Weird Activities and Awkward Encounters at home and abroad
I went to Tarpon Springs for the first time yesterday and immediately wondered where this place had been all my life! This bizarre little town was hiding just 2 hours away from where I live in Orlando. How have I not been here? Perhaps it’s because I’ve never once wondered what the sponge capital…
I’ve been quoted as saying “if I can’t afford Disney, then I can’t afford a cruise.” That was immediately following a hellish trip on the Carnival Sensation . Now that some time has passed and I’ve had a chance to recover, I’ve realized that I may have been a little hasty. I’ve recently revised my…
There is nothing I love more that traveling to far off places and immersing myself in other cultures, but the sad fact of it is there is still a lot of American culture that I have not really experienced. I’ve not even really wanted to if I’m completely honest. Maybe it’s that it’s so close…
I just started playing around with the app, TripRider to plan my Disney Cruise last month. I’ll start off by saying that I am notoriously bad at planning things, like really really bad. The even the idea of planning stresses me out. So, I could really use any help I could get on that front…
I recently got to spend Bacardi’s 153 birthday in the best place I can think of to celebrate, the Distillery at Casa Bacardi in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Distillery was the only thing on my absolutely must see list on this trip. I was content to just wander around the Disney Fantasy and St…
I really wish I had more time to explore Old San Juan in Puerto Rico. It was one of the places I was most excited about visiting on my Disney Cruise, especially since so many people had compared it to one of my favorites, New Orleans. I unfortunately did not have too much time to…
Mardi Gras is one of my favorite holidays. I just love it, the food, the drinks, the parades, the swag, the colors, I love everything about it. I mean, it’s weeks dedicated to getting all of your bad decisions out of your system in preparation for 40 days of being mildly appropriate. It’s an entire…
This is the second time I’ve been to St. Martin/St. Maarten and both times have been on cruises, so unfortunately I’ve never had more than a day there. St. Martin (I’m going to use this spelling most because the Dutch language confuses me) is an island owned by two different nations, half Dutch and half…
I just returned from my first trip on the Disney Fantasy. It’s the first of many I hope. I’ve been on the smaller ships, the Disney Magic and the Disney Wonder, and I was already smitten. So naturally I was very excited about a bigger, fanicer, newer ship! Disney has outdone itself again. I worked…
I’m freshly back from my recent cruise on the Disney Fantasy and still adjusting to life back on land. I’ve been on several Disney Cruises before, but this was my first time on the newer ships (Dream and Fantasy) that feature Remy. Remy is a fine dining French restaurant based on the Disney Pixar…
