Vacation often requires tuning in a balance between doing everything, and relaxing, which may mean doing nothing.  Today we continued striking what has been to me, a good balance, but it meant the day went in an unexpected way – but turned out great.  Our time on shore in Tortola, the evening’s show, and dinner all came together nicely.

We got an early start in St Thomas for an excursion with a view, then enjoyed perfect weather back on Celebrity Equinox, seeing talented performers in the theater, and we feel like we’re starting to get into our stride on this ship...

Some cruisers prefer sea days, while others prefer being in port.  Today felt like we had the best of both worlds as we enjoyed relaxing on the ship for the first half of the day until we arrived in San Juan at about 3:30pm.  Docking in Old San Juan provides easy access to forts, historic sites, and a battery of great shops and restaurants.  Since we’ve visited a couple times in the past year though, we ended up deviating from that routine a bit...

Sea days are, to us, meant for relaxation, and that’s exactly what we did with our first full day on Celebrity Equinox.  While relaxing though, we managed to check out glass blowing at the lawn club, lay down and enjoy the serenity of the Solarium, try out a specialty restaurant, and more...

As I write this, I look back 24 hours ago to putting up hurricane shutters in the pouring rain, and expecting that sea water and wind my render everything at home nothing but a big cleanup of a past chapter.  Now, my worries are lessened, I’m enjoying a nice cruise, and watching people laugh and smile in a silent disco at sea...

Recently, Celebrity Cruises began offering several packages you can buy online before your cruise, which combine a variety of things you might be looking for anyway.  The idea here is that purchasing them bundled may save some cruisers cash.  Additionally, we'll talk about their Premier Pass, and what that offers...

Last minute cruise deals are sometimes talked about like they're the secret you've missed out on which will soon have you paying less than everyone else.  This premise is incredibly flawed, in part because of the way many potential cruisers price shop, but also because of how the cruise industry has changed over the last twenty years.  In better understanding the truth behind sites promising last minute deals, and the reason there aren't many to be had (at least in the way many think), you might just find the deal you're looking for...

Below find changes and/or cancellations to sailings related to 2019 Atlantic hurricanes as well as current port statuses.  We'll make an effort to keep this current, but if you learn something we don't yet have posted please leave a comment below and let us know so we can keep things current.

The last day of a cruise can be kind of a bummer, but I did my best to keep my head up and enjoy, especially since we were visiting Great Stirrup Cay, Norwegian Cruise Line's private island.  I've been coming here since I was a baby, but it's been about ten years, so I was excited to see how things had changed.  We enjoyed a beautiful day, tried out some new restaurants on the ship, and got entirely too much sun...