When I travel, I choose cruising. What I enjoy the most about it is the ability to unpack once and then go about your day. I am living on a floating hotel that takes me from one port to another. Go to a port for a few hours, explore and then leave. No commitment. Doing the long, extended stay, Club Med type vacations bore me to tears. Since 1993, I average about 2 cruises a year, more than that if the funds are there. In other words, I am a big fan of cruising.

I wanted to go to Bermuda, but I did not want to do one of those 6/7 day cruises that just do Bermuda, I just wanted a simple day stop. With that in mind, I did research and discovered that only Princess has the one day Bermuda itinerary. I have never sailed Princess. Up until that point, I have only sailed with Carnival and RCCL. In the end, I have never been to Bermuda and for once, I just wanted to go to some place new. So I called my parent's travel agent and I booked my trip. Here are my evaluations

The Embarkation: The best that I have ever encountered. After you get your cabin sign and sail card, there was no line to get onto the ship. Carnival and RCCL need to take lessons on how to get this done. Read more