Just a quick update to the blog as it’s been almost 2 months since I last posted from Vancouver, just prior to our Princess Alaska cruise. I will post more later but in the coming days and weeks, but unfortunately…
Fun Pre-Cruise Day in Vancouver!
Today Steve (DOS) and I had a fun and leisurely time exploring the downtown and port area of Vancouver. While we’ve both been here before, it was usually just to catch a cruise, with little time to actually sightsee the…
Train Excursion on The Panama Canal Railway!
This post continues from the last one about the Panama Canal transit we took in March 2022 on the Caribbean Princess. This post begins the day after the Canal transit, with a shore excursion train ride on The Panama Canal…
Full Panama Canal Transit Thru The New Locks on The Caribbean Princess!
Steve (DOS) and I recently did a full transit thru the new Panama Canal locks aboard the Caribbean Princess on a 15 night cruise from Ft. Lauderdale to San Francisco. We had a wonderful time, and I’m just now getting…
Our Caribbean Princess Cruise Abruptly Ends Four Days Short of Completion in San Francisco!
It’s Sunday evening, April 3rd as I write this from the Grand Hyatt Hotel in the Union Square district of San Francisco. This is just a quick post update about our whereabouts since our cruise itinerary changed due to Princess…
Heading out for a month: 2 Cruises and lots of Nautical Miles and Sea Days!
First of all, Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all! I started this post before I went to bed on St. Paddy’s Day (Thursday night), and I’m doing some last minute packing of mostly my electronic gear; i.e. cords adapters, meds…
Cozumel and the Chocolate Factory!
Our final port-of-call on our seven day Sky Princess Cruise was in Cozumel, Mexico. DOS and I have both been here several times over the years, and in my younger “pre-DOS” days in the late 1980s, I loved going to…
Welcome to Roatan Honduras!
On the fifth day of our Sky Princess Caribbean cruise, we made our third port stop, this time stopping at Roatan, Honduras, yet another port Steve (DOS) and I had not been to before. The port stop area was actually…
Belize City by Day, and The Chef’s Table on the Sky Princess by Night
Note: Steve (DOS) and I are both back from our 7 day Caribbean cruise on the Sky Princess. I’m continuing this blog post from our next port-of-call in Belize. Day Four: Port of Belize We started our day aboard as…
Port of Costa Maya, Aboard the Sky Princess
Steve (DOS) and I just returned home from an outstanding seven night cruise on the Sky Princess, sailing roundtrip Caribbean out of Fort Lauderdale. We debarked the ship today (Saturday) around 9am, and had a quick four hour’s drive back…