by The Inside Cabin | Mar 31, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
Promptly at 8AM our room service breakfast was delivered which has been our routine for most of the cruise. The quality and selection of the room service breakfast continues to be outstanding. Anything you could order in the MDR or the Lido is available for breakfast...
by The Inside Cabin | Mar 30, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Middle East, Oman, Muscat
We were scheduled to arrive in Muscat at 8 am but by 7:30 we were tied up at the pier and people started to leave the ship. The temps were supposed to hit the high eighties but with the lower humidity it never seemed that hot especially by comparison with some of the...
by The Inside Cabin | Mar 29, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Sea Day
The weather was remarkably mild today as we sailed thru the Strait of Hormuz. I had anticipated that it would be quite hot, but it turned out to be rather pleasant as I walked around Deck 3 inspecting the razor wire strung along both side railings and along the stern...
by The Inside Cabin | Mar 28, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Middle East, United Arab Emirates, Dubai
We spent the morning unpacking and getting everything organized in our cabin after our trip to India and didn’t leave the ship until after 2pm. Our plan was to ride two loops of the Dubai Big Bus which would take 4 -5 hours. We arrived at the Dubai Mall and only had...
by The Inside Cabin | Mar 27, 2016 | 2016 Grand World Voyage, Middle East, United Arab Emirates, Dubai
Our room in the Hyatt was facing Port Rashid so we would be able to watch as the Amsterdam arrived in Dubai early this morning. I set my alarm for 6 am to be up in time to watch as she first came into view. At 6 am it was still dark and hazy and I couldn’t see...
by The Inside Cabin | Mar 26, 2016 | Agra, Taj Mahal, 2016 Grand World Voyage, Middle East, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Asia, India, New Dehli
Feeling refreshed we meet the rest of our travelers in the lobby at noon for our transfer to the airport for our flight to Dubai leaving at 4:10 PM. The airport was only 12 mile away, but we gave ourselves an hour to get there because you can never predict what may...
