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…
Day 3 on board the Quantum of the Seas, Royal Caribbean's (and the world's) newest cruise ship and it's another gloomy day full of rain, wind, thunder, and lightning as we head towards our first port of call, Port Canaveral in Florida. [caption id="attachment_7440" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Cloudy, rainy, stormy day…
Day 2 onboard the world's newest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas, has come and gone, but the “wows” keep on coming! It was another sea day as we make our way to Port Canaveral, FL for no other reason than... well, I can't really think of any.…
After much anticipation, brought on by all the marketing hype surrounding Royal Caribbean's newest ship, I'm finally onboard Quantum of the Seas for her inaugural sailing to the Bahamas. Admittedly I'm not “loyal to Royal” because I'm not a fan of mass-market cruise lines. I prefer much smaller ships than…
By now you've probably seen the stories on the news about Royal Caribbean's newest ship, Quantum of the Seas. It cost nearly one billion dollars to build and is being called the world's first “smart ship.” What makes it smart, who knows... but I do know it's full of gadgetry…
The final day on the Carnival Liberty came and went as we spent the day docked in Freeport, Bahamas. Now if you've ever been to Freeport, you'll appreciate me saying, “why the hell would any cruise line pick this as a port-of-call?” We pulled into port, which looked more like…
After a restful night's sleep without any thump, thump, thumping going on next door, we arrived in Nassau, Bahamas for Day 4 onboard the Carnival Liberty. “We feel it is necessary to make you aware that the U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas has issued a safety advisory due to an…
It's time for the Day 3 report from the Carnival Liberty – my first (and will it be my last?) Carnival Cruise Line experience. The day was spent anchored at Half Moon Cay, which is actually Holland America Line's private island which is also used by Carnival. Having been here…
