I gained four pounds. You may be saying to yourself, “oh poor you, what do you expect being on a cruise?” Well, if you do the math, that comes out to a pound per day. Being that this is a ten-day cruise, I'm going to come off the ship ten...…

As I stood in the bacon line this morning I wasn't prepared for what would happen just seconds after several pieces of the crispy pig and a scoop of scrambled egg substitute would be presented to me. Taking three steps to my left where I would pick up a bagel…

One of the hardest things to do when it comes to writing these daily reports from a ship is not finding subjects to write about, but actually getting them online. Here on Holland America Line's ms Noordam, the satellite Internet connection is giving me worse heartburn than an extra spicy…

It's time once again to hop onboard a Holland America Line ship and head out on another adventure, this time to the southern Caribbean on the 2006-built ms Noordam. Over the next ten days, I'll be visiting the line's private island, Half Moon Cay, Grand Turk, Samana in the Dominican…

Fresh back from his 7-day Caribbean Cruise on Holland America Line's ms Eurodam, Joe Palko checks in with some of the highlights of his last three days onboard the "Mighty E." Day 4: Georgetown, Grand Cayman "Thursday Eurodam arrived in Georgetown, Grand Cayman.  We booked the Atlantis Submarine excursion so we had…

Joe Palko is back with some updates from onboard the Holland America Line cruise ship, ms Eurodam.  He's on a 7-day Caribbean cruise out of Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale, FL) with stops in Half Moon Cay, Montego Bay, Grand Cayman, and Key West. [caption id="attachment_11187" align="aligncenter" width="1080"] Off in the distance,…

One of my favorite cruise ships in the Holland America Line fleet is the ms Eurodam, or the "Mighty E" as she is known to her loyal followers.  The Eurodam is a Signature-class ship, launched in 2008, and is the 80th ship in the history of the Holland America Line.…

The last day of any cruise has its good parts and bad. The good is that there's one more day left on your vacation, one more day left to take advantage of the unlimited drink package, and on the MSC Divina, one more day to have your fill of prosciutto!…

It's my final day onboard the MSC Divina and disappointment has set in. Shortly after arriving at Norwegian Cruise Line's private island, Great Stirrup Cay, around 7:30am ET this morning, I got up, started to do some packing then headed up to the buffet for breakfast. As I approached the heaping…

Speedos have made it to breakfast! While going through the buffet line this morning, two men, in what I would estimate to be their mid-60s, were standing in line wearing their nut catchers with a pool towel draped over their shoulders. Today is a sea day, so it's expected that…