Day 6 Part 1: Cartagena, Colombia If you would like to start this trip report from the beginning, click here. Note: I do not feel right posting pictures of fellow cruisers who have not given me permission to use them on the blog, so I will blur out the faces of people in the background […]
Panama Canal Trip Report: Day 3 Cozumel
Day 3: Cozumel If you would like to start this trip report from the beginning, click here. . Note: I do not feel right posting pictures of fellow cruisers who have not given me permission to use them on the blog, so I will blur out the faces of people in the background of my […]
Trip Report Day 4: Blue Lagoon Beach Day Nassau
If you would like to start this trip report from the beginning, you can do so by clicking here. We were scheduled for the Blue Lagoon Beach day excursion through DCL and were supposed to meet in the Buena Vista Theater at 9:15. We woke up, put on swim suits, packed our excursion bags with […]
How I Choose Shore Excursions
I typically book shore excursions on my own, not through DCL. I am not usually opposed to DCL excursions (we have done three: one was fantastic, one was not very good, and one was just okay) and I am not ruling them out in the future if they happen to align with what we want […]
What I Use for Car Seats on a Cruise
Car seats on a cruise: it is a question I hear a lot from people traveling with young children. Before our first cruise, I struggled with the decision of what to do about car seats. We wanted to explore ports on our own, but didn’t want to carry and store large, heavy car seats with […]
Snorkeling at Castaway Cay
ETA 11/6/16: Since this post my family has snorkeled again at Castaway Cay, and we saw a sea turtle. You can see pictures and read all about it here in my trip report. ETA 11/2018: We snorkeled again in early November 2018, and you can read about that here. . We have snorkeled at Castaway Cay […]
What We Did in Grand Cayman – Take 2!
On our recent 7 night Western Caribbean cruise on the Disney Wonder (trip report here) we stopped at the island of Grand Cayman. This was our second time visiting Grand Cayman on a Disney cruise and we loved our first excursion there (you can read all about it here) so much that we decided to do […]
What We Did in Grand Cayman
ETA 12/28/15: We did this same excursion again in November 2015. You can read the more recent post by clicking here. Our only port excursion I have not reviewed yet is our excursion in Grand Cayman. This was our very first port excursion, way back in February 2013. Just a warning that this will be […]
What We Did in St. Maarten
ETA 3/15/18: Unfortunately, it appears that Top Secret Private Excursions is no longer in business as their website is no longer working and they haven’t had a review on TripAdvisor since March 2017. While we were on our 7 night Eastern Caribbean cruise on the Disney Magic in October 2014 we stopped in the port of St. […]
What We Did in St. Thomas
When we sailed on our 7 night Eastern Caribbean cruise on the Magic in Oct 2014, we stopped in St. Thomas, USVI. Our girls love snorkeling and love sea creatures, so when I read about a place called Turtle Cove where you can actually snorkel with sea turtles, I knew we had to go there. […]