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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:

1. Booking and Documentation: Confirm cruise booking names, numbers and itineraries. Check that each passport is valid for at least six months from end of travel date. Verify the name(s) on the passports matches the names on the booking reservation (in case there was a marriage and a maiden name is still on the passport […]

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 […]

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 […]

JOY or No JOY Welcome aboard!! Let's begin with my 'Booking to Boarding' experience. I chose to enhance my website with a premiere blog post of my recent cruise experience. A four night cruise onboard the Norwegian JOY seemed like a good choice. The Joy is one of several ships of Norwegian Cruise Line. The […]