Sea days. Some like to sleep in, some like the fact that you don’t have to be anywhere and can just relax, and then some like to use the extra hours on the water to see as much singing as they can. This year, the latter was me. My host group had a private concert…
This year, my February cruise took me to the ports of Key West, Florida and Cozumel, Mexico. Our first stop was in Key West, via Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Seas. We came into port at 11:30 am and were cleared to leave the ship by noon. During the afternoon, we visited the Southernmost Point,…
Cozumel is Mexico’s largest island and the second port of call on our cruise to the Western Caribbean, but when our ship docked, we had no intention of exploring the island. At least, not this year. In fact, we didn’t even walk to the end of the pier. Just on the other side of our…
The murky water below churned as the ms Paradise glided through the dark waves. Along the horizon, the sky and water only had one color. Black. It was just after six o’clock in the morning and I was determined to see that orange ball pop over the horizon on Tuesday. Being early in the week,…
The elevator “dinged,” the doors slid open and my sister and I walked into the bustling lobby of our hotel filled with cruise passengers. Lining the walls and keeping a hand on their carry-on bags, people waited for their shuttle to take them to the cruise terminal. If you go on the Singing at Sea…
You’re waiting for the commercials to end so you can go back to watching your favorite television show, as you stare at the screen, suddenly; a roaming gnome from Travelocity appears sitting on a beach somewhere far off on a tropical island. As you lounge on the sofa and watch the gnome watch the tranquil…
