Cruise

Royal Caribbean’s newest ship, the Quantum of the Seas, will start sailing out of her home port of Cape Liberty, New Jersey in November 2014.  While the inaugural cruise date has not been set yet, we’ve learned that we can start booking clients on this innovative new ship on these dates: May 28th: Diamond, Diamond …

We recently talked to Alicia Steuart about the latest developments with Carnival Cruise Line: Family Travel Gurus: The Carnival Breeze just came out this summer and the Carnival Sunshine has its inaugural cruise in April 2013.  What are some of the new features of these new ships and what itineraries will they be sailing? We …

Thanks to our client Tammy from Kentucky for sharing these pictures of her visit to the Tulum Mayan Ruins in Mexico.  She visited with her son on a shore excursion from a Carnival Dream cruise. Our first excursion we took in Cozumel was to Tulum..it was a long ride!!!  But very worth it—it was beautiful!  …

Thanks to our client Teresa from Missouri for sharing this trip report of her and her husband’s 7 night Disney Wonder Alaska cruise in June 2012. This was a wonderful cruise! Thank you so much for all the arrangements you made for us.  Everything worked out just like you said it would!!  We  are glad …

One of our regular Disney cruise clients, David from New Jersey, sailed on Royal Caribbean for the first time in June 2012.  Thanks to David for sharing his thoughts on this Royal Caribbean Bermuda cruise, and how this experience compared to his past Disney Cruises. We enjoyed the cruise and RCI.  Of course a 9-night …

Family Travel Gurus co-owners Tim and Anne Larison recently experienced Celebrity’s Qsine with their 18 year old sons Josh and Andrew.  Here’s a report from the Larison family on this unique specialty restaurant. Our favorite meal on our Celebrity Millennium 5 night West Coast cruise was without a doubt our dinner at Qsine – an …

We’re back from an extended cruise vacation and it is time to start blogging again! Here’s a video from Disney today showing the real Disney Dream (not a model or simulation) – the final “block” of the ship was put in place today. We can’t wait to sail on the Dream in January! (we’ll have …

“The best and most memorable excursion for us was in Cozumel.  We booked the ATX Rail Expedition through Shore Trips and it was a blast. (6 of us) went on this excursion and every single one of us was unprepared for what we were in for.  We read that close-toed shoes were mandatory however they …

Christmas is a wonderful time to take a cruise. While it is too late for 2009 we can give you many options for Christmas 2010 and some for Christmas 2011. Early December is also a good time to cruise – many of the ships are still decorated for the Holidays and rates are less when …

This week we posted on our main www.familytravelgurus.com website and facebook page a slide show of our Oasis of the Seas cruise. We were on a special travel agent cruise; Royal Caribbean invited us and we were excited to be one of the first to experience this wonderful ship! (the largest cruise ship in the …