On a cold, rainy day in Boston in October (October 20, 2011), I ventured off for a ship inspection on a MSC Cruises ship, the MSC Poesia. I parked at the Black Falcon Cruise Terminal/Cruiseport Boston and fully expected to walk over to the same spot where the NCL Dawn was docked for our cruise… Read More
Cruise Roll Calls and Why They Work Worried about the crowds on your next cruise? Or are you more like everyone else who gets worried about having no one to hang out with on your next cruise? Granted you’ll be there with your friends and family, but who doesn’t like to make some new friends… Read More
We recently spent a week on Norwegian Cruise Line‘s Norwegian Dawn on a cruise from Boston to Bermuda. Our cabin was cabin 9638, an oceanview stateroom with balcony, category BA. View this short video to get an idea of what this cabin looks like and it’s overall size. If you haven’t sailed before or are… Read More
How lucky were we to sail on Norwegian Cruise Line‘s Norwegian Dawn on August 5, 2011 out of Boston? In my last post we had just sailed out of Boston, so now we’ll take a look at the ship. We had a balcony cabin (BA), cabin 9638 on deck 9. Normally, I book months or… Read More
Whole Roasted Beef Tenderloin in a port wine reduction with market fresh vegetables and whipped potatoes Too many pictures and places and not enough time! I didn’t want to move on completely to the NCL Dawn before finishing up with the beautiful Ruby Princess. Last time we looked at a few of the cabins, but… Read More
Although we live in Boston, we have never sailed out of our home port so why not try it out? We decided on a Bermuda cruise out of Boston on Norwegian Cruise Line and the Dawn and I am so glad we did. As mentioned in a prior post, we decided to spend the night… Read More
We’re back onboard the Ruby Princess from Princess Cruises and this time we’re going to take a look at a few of the cabins. Next to dining, cabins tend to be the most talked about item on a ship. I had the opportunity to tour the ship during a recent conference in Florida and the… Read More
If you’re of a certain age then the mention of the iconic television series “The Love Boat” will either make you smile or cringe. My father, who worked constantly, never watched much television, but on Saturday evenings he would sit down with us and watch the misadventures of the Captain, Doc, Isaac, Gopher, and Julie.… Read More
Yesterday we started things off with preparing to get on board the ship for the first time. Today we are looking at tips for once you are on board. Everyone will look like they know what they are doing and you might feel like the odd man out, but statistics show that less than 25%… Read More
Are you a new cruiser about to embark on your first cruise? The excitement of it all may be all you can think of right now, but as your cruise approaches, you may start to think or obsess about what you don’t know. Did I pack enough or too much? Will the balcony be safe… Read More
