My Upcoming Cruises
Here are the details on all of the cruises I currently have
booked
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Our next cruise is coming up
soon, and will be with Princess. Kellyn and I had such a great
cruise on Sun Princess last year that we've booked a cruise on her
sister ship, Star Princess, so that we can experience it all
again. That cruise last year on Sun Princess was one of the best
cruises we've ever experienced... a perfect match for our cruising
style.
There were two things that made that ship stand out over all the others
we've sailed on. The first was a luxurious, un-crowded area of the
ship known as The Sanctuary Club, that only a small number of passengers
have access to. It is an outdoor sundeck with a pool and two hot
tubs, full of loungers and daybeds that we spent hours on each day, plus
a staff of roving waiters that were constantly available to bring drinks
and snacks to us... so that we never had to get up and fetch
anything ourselves.
The other thing we really
loved about Sun Princess was the casual dining options they
offered. There was an outdoor taco bar that Kellyn absolutely
loved. She got lunch there almost every day. Right next to
it was a New York-style pizza joint that I totally loved, and a few
steps away was a place with decent hamburgers and fries. So, each
day for lunch, both of us were totally happy. On most cruise
ships, we have no problem finding breakfasts and dinners we
enjoy... but it's rare to find lunch options that we BOTH
love. On Star Princess and Sun Princess, they've got the perfect
situation for us both.
I also have a cruise booked
for the Spring of 2027, and this will be a cruise on the lower
Mississippi River with American Cruise Lines. I'll fly in to
Memphis and board the ship there, and the cruise will spend 7 days on
the river and end in New Orleans.
This will be on ACL's ship "American Serenade", a ship I've sailed on
once before. I did a cruise out of Nashville on this ship in
2023. It's a very nice ship.
Cruises I'd Like To Take
A few cruises I would love to do:
Any cruise with American
Cruise Lines. I love cruising with them as their favorite
YouTuber, drone pilot, and photographer.
A cruise with
Margaritaville At Sea. I know the reviews have been horrible,
but I think I'd like to try it myself sometime. If it's
horrible, it would probably make a good YouTube video. If it's
great, lucky me... I got to go on a great cruise! What
if it's just mediocre, though?
A cruise with Holland
America. That's probably the biggest cruise line that I've
never sailed with. I think I should try it sometime. The
reason I've never sailed with Holland America before is that I view
it as a cruise line for old people. Well, now that I am one, I
guess I should give HAL a try.
Any cruise that could get
me to the Caribbean island of Jost Van Dyke. As far as I know,
cruise ships don't stop there... but they do stop at the
neighboring island of Tortola, and from there you can do an
excursion over to White Bay on Jost Van Dyke. The beach at
White Bay is one of the best I've ever been to, and we love having
lunch at the Soggy Dollar Bar there at the beach on White Bay.
I'll be keeping my eye out for the right opportunity to get back
there sometime!
A cruise in the South Pacific, visiting places like Tahiti and Bora Bora... but not with the Paul Gauguin cruise line. I've looked in to that cruise line, and I just don't think it's for me. To get to Tahiti on a more mainstream cruise line (like Princess, for example) I'd have to do a 30-day roundtrip cruise out of Los Angeles that goes all the way down to Tahiti. Kellyn would never agree to be away from our dog for that long... so, for now, a Tahiti cruise is probably not going to happen. But maybe someday after the dog is no longer with us?
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