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About LBcruiseshipblogger

MyCruiseStories blog tells stories about adventures in cruising on ships big and small. Things to do onboard and in port. Anything connected to cruising. Also food, travel, recipes, towel animals, and the occasional random blog.

How to Make a Towel Yoda

Posted on December 24, 2015 by LBcruiseshipblogger

How to Fold a Towel Yoda Supplies Needed to Make Towel Yoda 1 Green Hand Towel 1 Green Bath Towel 1 Brown Bath Towel or Brown Hand Towel 2 Paper Eyes How to Fold a Towel Yoda Head Hang the … Continue reading →

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Cruise Ship Cabins on Celebrity Infinity

Posted on December 18, 2015 by LBcruiseshipblogger

The infinity has several classes of suites. All suites include personal butler service, priority check-in, debarkation and tender, access to the Suites-only Michael’s Club Lounge and Luminae dining room, and ipod docking stations. At 1432 square feet, the penthouse suite … Continue reading →

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Back to Back in Different Rooms

Posted on December 11, 2015 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Taking two cruises in a row, called back to back cruises and often referred to as B2B, makes a great way to add extra time to an otherwise too short cruise. (To me every cruise is too short – no … Continue reading →

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Hasbro the Game Show on Carnival Legend

Posted on December 4, 2015 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Many people grew up playing Hasbro board games. Who hasn’t played Sorry, Yahtzee, Operation, Simon, Connect Four, Monopoly, or other Hasbro games? As part of Carnival’s Funship 2.0 upgrades they added life size versions of old favorite games done in … Continue reading →

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Bar Harbor

Posted on November 27, 2015 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Bar Harbor (pronounced Bah Habah by the locals) may have its prime tourist season when people come to see the trees in their glorious fall colors, but it is a nice place to visit earlier in the season as well. … Continue reading →

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Scalloped Potatoes Recipe

Posted on November 26, 2015 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Scalloped Potatoes Ingredients 2 Tablespoons butter                                    2 cups milk 2 Tablespoons flour                                       4-5 medium russet potatoes, peeled and sliced 1 teaspoon salt Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Lightly grease bottom of large casserole dish with butter. Melt the 2 … Continue reading →

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Carnival Breeze

Posted on November 20, 2015 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Until the Vista launches in 2016, the Breeze is Carnival’s newest ship. It is from the Dream Class, currently Carnival’s biggest.  The Breeze launched in 2012. Decor on the ship is Caribbean casual. Breeze is 1004 feet long with a … Continue reading →

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Carnival Ecstasy

Posted on November 13, 2015 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Carnival Ecstasy is a Fantasy class ship. Fantasy class ships make up about a third of Carnival’s fleet. The Ecstasy launched in 1991. It is 855 feet long and holds a maximum of 2056 guests with a crew of 920. … Continue reading →

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Celebrity Infinity

Posted on November 6, 2015 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Celebrity Infinity is a  Millennium class vessel. It entered service in 2001.  Millennium class ships are smaller than Celebrity’s newer Solstice class.  Infinity has a maximum capacity of 2170 guests and a crew of over 1200.  The ship is 965 … Continue reading →

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How To Fold a Towel Bat

Posted on October 31, 2015 by LBcruiseshipblogger

A Bit About Bats Vampire tales give bats a bad name, but very few bats are vampire bats – only 3 out of well over 1000 bat species – and even those feed on animals rather than humans.  Some bats … Continue reading →

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