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Operation Winter Warmup: Scarlet Lady 2025
Woke up early, drove to Fredericton, flew to Montreal, drank some coffee, flew to Miami - a completely uneventful travel day. Checked in...


Mexico 2024: Iberostar and More
Come along with me to visit the Iberostar properties in the Cancun area.


Virgin Voyages: Come As You Are
From the time Virgin Voyages hit the cruise scene, I was excited to give them a try. They were going to be the ones to disrupt the cruise...


What kind of a crazy person takes a cruise to go running?…
Oh wait. We did that. And we had a blast… Away we go. Part One – Operation Get to Puerto Rico This was a multi-day process. Since many...


When the Universe Gives You a Mostly Free Cruise…
So back in September, at a Carnival Cruise Line event, I won a free cruise! So when the universe gives you a free cruise, and the window...


Adventures in Travel Agenting – 2017
If I ever say to you that I am going to go away again for two weeks of conferences, please punch me in the face. Hard. Having said that,...


Our week on the Oasis of the Seas
Last winter we took our first Royal Caribbean cruise. Carnival is starting to run out of Caribbean itineraries that aren’t full of...


40 is the new awesome…
Today I turn 39. It’s not a conventional milestone birthday, but my 30s have been amazing and I think I need to show them out with some...


Beer, beaches, and turnips! turnips! turnips!
More super fun hijinks in the Caribbean with friends on board the Carnival Breeze. Day 1 – Heading south and breaking cameras… Adventure...


Kickin’ it in the Caribbean with Cool Cats – 2015 Edition
This blog has been brought to you from the back seat of Sue’s car while she and Greg listen to the Bruins game… Adventure time!  With...


Our Meeting with the Carnival Destiny
Cheapest flights out of our province were out of Moncton this time (this was a proper holiday for relaxing, so we didn’t want to drive to...


7 Day Western Caribbean on the Carnival Magic – Oh La La!
Day 1 – As per usual, a flight out of here in the wee hours of the morning. F’ton to Montreal uneventful, fast-tracked through Montreal...


7 Day Southern Caribbean Explorer on the Caribbean Princess
It was about midafternoon when we got on the ship, so our cabin was already ready (C415 – a half-covered balcony on Caribe deck (deck...


8 Day Eastern Caribbean on the Carnival Freedom
We puttered around before dinner to refamiliarize ourselves with the ship (which didn’t take long), stopping for a drink and to listen to...


8 Day Southern Caribbean on the Carnival Miracle
Tuck in with a coffee – it’s another long one… Embarkation Day – Tim and Mel booked us on the free shuttle to the port when they arrived...


Western Caribbean on the Carnival Legend
A bit of background – there were 11 of us in our group, all women, aged 29 to 60. We had 5 cabins – 3 inside, 1 oceanview, and 1 balcony....
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