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Happy New Year 2026!

DOS and I rang in the New Year 2026 as we did last year in 2025, at the Marriott Hotel in Lake Mary, Florida. This was a bit of a one night staycation/celebration of the old year, and looking ahead…

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Our Sky Princess TransAtlantic Cruise Ports

In the last post I blogged about our onboard adventures on our Westbound crossing from London, aboard Princess Cruise Line’s Sky Princess, November 2025. This post will focus on some of our port stops along the way. OK, let’s get…

Steve UnoDecember 22, 2025December 22, 2025 Balcony, Beer, Church, Closed Hotels, Cruise Ports, Cruises, England, France, Mountains, Portugal, Princess Cruises, Pubs, Repositioning Cruises, Sea Days, Spain, Submarines, Tours, Trans-Atlantic cruise, Walking, wineries, Winery Tours No Comments

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Welcome Aboard The Sky Princess!

Steve (DOS) and I are now on the beautiful Sky Princess, and it’s actually our 12th day aboard this mid-November 2025 cruise. As funny or strange as it seems, we’ve been so busy on this cruise, I haven’t had to…

Steve UnoDecember 8, 2025December 8, 2025 Baclstage, Balcony, Breakfast, Concierge, Cruise Ports, Cruises, Luggage, Pizza, Port Canaveral, Port of Calls, Princess Cruises, Repositioning Cruises, Specialty Dining, Suites, Thanksgiving, Theater, Tours, Trans-Atlantic cruise, Wines No Comments

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Three Nights in London!

Steve (DOS) and I are currently on a 16 night TransAtlantic cruise from Southampton sailing back to Port Canaveral. Prior to the cruise, we had a wonderful three night pre-cruise stay at the Churchill Hyatt Regency London. We stayed there…

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Welcome to Wellington: Capital of New Zealand!

Our next stop on our Majestic Princess cruise was the port of Wellington. Wellington is the Capital of New Zealand, and is located on the South-Western part of the North Island of New Zealand. As Wellington is a major city,…

Steve UnoMay 30, 2024May 30, 2024 Artwork, Balcony, Bible, Capitals, Cruise Ports, Cruises, desserts, gift shops, Lunch, Moon, Mountains, Museums, New Zealand, Photos, Pizza, Port of Calls, Princess Cruises, Repositioning Cruises, Restaurants, Riverfront/Dock Areas, Statue, sunsets, Tenders/Life Boats No Comments

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Welcome to New Zealand! First Stop: Picton and the Marlborough Wine Region.

After 3 very rough days at sea on our crossing from Sydney thru the Tasman Sea, we arrived at our first port of call, Picton New Zealand. As our cabin was located in the very aft of our ship, the…

Steve UnoMay 21, 2024May 21, 2024 Boats, Bridges, Cruise Ports, Cruises, Ferry Boats, New Zealand, Port of Calls, Princess Cruises, Repositioning Cruises, Rough Seas, Sheep, Tours, Uncategorized, wineries, Winery Tours No Comments

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Three Nights in Perth! Arrival Day One!

We arrived into Fremantle, the gateway port for Perth, on a Wednesday after taking the five night repositioning cruise on P&O Australia’s Pacific Explorer from Adelaide. Our friends Manuela and Jenny from Adelaide had sailed with us to Perth, and…

Steve UnoApril 15, 2024April 15, 2024 Car rental, Cruise Ports, Cruises, Friends, Hotel Executive Lounges, Hyatt, Hyatt Regency, Kangaroos, Luggage, Perth, Repositioning Cruises No Comments

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Welcome Aboard the Pacific Explorer!

After spending three days in Adelaide, Steve (DOS) and I headed to the port of Adelaide for our five night repositioning cruise to Perth, Western Australia. Our Adelaide friends Manuela and Jenny were traveling with us on the cruise, and…

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Dubai in a Day! Touring the QE2 Hotel.

A few years ago I held a subscription to Cruise Travel magazine for over 25 years, starting shortly after my first cruise on the tiny Bahamas Cruise Line’s Veracruz, which got me hooked on cruising for life. While unfortunately Cruise Travel…

Steve UnoDecember 14, 2023December 14, 2023 Amusement Parks, Cruise Ports, Cruises, Dubai, Middle East Ports, QE2, Repositioning Cruises, Seabourn Cruises, Ships, Sunrise, sunsets No Comments

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Seabourn Cruise Day 20 continues . . .

We are loving our cruise aboard the Seabourn Encore, and it is now day 20 of our 34 day cruise as I write this, so we are now into the second half of our cruise. We booked this as a…

Steve UnoDecember 9, 2023December 9, 2023 Athens, Cruise Ports, Cruises, Friends, Middle East Ports, Oman, Repositioning Cruises, Sea Days, Seabourn Cruises, Singapore, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Walking No Comments

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