We have signed up for two cruises, one for 10 Days visiting ports in the Eastern Caribbean, and another 10 day cruise visiting ports in the Southern Caribbean. We did not do much planning, we just found them and decided to go. Both cruises are on the Royal Princess ship,
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Shown below are the two itineraries and maps for the back-to-back cruises we are taking on the Princess Cruise Lines Royal Princess ship. This will be our second cruise on the Royal Princess, the first having been the traditional “Eastern Caribbean” itinerary, visiting St. Martin, St. Thomas, and the Princess
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We have just 30 days left before we head to Ft. Lauderdale to begin our newest adventure. Most of the research has been done for determining what we will try and do while in the various port stops for both cruises. Since we have not visited many of the ports
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We have just one week to go before we board the Royal Princess for the two Caribbean cruises. We have made reservations for independent island tours in three of our destinations, St. Lucia, Dominica, and Bonaire. We will be on our own for the remainder of our stops, using either
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Well, everything is packed, I am sure more than we need, but that is one benefit of driving. Suitcases don’t have weight limits in cars, and there are no baggage fees either. Today, we headed out around 11:30 AM to drive to the local airport to rent our car for
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We spent a relaxing night at the hotel and awoke refreshed and ready to head south to begin the cruise. We ate breakfast in the buffet at the hotel, and, as is typical, it was only fair. They had both hot and cold items, but nothing is really ever that
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Today was our first of two consecutive sea days as we head south to our first stop in Antigua on Thursday. We slept in a little bit after our hectic Travel and Embarkation day yesterday. After eating our normal buffet breakfast, we applied sunscreen and headed out to the pool
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Today was the second of our two consecutive sea days before our first port of call. We did sleep in this morning, not waking up until about 9:00 AM. With the inside cabin, we don’t get any indicator of the time of day since it is always dark. After getting
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Today was our first port stop on the island of Antigua. We awoke to plenty of sunshine today, and the forecast was for clear skies and about 84 degrees. Our plan for today is to take one of the local city buses to an area called Nelson’s Dockyard, which was
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Today we stopped on the island of St. Lucia, in the port town of Castries. We are doing a tour through an interdependent tour company called Cosol Tours. The tour is about 5-6 hours long and visits several of the sights around the island. We needed to meet the tour
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