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August 24, 2011 | Author: CruisinGal
Holland America Line attracts about 25,000 kids and their families aboard its 15 ships every year with a range of activities for children, teens and adults. There were 112 kids and teens on the 1,258-passenger Maasdam for my 7-day Canada-New England Discovery [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Family Travel | 1 comment
June 28, 2011 | Author: KentuckyGal
I just returned from a Caribbean cruise on the Carnival Liberty where I spent the week being continuously amazed by Carnival. My expectations for this cruise were low as I considered Carnival a party cruise line with so-so service and average food. I was not [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises | 6 comments
February 11, 2011 | Author: ColoradoGal
I had my doubts, frankly, about Castaway Cay -- the private Disney-owned island that is a highly touted port of call on its Bahamian and Caribbean cruises. I envisioned jockeying for lounge-chair positions on a white-sand beach, feeling "isolated" from [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Family Travel | 2 comments
February 1, 2011 | Author: SoCalGal
This is news - soon we can cruise Alaska's Inside Passage with Disney Wonder, one of Disney's fleet of high-end cruise ships. Now, cruise vacations are not often compatible with authentic travel experiences -- big "floating hotels" that take passengers from [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Family Travel, Travel News | 5 comments
January 27, 2011 | Author: SoCalGal
The Disney Dream cruise ship represents what Disney does best: family friendly entertainment done BIG. This is no small cruise ship; the Disney Dream is a 4,000 passenger cruise liner with top-of-the-line Disney themed entertainment and activities onboard. [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Family Travel, Travel News | 12 comments
January 21, 2011 | Author: ColoradoGal
One must-do on the brand-new Disney Dream? A ride on the first-in-the-cruise-industry on-board water slide. Truly, this was a coveted activity on the two-night Inaugural Cruise; broadcast journalists had booked some time slots for filming, so the AquaDuck was [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Family Travel, Travel News | 8 comments
January 20, 2011 | Author: ColoradoGal
For SoCalGal and I it’s been a magical couple of days experiencing the brand-new Disney Dream cruise ship on a two-night Christening Cruise junket with a port of call at Disney's own Castaway Cay. We’re traveling with family members and a whole bunch of [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Family Travel, Travel News | 4 comments
January 19, 2011 | Author: SoCalGal
Have you ever wondered what makes the best cruise ships, well, the best? Frommer's announced its Best Cruise Ships of 2011 last week and, having been on a few cruises myself, I wondered about the criteria used by Frommer's cruise travel experts to determine [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Interviews, Travel News | 6 comments
December 31, 2010 | Author: SoCalGal
Southeast Alaska cruises are wonderful travel experiences; one wish The Vacation Gals have for the New Year is that everybody who wants to explore Alaska this way, can do so. The funniest coincidence that The Vacation Gals as a whole experienced this past year [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Family Travel | 11 comments
December 10, 2010 | Author: SoCalGal
Jeannette McCurdy is one of the stars of Nickelodeon's iCarly, along with Nathan Kress and, of course, Miranda Cosgrove. My kids love Jeanette McCurdy and the gang, in fact, iCarly is one of their favorite Nickelodeon shows (along with Spongebob Squarepants, [Read more]
Posted in: Cruises, Family Travel | 2 comments
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