When Norwegian Cruise Line was thinking of a ship that would sail out of New York City, the natural fit for designing the hull’s artwork was the iconic pop artist, Peter Max. A world renowned artist with paintings on exhibition in hundreds of museums and galleries around the globe, although Max has painted a Boeing 777 jumbo… Read More
Do you often promise yourself that you’ll remember all the important lessons you learned from your cruise and then when the time comes, you don’t remember any of it? That’s totally me, but this time I’m writing it all down and sharing it with you. 1. Sometimes I still feel like I’m on the ship… Read More
Caissie Stafford (Cais Dillon) from her FaceBook page On November 30, 2012 while the Celebrity Summit was in port in St. Thomas, Celebrity Cruises was kind enough to allow me to interview a few members of the staff. Unfortunately, as sometimes happens, life gets in the way and I did not have a chance to… Read More
Leaning Tower of Pisa at Brunch After a great night of fun, we woke up tired, but ready to take on a sea day onboard the Celebrity Reflection. Anna has been diligent about working out every single day and well, I hate her. No, I wish I could as well, but the pain in my… Read More
Our first port day had us arriving into San Juan, Puerto Rico around 5 pm so we had all day to still unwind and relax onboard before hitting the town. Another visit up to the Solstice Deck to lay out and catch some sun, grab some food, and we were totally ready by the time… Read More
If you haven’t noticed, Travel Shop Girl has been on the road quite a lot lately. After my fantastic family cruise on the Celebrity Summit, I was home only for one day. The remainder of that cruise information will be up shortly, but in the meantime, here’s what I did. I left for four days in Mexico to tour some great… Read More
This is a guest post by Rutger Thole. For scuba divers, picking the location for a cruise is probably one of the most important parts of the organisation process. There are hundreds of famous dive sites throughout the world and plenty of cruise ships that offer diving opportunities. Before rushing out and booking the first… Read More
Grandeur of the Seas If you’ve come to my blog, then it’s safe to say you know that I love to travel and that extends also to cruising. I am painfully aware that not everyone has been on a cruise. In fact, it still surprises me that there are people who are adamant about never… Read More
Looking from the Carnival Magic toward Galveston Say it isn’t so! Our last morning on the Carnival Magic and then we are off to the airport in Houston to catch our return flight to Boston. We woke up when we no longer felt the ship moving and we realized we had arrived back into the… Read More
Is it possible? Has the last day of our cruise arrived this quickly? Oh what is a girl to do? I don’t want to start packing too early in the day because then I will be completely out of vacation mode. Perhaps I’ll just sit out on the balcony and do absolutely nothing and hope… Read More