Written by Kim Ok so Martinique has a story for us, We don’t get off the ship here. We were here back in 2015 and we decided we would go to a beach. The island was crowded and it was the first time Quantum docked in Martinique. As you may know, Martinique is a French […]
Category: 2026
March 2026 – 2nd port – a visit to Ocean Resort at Antigua
Written by Kim We booked a day pass for Ocean Resort through Resort for a Day for $85. It included pool & beach access, lunch, a welcome drink, snacks and 2 drinks. We took about a 20 minute taxi ride to get there for $10 per person. The resort was very nice. Tony secured us […]
March 2026 – First Port – Little Divvy Bay, St Martin
Written by Kim St Martin is a favorite of ours not only for the beaches but for the bourbon too. We took a taxi to the beach. We got off the ship early and walked through port to grab a taxi first $5 a person to Little Divvy beach. We rented 2 chairs and an […]
March 2026 – A few days at sea aboard Odyssey
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 […]
March 2026 – All Aboard Odyssey of the Seas
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 […]
Formy’s Irish Open & visiting our winter friends
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, […]
Our usual January stop at Hard Rock Hollywood
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 […]
Independence of the Seas – Cozumel and around the ship
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. […]
Independence of the Seas – Falmouth & Grand Cayman
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 […]
The adventure continues – All aboard Independence of the Seas
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 […]