Category Archives: Day Trips

Lake Pleasant Cruise in Arizona

Posted on January 1, 2024 by LBcruiseshipblogger

While cruises are usually thought of as lasting at least several days, there are day cruises available that often just last a few hours or less. Arizona is more associated with dry desert than water or cruising, but you can … Continue reading →

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Busch Gardens

Posted on November 17, 2023 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Our original plans included a one-night stay in Tampa after our cruise on Celebrity Constellation, which was supposed to be followed by boarding Royal Caribbean Serenade of the Seas the next day. We booked at a La Quinta specifically because … Continue reading →

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Olympic National Park In A Day

Posted on September 1, 2023 by LBcruiseshipblogger

After landing in Los Angeles on the way to Las Vegas for a Ninja championship along the lines of American Ninja Warrior, though not in a televised league, my daughter and her crew stopped by for a few days in … Continue reading →

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Zhujiajao, China’s Canal City

Posted on July 29, 2022 by LBcruiseshipblogger

In the port talks on the Holland America Westerdam, the speaker mentioned Suzhou and Zhuiajiao as canal cities near Shanghai with old style Chinese architecture that are places worth going to see. We stayed in Shanghai a few days after … Continue reading →

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Sailing Boston Harbor

Posted on May 20, 2022 by LBcruiseshipblogger

The Liberty tall ships have been sailing Boston Harbor since 1993. Liberty Clipper and Liberty Star are schooners modeled after ships of the 19th century. They run daily sailings seasonally, retreating to the Bahamas in the winter. They were still … Continue reading →

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Boston Aquarium

Posted on March 25, 2022 by LBcruiseshipblogger

After we finished touring the Constitution at the end of our walk down the Freedom Trail in Boston we decided to look for the tall ship sailing harbor tour we’d seen when looking online for things to do in Boston. … Continue reading →

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Freedom Trail Revisited

Posted on January 14, 2022 by LBcruiseshipblogger

On my first trip to Boston as a cruise embarkation port, I spent a couple nights there pre-cruise. That trip I sailed with a couple aunts and an uncle. We stayed at a hotel near the subway and used it … Continue reading →

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3 Island Tour in Venice

Posted on June 25, 2021 by LBcruiseshipblogger

We spent three days in Venice prior to boarding the MSC Lirica. We had enough time to wander around and see things, and to take a gondola ride. On our last full day in Venice we booked a 3 island … Continue reading →

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Odlin County Park

Posted on March 12, 2021 by LBcruiseshipblogger

There are all sorts of marine parks in Washington State’s San Juan Islands. Some are whole tiny islands, others are parks on larger islands with marine access. Some have docks, others are just accessible by kayaks or other small boats. … Continue reading →

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Mount Pilatus Cable Car and Gondolas

Posted on July 24, 2020 by LBcruiseshipblogger

While staying in Lucerne, Switzerland for a couple days as we worked our way from Zurich to Venice by train prior to a cruise that was supposed to depart from Venice, we took a day trip up Mt. Pilatus, which … Continue reading →

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