by The Inside Cabin | May 6, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Smooth seas greeted us this morning. The temperature and humidity is still on the high side, but not unbearable. Despite this being a full ship, certain areas are less crowded than on the world cruise. For example, as I walked by the Explorer’s Lounge last night at...
by The Inside Cabin | May 5, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Panama, Panama Canal, Central America
We were up before the sun to watch our approach to the Gatun Locks. Transiting the Panama Canal is always exciting regardless of how many times I have done it before and always worth getting up a little early to watch our approach. We went to the observation platform...
by The Inside Cabin | May 4, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, South America, Colombia, Cartagena
Today would be a short day in Cartagena, Columbia. We would arrive pier side at 7 am and the all aboard was 12:30.  We didn’t sign up for any shore excursions but decided to explore something other than the typical tourist areas. As normal we started our day with a...
by The Inside Cabin | May 3, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Another lazy day at sea as we continue south toward Cartagena. There is a little more deck motion than yesterday, but nothing close to what we experienced while crossing the Atlantic last week. I spent the morning in the cabin straightening up and reading. Judy headed...
by The Inside Cabin | May 3, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Smooth seas and clear skies greeted us this morning as we started our first sea day on our Panama Canal cruise. Many of the changes of returning to a normal cruise from a Grand Voyage are not obvious until you start to look for something at a particular time or place...
by The Inside Cabin | Apr 30, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, USA, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, North America
We arrived in Fort Lauderdale before the sun was up. Disembarkation was scheduled to start around 7AM and I was curious to see the first few people who were in the express disembarkation line which means they have to lug all their own stuff on the ship. There were...
