On the Seas with Seeman: A Cruise Blog

31/08/2024

Hi everyone - I was on the August 5th sailing and I finished writing up my daily blog entries for the wonderful cruise with pictures. We had a great and low-key cruise onboard the Navigator as we sailed to Catalina and Ensenada. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Here are all my blog entries - https://seaswithseeman.blogspot.com/search/label/Navigator%20of%20the%20Seas%20(August%205th%202024)

25/08/2024

Visit to Avalon on Santa Catalina Island - Cruise Diary from our trip on the Navigator of the Seas earlier this month -

Avalon is a word that conjures up so many images to me and others. The meaning most commonly associated with the name is that of the mythic...

22/08/2024

A day at sea on the Navigator of the Seas - Meandering the sea day away while you are waiting to head over to Catalina! Day two diary on our August 5th Sailing from Los Angeles.

This is a very long entry, but it is the only sea day - so I have a good deal of ground to cover. Ironically, I have more distance to go in...

18/08/2024

Will try to get all my cruise adventures on the Royal Caribbean Navigator of the Seas earlier this month recorded and shared! Day one is now up -

I am all of a sudden thinking about a discussion I had back in college many, many years ago. My history faculty member was talking about a ...

05/08/2024

Cruising on the Navigator of the Seas tomorrow out of Los Angeles - looking forward to this short voyage around Southern California and Mexico - Day Zero Cruise diary here

So this is still awkward....I am starting up another Corey's Cruise Diary for our sailing out of Los Angeles on the Navigator of the Seas an...

03/08/2024

There is nothing like cruising from New York City, but sometimes, you have to go home. My thoughts on the last morning and the arrival into New York Harbor on the RoyalCaribbean Jewel of the Seas from our wonderful trip to Greenland last September.

As a focus for this last day, I thought I would consider our path back home as the Jewel made her way back to Cape Liberty. A great deal is...

31/07/2024

Here is an older blog post about one of our stops in Greenland - Qaqortoq -

Our second stop in Greenland was the fishing village of Qaqortoq. We visited Nuuk, Greenland's capital and largest city first and Nanortali...

28/07/2024

What a Jewel - Some General Thoughts on Our Greenland Adventures 2023 (Jewel of the Seas) - Getting close to finishing my cruise dairy for this most excellent voyage last September on the Jewel of the Seas (Royal Caribbean) -

After leaving Newfoundland, we had two days at sea before returning to New York Harbor and Cape Liberty. For my Cruise Diary, I am combinin...

19/07/2024

From our visit to St. John's in Newfoundland on our Greenland cruise in 2023. Diary of our wonderful day in St. John's and our visit to the Cape Spear lighthouses.

One of the added benefits of taking the cruise to Greenland was our stop at St. John's on the way back to New York City. I had never been to...

15/07/2024

My latest blog post is up - Little Bites of Joy: Finding Your Comfort Food Onboard Royal Caribbean.

If you follow a number of blogs or see the ads from the cruise lines, the presentation of food is always about gourmet and elegance. There ...

02/07/2024

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Reader's Note: I am going to try to write up entries for excursions that I have taken. I am calling it Excursion Exploration rather than a ...

29/06/2024

Been too long - but here is another blog entry! Overview of the cruise ship entertainment on our two week trip to Greenland - https://seaswithseeman.blogspot.com/2024/06/onboard-entertainment-overview-on.html

27/03/2024

Some thoughts on the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore today (March 26th, 2024) - https://seaswithseeman.blogspot.com/2024/03/farewell-francis-scott-key-bridge-march.html

16/02/2024

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Heading off on the Vision of the Seas!

So this is awkward....I am starting up another Corey's Cruise Diary for our sailing out of Baltimore on the Vision of the Seas. The awkward...

22/01/2024

Back to writing! Trying to finish up my blog entries before the next cruise!

Well....it has been a moment or two since I last wrote here. Lets see if we can write to get the creative juices flowing to my fingers! Wi...

27/08/2023

Cruise ducks are a simple and fun way to spread happiness on a cruise. And I am hooked!

"If it looks like a duck..." is the start of many quotes (often regarded as the Duck Test of logical reasoning). But on a cruise ship, it c...

14/08/2023

Sharing some favorite (and freely available) tools for tracking ships when you are traveling....or wish you were. Links and thoughts on MarineTraffic and CruiseMapper in the link below.

Periodically, cruise bloggers will share their hints and tips for having a great vacation. They are often sharing tips for saving money whe...

06/08/2023

Have you ever been in a loud dining room on a cruise ship - it can still be awesome! Sharing our story from our sailing on the Anthem of the Seas last November -

The first night of a cruise can always be hectic in a ship's Main Dining Room (MDR). While my wife and I have occasionally had meals in spe...

28/07/2023

Even from the side, the Statue of Liberty is a pretty amazing monument. One of the best parts of a cruise from New York City. Whether you have a phone or a camera, be sure to get some pics on your way in and out of Gotham!

Does the world need more pictures of the Statue of Liberty - New York City's world famous monument? That could be the question many people ...

24/07/2023

I have some mixed thoughts on reviews - especially for travel....and gas grills....

"And while reviews can be very helpful in identifying a general reaction to an event, a service or a product, I sometimes wonder if it is not as helpful as it appears. Everyone writes a review based on their own expectations, desires, tastes, etc. So what some people call outstanding, others would call disappointing."

One of the hardest things to do is to avoid reviews. They are everywhere. We review movies, television shows, songs, restaurants, airline...

20/07/2023

"It is a wonderful feeling to be able to see a lighthouse operating as they were designed - guiding a ship away from danger and safely along its way."

Seeing a lighthouse on your cruise vacation can be a real treat! Keep your camera handy!

For pretty much as long as I can remember, I have been keenly interested with lighthouses. Whether it is because of the historical aspects ...

19/07/2023

You never really know what you can see when you are up early on a cruise ship. It might be a rocket launch in the early morning light!

No matter where you travel, you might see something that you just do not see everyday. That is one of the real joys of pickup up and headin...

15/07/2023

Do you have a souvenir that you buy on each trip? When it comes to cruises for us, its magnets. They are a fun, often inexpensive, and a nice visual reminder of where you have been!

We were recently in Orlando for the NBDCC. If you need to know, that stands for the National Barbie Doll Collector Conference ( Pam is a do...

10/07/2023

Starting a quirky travel blog - because why not...

Nice opportunity to share stories and pictures with a broader audience. Now that I have a few entries (and hope to add one or two a week), I have something to share!

One of my first entries is about cruise ship libraries. I wrote: "Almost without a doubt, the nicest library on board a cruise ship that I have seen is on the Celebrity Equinox. The Equinox is part of the Solstice Class on Celebrity Cruises and the library space is nearly perfect." Please follow the link to see more.

They will never take too long to read....promise!

One of the occupational hazards of being a library is that visiting one becomes part of almost every vacation. And its not just me (a libra...