Monthly Archives: March 2024

Cruising Ducks

Hiding and finding ducks has become a popular pastime on cruise ships. It all started when a 10-year-old girl named Abby brought 50 ducks to hide on a Carnival cruise in 2018. Jeep ducking started in 2020 in Canada. That … Continue reading

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CocoCay

Wonder of the Seas made it to the dock at CocoCay on our scheduled port day, an improvement over the previous year’s visit on Symphony of the Seas which was unable to dock due to stormy weather. While both the … Continue reading

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Things to Do on MSC Meraviglia

Like all large cruise ships, MSC Meraviglia has lots of things for people to do onboard. There are of course pools and hot tubs, as all cruise ships have. Not all of them have an indoor pool though, but Meraviglia … Continue reading

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Australian Ninja Competition

Most people have probably heard of the TV show American Ninja Warrior and its counterparts in other countries like Australia. Ninja competitions started in Japan in 1997 under the name Sasuke with an edited version shown in some other countries. … Continue reading

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Quantum of the Seas Ocean View Cabin

Walking into our deck 3 ocean view cabin for the first time on Quantum of the Seas, the first thing we noticed was that there was no outline in the ceiling of a drop-down bunk. Normally when booking a room … Continue reading

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Hilo Volcano and Garden Tour

Looking online for information about Hilo cruise port pre-cruise I didn’t find much other than that it was not in town and that there was supposed to be a free shuttle to Walmart. The advice was to book an excursion … Continue reading

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Enchanted Princess

When sailing on a medallion class ship like Enchanted Princess, you have an option of either having your medallion sent to you pre-cruise, in which you pay a fee for the postage, or you can pick it up at the … Continue reading

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