Day three brought our first port: Labadee. Royal Caribbean’s private island. Labadee is basically one big beach. Well, a handful of beaches but you know. It’s a beach. There’s a roller coaster and zip lining. I’m sure there’s some other stuff there but for all intents and purposes, you dock at Labadee and you go Read more
Our first sea day began bright and early at 8:00 am. I think we’re fundamentally incapable of sleeping in on vacation. Sleep? We can sleep at home. We had a ship to explore. Mom and Stephanie were already up and perusing the restaurant availability on the TV when I woke up. Yeah. You know those Read more
After we left Central Park, we headed back to the Promenade for a little exploration. First stop? The Cupcake Cupboard. All looking and no tasting this time, but the Cupcake Cupboard had promise. The cupcakes looked tasty, there was a decent selection and they weren’t ridiculously overpriced (you’ll pay upwards of $4-$7 for a bakery Read more
Update: I left my heart in San Francisco. Again. Lovely trip. Seriously my favorite city in the US. More on that at some point. Back to the Allure 🙂 ((These posts are going to be incredibly long, so I’ll have to have each day span multiple posts. Don’t hate me)) Mom and Stephanie were up Read more
We’re backkkkkkkkk. I’ve got photos (over 2,200). I’ve got video. I’ve even got those Compass things everyone’s always looking for (they’re called Compasses, right? We still call the activity guides on *every* ship we go on Capers. Carnival doesn’t even call them Capers anymore). And with 14 cruises (I think…) under my belt, writing this Read more
