Welcome!

Welcome to the first entry of our little travel blog! We are happy that you have taken the time to stop by. This blog will feature the musings of two friends that love to cruise the world. Topics will include stories from our various cruise adventures, our unique perspectives on the various cruise lines and cruise/travel tips that we have learned throughout the years.  In addition, you can join in as we plan future cruises and we would love to discuss your upcoming travels as well. We also plan to have other exciting features on this blog that you will learn about in the days to come.

To officially kick things off, here is some background information from your two cruising gals...Mary and Stephanie:

Mary: Hello! I'm super excited to be creating this blog with Stephanie. We have worked together for about 5 years, and it's always fun to share our cruise experiences with each other. Why not create a blog to share with everyone? I've completed 12 cruises and I'm about to go on my 13th in April. My favorite cruise line is Princess (8 total cruises), but I've also sailed Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Celebrity. I first got into cruising in 1992. I was lucky enough to go on a family vacation to the Caribbean on the Star Princess. At the time, I was in 6th grade. That first cruise was life changing in several ways. First, I decided I wanted to learn Spanish since I met so many people who spoke Spanish. Second, I was determined to become a Cruise Director "when I grew up" - which didn't happen but it was fun researching it for career day. Third, I knew that I wanted to cruise to as many places as possible. Thank you for letting us share our cruise adventures with you here on this blog.

Stephanie: Hi everyone! My name is Stephanie and I am a twenty-something Georgia native. I love to travel and my absolute favorite form of travel is cruising. I have completed 10 cruises (and they were all on Royal Caribbean ships). My first cruise adventure was on Royal Caribbean's Enchantment of the Seas. This cruise was a high school graduation gift and I traveled with my mom, grandmother, aunts and cousin. It only took this one cruise for me to fall in love with cruising on Royal Caribbean ships. Since that fateful cruise in 2002, our cruise travels have taken us all through the Caribbean, Italy, Greece, Turkey, France, Monaco, Sicily and Egypt. I have two cruises planned this year: the Caribbean in March and Hawaii in September. I will share all of our plans with you in upcoming posts.

For now, welcome to our blog! We are excited about sharing our upcoming cruise plans, adventure recaps and other fun cruise related topics with you.