Cruise Travel Adventures

Posts of our cruise travel adventures close to home and around the globe. Join us as we set sail to explore amazing destinations and share our experiences and activities while at sea and at port.

Southampton To New York On Queen Mary 2: Our Life at Sea

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We’ve traveled by plane, train, bus, automobile, and just about every floating contraption that can carry passengers across the water. There is something wonderfully old-fashioned and surprisingly relaxing about sailing from Southampton to New York City aboard the legendary Queen Mary 2. Arriving in Southampton early We arrived in Southampton by train from London a few days before our sailing. […]

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From Sangria To Sagrada: 3 Epic Days In Barcelona

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Arriving in Barcelona We sailed into Barcelona from our Transatlantic cruise like a couple of Cajun Explorers chasing sunshine instead of swamp mist, trading bayou breezes for Mediterranean salt air. And cher, let me tell you—this city don’t just welcome you, it grabs you by the soul and says, “Laissez les bon temps rouler… but

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A 16 Day Transatlantic Cruise to Spain: What it’s really like (Part 2)

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This is the continuation of our 16 Day Transatlantic Cruise to Spain. Part 1 explored Nassau, The Bahamas and the 8 sea days we traveled before arriving in Spain. This post covers our remaining 5 days on our cruise. We are visiting 5 ports around Spain over the next 5 days. This is more like

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A 16 Day Transatlantic Cruise to Spain: What it’s really like (Part 1)

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We begin our 16 day transatlantic cruise to Spain departing from the Royal Caribbean cruise terminal in Galveston, Texas. This is the first part of our three month 2026 European adventure. The morning we left Houston, we hadn’t expected a cold front. We awoke to 40 degree weather. So, we had a last minute wardrobe

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A 12 day Atlantis Cruise in Asia: Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore

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I’ve recently posted about our week exploring the beautiful sites of Hong Kong. So I begin this post as we board our Atlantis Cruise in Asia aboard the Celebrity Solstice. We’ll soon explore Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore. Atlantis—an LGBT+ travel and tour company—chartered this cruise. It’s not only our first cruise on Celebrity, but our

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Costco food court Honolulu and the special menu options

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All of our friends know we love shopping at Costco, especially when traveling. Recently we stopped at the Costco food court in Honolulu, Hawaii while on our South Pacific Cruise. While planning our trips both in the US and in other countries, we always search for local product options not available in Texas. You just

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Amazing 31-day Cruise in the South Pacific—3 (New Zealand)

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Welcome to part three and the final post of our 31 day South Pacific cruise. We left Tahiti and we are now sailing 5 days toward New Zealand. Here are the links if you missed the first two posts: Amazing 31-day South Pacific Cruise to Australia—1 (Hawaii) and Amazing 31-day Cruise in the South Pacific—2

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Amazing 31-day Cruise in the South Pacific—2 (French Polynesia)

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Welcome to part two of our 31 day South Pacific cruise. We will visit Moorea and Papeete, Tahiti in French Polynesia. Click here to read my Part 1 post covering Hawaii. It’s another 5 relaxing days at sea before we arrive at our first stop in Moorea. French Polynesia is a territory of France, so

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Amazing 31-day Cruise in the South Pacific to Australia—1 (Hawaii)

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We arrived early to board the Crown Princess for our South Pacific cruise and were on the ship within 30 minutes. Great job Princess! I’ll share just a few Crown Princess facts: capacity is 3,080 guests and there are 1,200 crew. Although this is an older ship built in 2006, it was completely refurbished in

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Fun New Year’s Eve Cruise on Harmony of the Seas

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We celebrated the arrival of 2024 with a one-week New Year’s Eve cruise on Harmony of the Seas. There were 10 of us who departed Galveston, Texas to visit Costa Maya, Roatán and Cozumel. This is our first time to cruise from the port of Galveston and we are excited to set sail. Before our

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