April 28, 2013 | Author: Kara Williams
My family and I went into our spring break vacation, six nights aboard the Carnival Breeze, with open minds. We'd traveled by cruise ship before: the four of us plus grandmas for a week on the 1,916-passenger Holland America ms Zuiderdam to Alaska and the kids [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises | 10 comments
March 20, 2013 | Author: Kara Williams
My family and I are sailing on the Carnival Breeze this spring. When I've mentioned our pending cruise vacation to local friends, I've gotten some raised eyebrows in return, in light of the much-publicized Carnival Triumph debacle that occurred in February, [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Travel Tips | 6 comments
January 14, 2013 | Author: Beth Blair
All three of us Vacation Gals have had the opportunity to experience a Disney Cruise. When Jen and Kara experienced the Disney Dream they took their kids to Castaway Cay, Disney's private island, and had a grand time. While they spent time on the island [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises | 5 comments
August 24, 2011 | Author: Contributor
Holland America Line attracts about 25,000 kids and their families aboard its 15 ships every year with a range of activities for children, teens and adults. There were 112 kids and teens on the 1,258-passenger Maasdam for my 7-day Canada-New England Discovery [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Family Travel | 1 comment
June 28, 2011 | Author: Contributor
I just returned from a Caribbean cruise on the Carnival Liberty where I spent the week being continuously amazed by Carnival. My expectations for this cruise were low as I considered Carnival a party cruise line with so-so service and average food. I was not [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises | 7 comments
February 11, 2011 | Author: Kara Williams
I had my doubts, frankly, about Castaway Cay -- the private Disney-owned island that is a highly touted port of call on its Bahamian and Caribbean cruises. I envisioned jockeying for lounge-chair positions on a white-sand beach, feeling "isolated" from [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Family Travel | 2 comments
February 1, 2011 | Author: Jennifer Miner
This is news - soon we can cruise Alaska's Inside Passage with Disney Wonder, one of Disney's fleet of high-end cruise ships. Now, cruise vacations are not often compatible with authentic travel experiences -- big "floating hotels" that take passengers from [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Family Travel, Travel News | 7 comments
January 27, 2011 | Author: Jennifer Miner
The Disney Dream cruise ship represents what Disney does best: family friendly entertainment done BIG. This is no small cruise ship; the Disney Dream is a 4,000 passenger cruise liner with top-of-the-line Disney themed entertainment and activities onboard. [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Family Travel, Travel News | 12 comments
January 21, 2011 | Author: Kara Williams
One must-do on the brand-new Disney Dream? A ride on the first-in-the-cruise-industry on-board water slide. Truly, this was a coveted activity on the two-night Inaugural Cruise; broadcast journalists had booked some time slots for filming, so the AquaDuck was [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Family Travel, Travel News | 8 comments
January 20, 2011 | Author: Kara Williams
For SoCalGal and I it’s been a magical couple of days experiencing the brand-new Disney Dream cruise ship on a two-night Christening Cruise junket with a port of call at Disney's own Castaway Cay. We’re traveling with family members and a whole bunch of [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Family Travel, Travel News | 4 comments
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