Whenever someone asks me, "what's your perfect length for a cruise?" I always say, "the longest!"  Short three, four, and five-day cruises go way too fast for me and by the time you just get to figuring out whether your stateroom is on the port or starboard side of the…

We're in the home stretch of this quick four-day cruise to Cozumel on Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas, and our guest contributor, John Hoiden, is back with another installment of his adventures onboard and ashore.  Before I turn things over to John, let's talk a little about Cozumel. Cozumel…

We're back with another trip report from John Hoiden, a frequent cruiser and contributor to the site.  John is currently sailing on a four-day cruise aboard Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas from Tampa, FL.  This itinerary has just one port-of-call, Cozumel, Mexico, which will be on Day 3.  With…

Frequent Royal Caribbean cruiser and contributor to the site, John Hoiden, is with us once again as he embarks on a four-day cruise on Grandeur of the Seas sailing from Tampa, FL to Cozumel, Mexico.  He'll be providing daily reports from them ship, sharing the good and bad, his luck…

Contributor John Hoiden is currently sailing on Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas and has graciously agreed to share his experience with us over the course of his cruise!  Here is John's Day 3 report:  After getting plenty of rest, I am ready to go on for the final day…

Contributor John Hoiden is currently sailing on Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas and has graciously agreed to share his experience with us over the course of his cruise!  Here is John's Day 3 report:  It's my third day on Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas, and I got a…

Contributor John Hoiden is currently sailing on Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas and has graciously agreed to share his experience with us over the course of his cruise!  Here is John's Day 2 report:  Today is our first sea day on this 4-day Royal Caribbean Independence of the Seas…

For the next four days, guest contributor John Hoiden is cruising on Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas on an Eastern Caribbean cruise from Miami with one port-of-call, Grand Turk.  John is a frequent Royal Caribbean cruiser and recently shared his experience on his first Carnival Cruise Line cruise with…

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It's the final day of this four-day Thanksgiving cruise on Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas. We left Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Thanksgiving day and visited one port-of-call, Cozumel in Mexico. Before heading to bed last night, we both agreed that we were not going to set…