Alex and Kim’s Adventures

Written by Kim We enjoy a stop at Hard Rock Hollywood when we’re in South Florida. We got comp rooms for part of our stay which made it affordable because full price rooms are expensive. It is a beautiful property. We didn’t stay in the famous guitar tower but the rooms in the Oasis tower […]

Written by Kim We took a 9 day cruise to the Caribbean on Grandeur. Originally it was planned to have 6 ports but a few weeks prior they pulled the San Juan port which we later learned was due to required engine maintenance. No big deal we don’t really like San Juan anyhow. The casino […]

Written by Kim Labadee was our last stop. This is Royal Caribbean’s private island at Haiti. We havent been here in a while and we’re happy to see some nice improvements. They updated the restrooms, added some walking paths, putting in a jetty to make a nice cove which now has a floating bar. We […]

Written by Kim We knew it would busy with 4 ships in port so we hustled off the ship right when we docked and caught one of the first taxis to Magen’s Bay. We docked in Crown Bay so it was a bit of a longer ride across town and over the mountains but Alex […]

Written by Kim We didn’t arrive in port until 12:30 but booked a brew & rum tour through RCCL. We don’t normally book excursions through the cruise but decided to give it a try on a small ship. We likely won’t do that again. It all turned out ok but started horrible Lots of confusion […]

Written by Kim Puerta Plata, the silver port, was discovered on his first voyage, on January 12, 1493, and called the mountain (now Loma Isabel de Torres) Monte de Plata because on its top there are clouds that make it appear silver. We got married in Punta Cana on the other side of the Dominican […]

Written by Kim We drove about 1 1/2 hour to Port of Miami to board Grandeur. We haven’t been on a smaller ship in a long time. We sailed Grandeur in 2008 out of Tampa. It’s the only ship I got seasick on but we chose a really bad cabin way forward and it was […]

Written by Kim One of the highlights of our January trips to Florida is seeing some long time friends who live in the area. I’ve known Liz for over 30 years – heck I told Heather this morning that Liz planned my baby shower for her at Roche. We enjoy spending time with Liz and […]

Written by Kim We were so lucky to get to spend a week with our moms on Oasis. It was fun to spoil them with top of the line accommodations and genie service. We were reminded of things that make us very similar to our moms and where as we’ve grown we’re different. Many times […]

Written by Kim When we woke up we were near our home in Myrtle Beach but as we sailed today it got cooler and windier. We had a busy day planned so it was fine. We had breakfast at Johnny Rockets then went to the Captain’s Corner. I enjoy listening to the questions for the […]