Day 14 on Explora Journeys’ Explora I landed us in one of my personal Caribbean favorites - Philipsburg, St. Maarten. We docked around 7:30am and guests were cleared to go ashore at 8:00am. Joining us in port today were two Princess ships plus, once again, Oceania Insignia. [caption id="attachment_88221" align="aligncenter"…
Day 13 on Explora Journeys Explora I and… yep… it just happens to be Christmas Eve. And also day 13. Yikes. An unlucky number landing on an already questionable port of call. Honestly, kind of fitting. Today we’re in St. John’s, Antigua - a port that nobody has ever said,…
Time flies when you are in the sun, and that brings us to the end of this 4-day Very Merrytime cruise aboard the Disney Fantasy. The activity guide today is pretty short: eat breakfast and get out. Let’s take a look back at the good, the bad, and the Merry.…
Day 12 and today Explora Journeys Explora I pulled into Fort-de-France, Martinique, which is yet another new-to-me port and one I’ve been looking forward to ever since our stop just a few days ago across the bay in Les Trois-Îlets. If you’ve been following along, you know that stop turned…
Wow, it is Day 4 already and our last day aboard the Disney Fantasy Very Merrytime sailing. Today was a relaxing sea day capped off with brunch at Palo. What better way to end a cruise? Since the morning was spent mostly lounging around in the sun, we will jump…
Day 11 on Explora Journeys and we are, once again, pulling into another port. If you’ve been following along from the beginning, you already know this cruise has been very port-heavy. In fact, since we left PortMiami on December 12, we’ve had exactly two sea days - both right at…
Day 10 on Explora Journeys Explora I, and today we’re in Bridgetown, Barbados. For all but roughly 200 of us, this is the end of the line. Yes, for the vast majority of guests who have been onboard up until now, today is debarkation day. Meanwhile, a much smaller group…
Day 9 already, which honestly feels a little crazy considering how many stops we’ve made since leaving Miami, on this very port-intensive cruiseon Explora Journeys, Explora I. At this point we’ve hit La Romana, San Juan, St. Kitts, Les Trois-Îlets in Martinique, Bequia yesterday, and today we’re still in St.…
It is Day 3 aboard the Disney Fantasy, and we have arrived at Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point, Disney’s exclusive beach destination on the island of Eleuthera. The seas are calm with scattered clouds, and temperatures should stay in the upper 70s to low 80s, which is just about perfect…
It's hard to believe it’s already Day 8 of this Explora Journeys sailing, but here we are. In just over a week we’ve gone from embarkation in Miami, to our first Caribbean stop in La Romana, followed by San Juan (when Mother Nature decided she hated us), then St. Kitts,…
