Category Archives: Ports of Call

Nawiliwili Bus Tour Kauai

Posted on May 10, 2024 by LBcruiseshipblogger

The only last-minute tour offered at our port stop in Nawiliwili was a 3-hour tour on the bus that said hop on hop off, but really wasn’t. It ran shuttles to a mall for the first couple hours in port, … Continue reading →

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Fort Fincastle and the Queen’s Staircase

Posted on April 26, 2024 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Some ports have things you can walk to from the ship and visit on your own without spending a bunch of money for a shore excursion. Places like Nassau in the Bahamas where the ship docks right in town in … Continue reading →

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Nawiliwili Kauai Cruise Port, Hawaii

Posted on April 12, 2024 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Nawiliwili is just a port. The closest town is called Lihue, about a mile and a half away. The ship docks in a container port that probably has a hard time finding qualified help if our docking experience is even … Continue reading →

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CocoCay

Posted on March 29, 2024 by LBcruiseshipblogger

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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Hilo Volcano and Garden Tour

Posted on March 8, 2024 by LBcruiseshipblogger

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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Cozumel Buggy Tour

Posted on February 16, 2024 by LBcruiseshipblogger

On past visits to Cozumel we’ve gone to the mainland a couple times for Tulum and cave snorkeling, done the snorkel & beach break, and gone to beach bars and Chankanaab on our own. For something different this time we … Continue reading →

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Hilo, Hawaii Cruise Port

Posted on February 2, 2024 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Hilo Cruise Port is on Hawaii’s big island (Hawaii Island) which has 6 volcanos. Some are active and some are not. Only 5 of them are above the surface of the water. The 6th volcano, Mahukona is extinct, submerged 1200 … Continue reading →

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Sitka Sea Walk and Totem Park

Posted on January 12, 2024 by LBcruiseshipblogger

About a week before our Alaskan cruise on Quantum of the Seas we received notice that the port stop in Skagway had been switched to Sitka on account of the third cruise ship dock in Skagway not being done getting … Continue reading →

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Caribbean Christmas Decorations

Posted on December 25, 2023 by LBcruiseshipblogger

On a couple of our port stops from Celebrity Constellation, we saw some Christmas decorations. Aruba had some at the port. Some of the port shops had decorations too, mainly ones for sale. Curacao had Christmas nutcracker soldiers guarding the … Continue reading →

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Saint Thomas Island Tour

Posted on December 22, 2023 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Before our cruise on Wonder of the Seas I looked up places we could walk to from Crown Bay where Royal Caribbean’s ships dock in Saint Thomas. Google didn’t show much other than a beach and a place called 99 … Continue reading →

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