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DESTINATION: DAY 1: PORT OF EMBARKATION: MY CABIN ATTENDANT: WEATHER: ROOM: DINNER: SHOW: ACTIVITIES: NOTES: DAY 2: PORT OR. AT SEA WEATHER: BREAKFAST: LUNCH: DINNER: EXCURSIONS/TOURS/ACTIVITIES: NOTES:

The Master of the vessel has complete control and responsibility of the vessel. His/her Officers, have charge of matters from Navigation to Engineering. We then have what is referred to as the hotel' side of the operation where we have the crew. The day to day operation of the ship lies in the capable hands […]

You have done an admirable job in organizing and planning your cruise. There is a point to where you organize and then say I'm done, whatever may happen, I'll deal with it'. In the unlikely and unfortunate event that you need to get off the ship and go to a shoreside hospital in a foreign […]

Tips 🔑 and Tips 💵 🔑 Helpful Tips 🔑 Respect the guidance and information from your Muster Station crew coordinator. 🔑 Make it routine to use the sanitizing stations onboard. 🔑  9 If the salt and pepper shakers are missing from your dining venue, exercise care in that such items may be removed from use […]

Expectation: This itinerary is PERFECT!!! Exasperation: Well, maybe, in a perfect world. Unfortunately, the world has its' moments that do not always cooperate. I think the first thought that you have to keep in mind is that multi-page Cruise Contract that you acknowledged receiving. Among a few other things, somewhere it may say that "....we […]

December 27, 2025. Well......I felt the need for a post Holiday cruise. I called Norwegian Cruise Line and was almost immediately connected with Katrina, an agent with NCL. inquired about availability on the Norwegian GEM departing out of Jacksonville, FL on January 16, 2026 for four nights to the Bahamas. The Norwegian Gem is a […]