Our third port of call during our cruise aboard Carnival’s Glory took us to the Central American country of Honduras, and the cruise line’s private beach at Mahogany Bay. However it is very much like the actual ports visited during the trip with many private businesses lining the entry to the adjoining beach. As a result if visiting one make sure to take a bit of money with you in case you do get thirsty or want to buy something. Additionally we opted for the Beach Chair ride that takes …

Whatever the line, cruise ships always ensure the days have a jam-packed itinerary, and Carnival’s Glory was certainly no different. The usual classes are available at the fitness centre while the spa offers a number of health workshops in addition to their standard assortment of services – though if you are going to indulge in some treatments keep an eye on your daily itinerary for specials. On the upper decks you could even find a basketball court or take a whirl on the mini-putt green if you ended up tiring …

For Nicole’s 2013 birthday we decided to take a weeklong cruise out of Miami. Here’s some fun footage of Nicole bustin’ a move on the seven seas (video’s just over 4:20 long) as she performs Young MC’s ‘Bust a Move.’ Perhaps a mainstain of cruise line entertainment, karaoke is almost always on the day’s itinerary. Apologies that the footage is a little dark.

We’ve been on a couple cruises – and barring any surprise birthday trips (there’s time!  It’s next month!), that’s likely the next trip for us.  If you’ve taken a look to the right, you might have seen our next scheduled trip is a cruise out of Istanbul – we’ll be going with my mom and dad, who are pretty fun to travel with.  I’m also weirdly fascinated with the larger and larger ships – Royal Caribbean’s Allure and Oasis are currently out of budget, but I’d really like to get …

I feel like a decadent capitalist pig when I tell people we’re going on a cruise – which is kind of counter to how I try to live and think, though it’s entirely possible, that under my bleeding-heart Pinko Commie vegetarian trappings, I am. However, despite the impression of dissolution, there’s a lot to like about cruises: you get to see a number of places while you and your stuff stay in one place; the food is pretty good and included; there’s stuff to do on the ship; and with some …

If you get to talking about travel with Gary and I together (or likely apart), you’ll quickly notice two things: we like to gamble, and we’re kind of into cruises lately.
I’m not really sure where gambling comes from. I know it’s not likely to win me a lot of money and I know the odds are stacked against me.  But if there’s a budget for it, I really enjoy it as a night’s entertainment – playing roulette is my chance to feel urbane and cool (whether the other gamblers are …

As you know, we’ve cruised a few times, and covered it here, and though we’ve cruised the now-somewhat-beleaguered Carnival Cruise Lines, we had no issues during our short trip. In fact, we really enjoyed our time on board the Imagination, and liked the Carnival experience more than the Royal Caribbean in some ways. (Given there’s so much discussion on differences between the two, we may have to do a comparison sometime.)
However, given Carnival’s recent issues with their ships and the fact that we’re hoping to do a Carnival cruise shortly …

Given we’d previously talked about how our plans for my 2010 birthday were curtailed as Hurricane Paula rolled through the Gulf of Mexico and along the coast of Florida, I thought we should extend our thanks to the staff and crew of Carnival’s Imagination for the efficiency with which they handled our sudden change of itinerary, and the comfort with which they transported us around the edge of the storm. Given it was a short four night cruise out of Miami, it was pretty impressive, and while it meant I …

During my 2010 birthday we took a short cruise out of Miami. Despite a hurricane that drove us off course, we still had a great time. Unfortunately due to some early celebrations we ended up only having a couple of hours in Key West. Though we did manage to squeeze in a tour of famed writer Hemingway’s house now turned cat sanctuary, we do wish we had more time to look around the Keys. Which we learned actually has a $500 fine for harming the island’s chicken population. Here’s some …

For my 2010 birthday we decided to take a short cruise out of Miami. Deciding to indulge in my enjoyment of eating my way across the world, we decided to go with a food themed itinerary for the trip and ended up opting for a galley tour and seating at the Head Chef’s table. Chef Ajit was even kind enough to do a short baking demo and showed us how they make the much coveted Carnival Molten Chocolate Cake. You can make out most of what he says, but those …