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Staterooms on Carnival Ecstasy

Carnival Ecstasy has several different stateroom categories ranging from spacious suites to money-saving inside cabins.  The showers have dispensers with shampoo and shower gel and bars of soap are provided. Beds in most staterooms can be set apart as twins … Continue reading

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Cruise Ship Cabins on Celebrity Infinity

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

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

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

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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Carnival Breeze

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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Celebrity Infinity

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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A Visit to Grand Turk

After visiting several lesser traveled islands between Puerto Rico and Miami, Carnival Splendor made its last port stop at the private cruise ship beach on Grand Turk. We got a good view of the ship docking from the window of … Continue reading

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Navigating Yourself Around A Cruise Ship

No doubt cruise ships are big, and getting bigger all the time as cruise lines build increasingly more extravagant ships with bigger and better attractions and more of everything.  It’s no wonder passengers often get lost trying to find their … Continue reading

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Cruising Through the Ballard Locks

  People take cruises through the Panama Canal and marvel at the 3 sets of locks they pass through as the ship transits the canal.  You don’t have to go all the way to Panama to find locks.  Seattle Washington … Continue reading

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