I just set sail on a much-anticipated adventure on one of the world’s newest and most innovative cruise ships – the 5,100-passenger MSC Seaside. One look at this unique ship and you can tell she’s unique - both in architecture and amenities. [caption id="attachment_10881" align="aligncenter" width="800"] MSC Seaside, coming to…

The third and final day of this quick Bahamas cruise on the MSC Divina just happened to be Independence Day. We arrived at our second port of call, Nassau in the Bahamas shortly after 8am. Once again, our arrival was signaled by strong vibrations and plenty of rattling in our…

Day number two on the MSC Divina and we're docked in Port Canaveral, Florida... home to... well, not much, except the Kennedy Space Center. We were contemplating renting a car and going to Disney World for a few hours but thought it would be more of a hassle than anything,…

What better way to spend Independence Day than on a cruise ship, right? Never mind the thousands of people lining up to watch fireworks at the local beach or park, my mind was made up that I was going to avoid all that and spend it at sea. With the…

The other day I posted some notes and photos of Joe Palko's cruise on the Carnival Splendor from Carnival Cruise Line.  Joe has been gracious enough to share his thoughts on the cruise with my readers and just filed his "wrap up" report on the trip.  If you haven't read…

My friend Joe Palko is currently onboard the Carnival Splendor sailing through the Western Caribbean on a 7-day cruise that departed from Miami on May 15, 2016. Over the course of the week, the ship will visit Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Georgetown in the Cayman Islands, and Cozumel, Mexico. The Carnival…

The final day onboard the MSC Divina saw us heading toward an alternate port-of-call, Nassau in the Bahamas. As mentioned earlier, our call at Great Stirrup Cay was called off due to our return to San Juan the other day to medevac an ill passenger. The day started off cloudy,…

It's a cloudy, dreary day outside as the MSC Divina is sailing along the coast of the Bahamas en route to our alternate port-of-call today, Nassau. You will recall that the other night, the ship had to return to San Juan, Puerto Rico to medically disembark an ill passenger. The…

We're slowly closing in on the last few days of this Eastern Caribbean cruise on the MSC Divina. Day 5 saw us docked in one of my favorite ports of call, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. We were given clearance to go ashore around 8am AT and then the gangways…

The first time I stepped onboard a cruise ship was in 1994. The ship was Sovereign of the Seas (now the MS Sovereign) from Royal Caribbean. At the time she was launched in 1988, she was the world's largest cruise ship carrying 2,852 passengers. By today's standards, she's small. On…