea day, the ship’s daily…

It’s time for our final stop on this 7-day cruise aboard the MSC Seashore, and today we’re visiting Cozumel, Mexico. The ship docked around 7:30 a.m., and the all-clear to go ashore was given shortly after. Unfortunately, Mother Nature didn’t get the memo. Thunderstorms hovered over the island for most…

Today marked the first of two back-to-back port calls in Mexico as the MSC Seashore arrived in Costa Maya at 8:00 a.m. We were joined in port by Princess Cruises' Enchanted Princess, which I sailed on last Christmas, and two ships from Royal Caribbean—Grandeur of the Seas and the massive…

After a day and a half at MSC Ocean Cay Marine Reserve, it’s time to chill a bit with a day at sea as we head toward our next port of call—Costa Maya, the first of two stops in Mexico. Since it’s a sea day, the daily planner (which you…

Hello again from MSC Ocean Cay Marine Reserve, where the MSC Seashore spent the night! Out of all the MSC cruises I’ve taken since Ocean Cay opened a few years ago, this is the first time I’ve been on one that included an overnight stop here. Most itineraries have Ocean…

It’s day two onboard the MSC Seashore, and this morning we’re waking up at MSC’s private island in The Bahamas, Ocean Cay Marine Reserve. A unique draw for this cruise is that we’re actually docked overnight—as in… we don’t leave until noon tomorrow! That makes for a lot of island…