We were skeptical about planning too many excursions. We have heard they are money grabs by the cruise lines. I’m sure there is a lot of truth to that, though we wanted to see what the options were. We didn’t have to book the excursions when we booked the cruise. We could even have waited… Continue reading Christmas 2018 Planning – Excursions
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Christmas 2018 Planning – Cruise Checkin
Unlike with airlines, we could check in online to the cruise after we had paid the balance on the trip, fully 4 months before our sail date. The checkin process is actually more about gathering passport information, setting up accounts, and an attempt to upsell services and activities. Passports During this process we realized our… Continue reading Christmas 2018 Planning – Cruise Checkin
Christmas 2018 – Cruise Planning
Cruises were a completely new thing for us. We had to do a lot of research to find out about different cruise lines, different destinations and room types. In the end, since we were restricted to leaving from NYC, there was only one itinerary that fit our schedule. There were many more options leaving from… Continue reading Christmas 2018 – Cruise Planning
Christmas 2018 Planning – What do to for Christmas?
Around the middle of the summer we hadn’t figured out what our plans for Christmas vacation were. Last year we had gone to NYC to visit my wife’s family which had gathered there for the holiday. We were looking to do something else this year. Looking at the school calendar we had 11 days off… Continue reading Christmas 2018 Planning – What do to for Christmas?




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