Author: kimba_grebel

Written by Kim We spent 3 1/2 days at sea before getting to our first port, St Martin. Once we hit land we have 7 consecutive port days so we are relaxing until then. Leaving NJ in March the first 2 days are chilly and the seas are a bit rough with 8-12 foot waves […]

Written by Kim Here we go again! Normally we don’t do this many cruises in such a short time but lots of our friends were going on Odyssey out of Cape Liberty, Bayonne, NJ so of course we needed to join. This is our 33rd cruise (29 on Royal). Since I’m a numbers geek I […]

Written by Kim Our final stop on our January adventure is always Palm Beach Gardens to join Alex’s Golf Club of NJ friends for the Formy Irish Open. The tournament runs from Thursday to Sunday with a practice round on Wednesday. I joined the practice round since it’s at a very casual and fun course, […]

Written by Kim When we do our pilgrimage to South Florida in January there are a few stops that are standard – HR and Palm Beach Gardens for golf. All the other pieces flex around them. We usually do 2-3 nights at Hard Rock (depends on what rooms we get comped). The property is beautiful […]

Written by Kim Our last port was Cozumel and we went to Del Mar Latino. We enjoyed our time here last week and the price is right at $45 a head for all you can eat and drink. This week we docked at the International pier so it was a short walk to the resort. […]

Written by Kim The ship is pretty full with lots of kids so we spent the first day st sea in the Solarium pool. We always called this the morgue pool with lots of Os and Qs because everyone is usually sleeping in there. Years ago we vowed we would never go there but age […]

Written by Kim We disembarked MSC seashore on Friday in Canaveral drove down to Fort Lauderdale to catch a flight to Philly for Alex’s grandsons birthday party. We stayed at Borgata, a favorite of ours, for one night and did pretty well. We had a comped room, ate with comp in Amphora and took home […]

Written by Kim We really enjoyed our cruise on the Seashore. Here I will provide a review of our experience. We are leaving on RCCL Independence of the Seas tomorrow. After that cruise we will do a comparison of our experiences in the 2 lines. Overall there were both positives and negatives as you would […]

Written by Kim We decided to try a new all inclusive for a day pass in Cozumel, Del Mar Latino is a 5 minute walk from the one cruise port but we were docked at Punta Langosta so needed to take a short cab ride. We paid $20 to get to the resort but only […]

Written by Kim Our second port of call was Belize. It was a tender port and we were docked quite a distance from town so decided not to get off the ship. We just sat by the pool and enjoyed our drink package. There are 3 pools on the ship. The Long Island pool is […]