Hotel El Convento in San Juan, Puerto Rico Review

Hotel El Convento

I mentioned the Hotel El Convento in my what you should know about cruises from San Juan post a couple of months ago but I thought the greatness of this boutique hotel in San Juan deserved its own post. Having stayed there last year it is with out of the doubt one of the best […]

Beers of the Caribbean – Polar Beer

Polar Beer Venezuela

So one of my favorite things to do when cruising the Caribbean is to sample some of the local beers. Because of that I thought it might be fun to put a little review of each on the site to keep track of along the way. I’m starting with Polar for no other reason than […]

Top 10 Cruise Ports in America

Tampa Port

With cruise ships leaving from over 20 different cities in America including Alaska and Hawaii this list was harder to put together than I thought it would be. It also doesn’t help that I have not been able to personally visit many of the ports on the west coast (so sorry for the east coast […]

Royal Caribbean Monarch of the Seas Review – Cabin 9504

Monarch (Medium)

Last week we decided to take a last minute cruise…as in we booked two days before it sailed. I would have liked to take a larger ship but due to the start of college football season we had to be back in time to watch our beloved Auburn Tigers play. This left us with only […]

Best Family Cruises

familycruise

My love for cruising started over 20 years ago on a family cruise to the Bahamas onboard the Big Red Boat. At the time there wasn’t half of the children’s activities of today’s mega ships but I still had a blast. Now some ships such as the Disney cruise ships cater almost exclusively to families […]

Do You Need a Passport for a Cruise?

Passports

Depends… but probably not. Sorry! That’s a terrible answer but it really depends on the details whether or not you need a passport for a cruise. There was a time a few years ago that the United States Government was going to eventually make passports mandatory for cruisers. Considering the tough economy, the price and […]