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…

Day 3 on Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas found us docked in Cozumel, Mexico for a full day of.... well, for me not much. The ship pulled in around 7:30am and passengers were cleared around 8am. It was a beautiful day, albeit a bit on the breezy side. Overnight…

It's Day 2 onboard Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas and this is our first full day at sea as we travel to Cozumel, Mexico, the only port-of-call during this four-day western Caribbean cruise. The sea overnight was flat calm and made for a restful sleep. I mentioned yesterday that…

Last Thanksgiving, I was onboard Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas for the ship's inaugural sailing out of Bayonne, NJ. Quantum, at the time, was Royal's newest and most technologically advanced ship with a price tag of one-billion dollars. This Thanksgiving, I'm on another Royal Caribbean ship, Independence of the…

My final day onboard Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas started out sunny and warm as we were off the coast of Virginia when I got up in the morning. It was one of those perfect days to sit out on the balcony and watch the world go by, which…