Category: Traveling

Finally, my last substantive post of our 5D4N cruise with Royal Caribbean International onboard the Spectrum of the Seas, with a 16–20 June sailing date! I figured I’d quickly put together my notes and comments of our trip right after

And here we go: the parts that didn’t work well. Queues. Sure, queuing up is our national pastime. But the fact that guests have already sunk this much money into a compacted trip, and then feel like they’re getting herded

Like everything else we’ve written about in our blog here – for more than 20 years and counting now – our 5D4N cruise trip onboard the Spectrum of the Seas was paid for entirely out of our pocket. So, we’re

Well, what’s there to do when you’re on a 5D4N cruise that isn’t stopping over anywhere for excursions? As it turned out, there was plenty that took us out of our stateroom. And the range included headliner performances, casual family-friendly

I’m in an odd sort of place when it comes to food: unlike the missus, I only eat to live! I do appreciate, occasionally, tasty food. But on that same note, I’m just not disposed to spending heaps of money

We actually made our decision to opt for a June school holiday cruise fairly late relative to the sailing date: by the time we were ready to make a reservation, many of the staterooms were no longer available. To be

In a word, the ship is huge. According to Wikipedia, the ship’s tonnage exceeds 169K tons, is 347 meters long, and comprises 18 decks – 16 of which are accessible to guests. The key locations for the ship are: Deck

With border restrictions gradually easing in many places around the world – excepting and maybe even infuriatingly for many persons here, Japan which remains open to tourists in very limited circumstances – we gave serious thought to whether we could