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Food on Holland America Veendam

Posted on February 8, 2019 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Cruise food varies greatly from line to line, even from ship to ship on the same line. Sometimes it even varies from one sailing to the next on the same ship. Menus change over time. Sometimes they change due to … Continue reading →

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Double Glacier Visit to Glacier Bay

Posted on February 1, 2019 by LBcruiseshipblogger

In a span of just a few hundred years Glacier Bay went from a fertile valley where native Tlingit people lived in the 1600’s with the Grand Pacific Glacier on high mountain ridges above the valley to completely buried in … Continue reading →

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Dinner At The Captain’s Table

Posted on January 25, 2019 by LBcruiseshipblogger

In the afternoon of the first formal night on Royal Caribbean‘s Explorer of the Seas we found an invitation in our cabin to eat at the Captain’s Table that night. Of course we responded yes. We’d never been invited to … Continue reading →

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Décor on Carnival Magic

Posted on January 18, 2019 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Each cruise ship has its own unique décor. On Carnival décor ranges from the way out there over the top décor of the Splendor to the does it really have any décor of the Vista. The Magic has décor to … Continue reading →

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Juneau

Posted on January 4, 2019 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Juneau, Alaska Alaska’s capital, Juneau, located along the Gastineau Channel of Alaska’s panhandle, is accessible only by boat or plane. Although there are no roads connecting Juneau to the rest of the state, cars can come and go by ferry … Continue reading →

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How to Fold a Giant Towel Alligator

Posted on January 1, 2019 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Towel Alligator On our last cruise on Holland America Westerdam life sized giant alligators joined the towel animal invasion on the Lido deck one morning. It takes a lot of towels to make one of these alligators, but of course … Continue reading →

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Bermuda

Posted on December 28, 2018 by LBcruiseshipblogger

A Bit About Bermuda Bermuda sits by itself in the Atlantic Ocean, the closest land mass being Hatteras Island North Carolina, 653 miles away. The first known sighting of Bermuda by Europeans was Captain Juan de Bermudez whom the island … Continue reading →

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Chacchoben Mayan Ruins

Posted on December 21, 2018 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Due to unexplained technological difficulties, Holland America Veendam arrived in Costa Maya 2 hours late. Norwegian Pearl and Royal Caribbean Rhapsody of the Seas were already at the dock. The Pearl appeared significantly plainer than when we cruised on it … Continue reading →

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Suva, Fiji Island Tour

Posted on December 14, 2018 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Although Suva sits on the other side of the same Fijian island as Lautoka, Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas left port in the early evening to spend time out on the open sea between port stops so they could … Continue reading →

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Westerdam Ocean View Cabins

Posted on December 7, 2018 by LBcruiseshipblogger

Like any cabin category, ocean view cabins can vary from ship to ship and even among cabins on the same ship. Holland America Westerdam is no exception having lower level ocean view cabins on deck 1, obstructed ocean view cabins … Continue reading →

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