Celebrity Cruises finest accommodations come as part of The Retreat experience, which offers exclusive lounges and dining options, top-notch service, and other perks.  We were recently enjoyed The Retreat on Celebrity Edge, aboard the first cruise to return to service from the US in over 15 months.  In this video we highlight our Sky Suite, and discuss various parts of what makes The Retreat experience much more than just a larger stateroom.

Florida is home to the three busiest cruise ports in the world, so a safe return to cruising is in the best interest of the state.  Despite this, and the overwhelming evidence that vaccines play a critical role in a "return to normal", Florida imposes significant fines each time a business requires proof that a patron is vaccinated.  Now, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (parent company to NCL, Regent Seven Seas, and Oceania Cruises), is suing Florida over this so called "vaccine passport ban", and the entire industry will be watching...

Some places are synonymous with Caribbean cruises, and Nassau, Bahamas is one of them, with more than 3.3 million cruisers visiting in 2019 alone.  For 15 months however, that number fell to nearly zero.  While on two of the first cruises to resume from the US, we called on the iconic port city, and we were excited, and a bit nervous, to see how things were going with local businesses...

On June 26 Celebrity Edge became the first cruise ship to sail from the US in over 15 months.  We’ve been on board four days now, and as a cruise blogger, I keep getting asked about restrictions.  This makes sense, as myself and every other traveler with a keyboard has been trying to predict the future for a year – and we were all wrong...

On June 26th, Celebrity Edge made history as the first cruise ship to sail from the US in over 15 months.  We're onboard (so make sure you follow our social media accounts below) and were invited to enjoy sail away from Magic Carpet at a special party hosted by Royal Caribbean Group's CEO, Richard Fain...

Celebrity Edge will make history on Saturday June 26th, 2021 as she's the first ship to cruise from the US since the start of the pandemic.  While another Celebrity ship, Celebrity Millennium, has been sailing from St Maarten for several weeks (check out our live blog from the first sailing), tomorrow represents a massive step forward in a return toward normal and the recovery of the cruise industry.

We're going to be onboard this sailing, so after the details below, check out how you can follow along and get your questions answered!

July 18, 2021 Update: The 11th Circuit panel voted, 2-1 to stay the ruling which was scheduled to make the Conditional Sail Order a recommendation rather than a requirement in the state of Florida.  This means the June 18 ruling noted below is currently on hold.
On June 18, a Federal judge handed the State of Florida a victory in their challenge of the CDC's Conditional Sail Order (CSO).  The judge agreed with Florida's claims that the CDC was exceeding the authority given to them, but offered several next steps, and stopped short of invalidating the order...

On June 5th 2021 we set sail on the very first cruise ship to safely sail the Caribbean in over 15 months! In this video we talk about the process and what was different about this cruise. We discuss and show the pre-cruise process, restrictions, what it was like onboard, the rules for going ashore, and more!

On day three of the first Caribbean cruise back in service, we woke up earlier than we usually do on land.  No, not for an early shore excursion, or to watch the ship entering port – but to catch a glimpse of ourselves on The Today Show!  Being on the first cruise ship back AND the guy on national TV saying he almost cried stepping back on a ship after a year?  Yep.  Despite the excitement though, we had an objective: check out Bridgetown, Barbados!  Though that mission today, required some extra planning...

If you travel a lot, you might have woken up in a bed and taken a moment to remember where you are.  When we woke up this morning just before 9:00am to the first sea day of the cruise, and the year, I knew exactly where we were – but I still couldn’t believe we were onboard...