Author: dolphingirl5092

When is a cruise not a cruise? When there is no ship. With four days left to go before leaving for this trip, we got some very worrying and decidedly unwelcome news. While on a repositioning cruise from Los Angeles to Vancouver, our ship developed issues with both azipods, which is the propulsion system of the…

This is a bit of a departure from my usual blog posts, but it is very much linked to my travels. It is also a journey in its own right , both a journey of a very special piece of jewellery from an initial idea to the finished piece and a longer journey of self-discovery.…

Just like this, another cruise and another holiday were over. I always find it hard to get off a ship and fly straight home. At least we were not due to fly out until the evening and I had one last thing to look forward to. We had set the alarm for 07:00. When the…

We had another sea day and were in no particular rush. We were up a little earlier that day, but we still managed to sleep until around 08:30. We got up and ready and then headed to the crown lounge for breakfast. We had some coffee, fruit, and some pastries. As we were leaving, the…

We did not get up until nearly 09:00 that morning and it felt great. We grabbed a coffee and a pastry from the crown lounge and then we headed down to the Schooner Bar to snag a table. Ken joined us shortly afterwards and Laurie came just before morning trivia started. Ultimately Carol and Sandy joined us, too,…

We were up bright and early again, but this day we needed to be. We had an early start for an excursion to one of my happy places. This also happened to be my birthday. We got up and ready. Then we headed to the crown lounge for some coffee and a pastry. Graham had…

The port that day was supposed to be new to us. We were supposed to visit Mazatlán on two previous cruises to this area on Disney Cruise Line, but both times the port stop was cancelled. When we booked the cruise and I realised that we were stopping at Mazatlán, I was delighted. I did…

We were awake bright and early again that morning. This was our first port day, but we were not due to arrive until lunch time. Considering how busy the solarium was the day before, we figured that if we wanted some hot tub time, we better have it in the morning. This worked out well.…

We were both awake at 6:30. We got up and ready and then checked out breakfast options. We figured that the best option would probably the Windjammer. As soon as it opened for breakfast at 7:00, we headed up there. There were not many early risers and we ended up with a table with a view.  Graham…

We were awake quite early again, but we were not in a rush. I had a leisurely shower. We reorganised our luggage and finally got around to putting the laundry in our respective suitcases. Then we discussed what we would do for breakfast. I was quite keen to go back to Tangaroa Terrace. I would have…